Greater Dhaka is the Megalopolis including and surrounding the Bangladeshi capital city of Dhaka, which has grown into one of the world's largest megacities, and shows a very rapid rate of expansion. Dhaka not only grows because it is the capital and largest urban center but also due to massive internal displacement from millions of people living in a perennially flood-prone river delta.
Dhaka Metropolitan area | |
|---|---|
 Satellite image of Greater Dhaka metropolitan region | |
 Dhaka city is shown in blue and other towns and cities are shown in red | |
| City corporation and Municipalities | |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,569.55 km2 (992.11 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 21,342,002 |
| GDP (PPP, constant 2023 values) | |
| • Year | 2023 |
| • Total | $285.1 billion[1] |
| • Per capita | $12,300 |
Definition
editThe area of Dhaka Statistical Metropolitan Area was 1,353 square kilometers, of which Dhaka City Corporation occupied 276 square kilometers at the 2001 census.[2] The Dhaka Statistical Metropolitan Area (SMA) covers the Dhaka Municipal Corporation area and Savar Upazila and Keraniganj Upazila of Dhaka District (note: only a portion of the district is part of the metropolitan area), Narayanganj Sadar Upazila, Bandar Upazila and Rupganj Upazila of Narayanganj District, Gazipur Sadar Upazila and Kaliakair Upazila of Gazipur District. New 2021 estimates for Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (web) tally just over 24 million for 3 districts in their entirety. (white area in map also includes 6 districts: Manikganj, Munshiganj and Narsingdi)
Components of the Metropolitan Area
editSince the 2001 Census, Dhaka has grown tremendously, as evidenced by the 2011 Census figures. However, definitions were changed between the two censuses, with several outlying upazilas situated in neighboring administrative districts being included in the expanded definition. The following table shows the revision of the metropolitan area, shown in blue and red on map, based on 2011 figures:
| Administrative district | Included area | Area (km2) | Population (2011)[5][6][7][8][9] | Population (2022)[9][10][11][12] | Population
per km2(2022) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhaka District | Dhaka North City Corporation | 196.22 | 6,970,105 | 5,990,723 | 30,531 |
| Dhaka South City Corporation | 109.24 | 4,305,063 | 39,409 | ||
| Dhamrai Upazila | 307.41 | 412,418 | 517,135 | 1,682 | |
| Dohar Upazila | 161.49 | 226,439 | 250,114 | 1,549 | |
| Keraniganj Upazila | 166.87 | 794,360 | 1,011,063 | 6,059 | |
| Nawabganj Upazila | 244.80 | 318,811 | 348,807 | 1,425 | |
| Savar Upazila | 280.11 | 1,385,910 | 2,311,796 | 8,253 | |
| Narayanganj District | Narayanganj Sadar Upazila
|
100.74 | 1,323,600 | 1,979,967 | 19,654 |
Bandar Upazila
|
54.39 | 312,841 | 414,001 | 3,765 | |
| Rupganj Upazila | 176.48 | 534,868 | 704,828 | 3,994 | |
| Gazipur District | Gazipur Sadar Upazila
|
457.67 | 1,820,374 | 3,023,164 | 6,606 |
| Kaliakair Upazila | 314.13 | 483,308 | 694,574 | 2,211 | |
| Metropolitan Area | 2,569.55 | 14,583,034 | 21,551,235 | 8,306 |
References
edit- ^ "TelluBase—Dhaka Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). tellusant.com. Tellusant, Inc. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ "Introduction" (PDF). Dhaka City State of the Environment: 2005. United Nations Environment Programme. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-15.
- ^ "Location and Area Dhaka North City Corporation". dncc.gov.bd. Feb 27, 2020. Archived from the original on Sep 7, 2024. Retrieved Sep 9, 2024.
- ^ "At one glance, Dhaka South". dscc.gov.bd. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics - Community Report
- ^ "Community Report: Dhaka Zila". Archived from the original on 2012-10-09. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
- ^ "Community Report: Gazipur Zila". Archived from the original on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
- ^ "Community Report: Munshiganj Zila". Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
- ^ a b "Population and Housing Census 2022, District Report Dhaka" (PDF). bbs.portal.gov.bd. September 15, 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 18, 2024. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
- ^ "Population & Housing Census 2022 Preliminary Report" (PDF). sid.portal.gov.bd/. 27 August 2023. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
- ^ "District Report Narayanganj population and housing census 2022" (PDF).
- ^ "District Report Gazipur population and housing census 2022" (PDF).
External links
edit- ^ Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Statistical Pocket Book, 2008 (pdf-file) 2008 Population Estimate. View Page 7 for the population of Dhaka Metropolitan Area.