Districts of Bangladesh
Districts of Bangladesh
Districts of Bangladesh
The
districts are further subdivided into 493 sub-districts or towns, or upazila ( upojela).
The district are run by a Deputy Commissioner (popularly abbreviated to "DC") who is
appointed by the government from aDeputy secretary of B.C.S. Administration Cadre.
The districts are listed below in alphabetical order by division. The official English name of each
district is followed by the official Bengali name in parentheses, using both the Bengali
script and Romanization adopted for Wikipedia:
District
Cox's Bazar
District
Bangla
Divisio
n
Population
(thousands)[1]
Area
(km2)[1]
Population density
(people/km2)[1]
Chittagong 2275
2492
913
Barguna District
Barisal
882
1831
481
Barisal District
Barisal
2291
2785
823
Bhola District
Barisal
1758
3403
517
Jhalokati District
Barisal
596
749
795
Patuakhali
District
Barisal
1517
3221
471
Pirojpur District
Barisal
1103
1308
844
Bandarban
District
Chittagong 383
4479
86
Divisio
n
Population
(thousands)[1]
Area
(km2)[1]
Population density
(people/km2)[1]
District
Bangla
Brahmanbaria
District
Chittagong 2808
1927
1457
Chandpur
District
Chittagong 2393
1704
1404
Chittagong
District
Chittagong 7509
5283
1421
Comilla District
Chittagong 5304
3085
1719
Feni District
Chittagong 1420
928
1530
Khagrachhari
District
Chittagong 608
2700
225
Lakshmipur
District
Chittagong 1711
1456
1175
Noakhali District
Chittagong 3072
3601
853
Rangamati
District
Chittagong 596
6116
97
Dhaka District
Dhaka
11875
1464
8111
Dhaka
1867
2073
901
Faridpur District
District
Bangla
Divisio
n
Population
(thousands)[1]
Area
(km2)[1]
Population density
(people/km2)[1]
Gazipur District
Dhaka
3333
1800
1852
Gopalganj
District
Dhaka
1149
1490
771
Jamalpur
District
Dhaka
2265
2032
1115
Kishoreganj
District
Dhaka
2853
2689
1061
Madaripur
District
Dhaka
1149
1145
1004
Manikganj
District
Dhaka
1379
1379
1000
Munshiganj
District
Dhaka
1420
955
1487
Mymensingh
District
Dhaka
5042
4363
1156
Narayanganj
District
Dhaka
2897
700
4139
Narsingdi
District
Dhaka
2202
1141
1930
Divisio
n
Population
(thousands)[1]
Area
(km2)[1]
Population density
(people/km2)[1]
District
Bangla
Netrakona
District
Dhaka
2207
2810
786
Rajbari District
Dhaka
1040
1119
929
Shariatpur
District
Dhaka
1146
1182
970
Sherpur District
Dhaka
1334
1364
978
Tangail District
Dhaka
3571
3414
1046
Bagerhat
District
Khulna
1461
3959
369
Chuadanga
District
Khulna
1123
1177
954
Jessore District
Khulna
2742
2567
1068
Jhenaidah
District
Khulna
1756
1961
895
Khulna District
Khulna
2294
4394
522
Kushtia District
Khulna
1933
1601
1207
District
Bangla
Divisio
n
Population
(thousands)[1]
Area
(km2)[1]
Population density
(people/km2)[1]
Magura District
Khulna
913
1049
871
Meherpur
District
Khulna
652
716
910
Narail District
Khulna
715
990
722
Khulna
1973
3858
511
Satkhira District
Bogra District
Rajshahi
3371
2920
1154
Joypurhat
District
Rajshahi
909
965
942
Naogaon
District
Rajshahi
2576
3436
750
Natore District
Rajshahi
1696
1896
894
Nawabganj
District
Rajshahi
1635
1703
960
Pabna District
Rajshahi
2497
2372
1053
Rajshahi
2573
2407
1069
Rajshahi District
District
Bangla
Divisio
n
Population
(thousands)[1]
Area
(km2)[1]
Population density
(people/km2)[1]
Sirajganj District
Rajshahi
3072
2498
1230
Dinajpur District
Rangpur
2970
3438
864
Gaibandha
District
Rangpur
2349
2179
1078
Kurigram
District
Rangpur
2050
2296
893
Lalmonirhat
District
Rangpur
1249
1241
1006
Nilphamari
District
Rangpur
1820
1580
1152
Panchagarh
District
Rangpur
981
1405
698
Rangpur District
Rangpur
2866
2368
1210
Thakurgaon
District
Rangpur
1380
1810
762
Sylhet
2059
2637
781
Habiganj District
District
Bangla
Divisio
n
Population
(thousands)[1]
Area
(km2)[1]
Population density
(people/km2)[1]
Maulvibazar
District
Sylhet
1902
2799
679
Sunamganj
District
Sylhet
2443
3670
666
Sylhet District
Sylhet
3404
3490
975