Jatrabari Thana Explained

Official Name:Jatrabari Thana
Native Name:যাত্রাবাড়ী থানা
Native Name Lang:bn
Settlement Type:Thana
Pushpin Map:Bangladesh Dhaka#Bangladesh Dhaka division#Bangladesh
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Jatrabari Thana within Dhaka##Location of Jatrabari Thana within Dhaka Division##Location of Jatrabari Thana within Bangladesh
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Map Caption1:Expandable map of vicinity of Jatrabari Thana
Established Title:Established as Thana
Established Date:2007
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Bangladesh
Subdivision Type1:Division
Subdivision Name1:Dhaka Division
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Dhaka District
Population Total:492,166
Population As Of:2022
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Density Km2:33632
Area Total Km2:13.19
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:23
Timezone:BST
Utc Offset:+6
Coordinates:23.7105°N 90.4355°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:1236[3]
Area Code:02[4]

Jatrabari Thana (bn|যাত্রাবাড়ী থানা) is a metropolitan thana within the megacity of Dhaka in central Bangladesh. It is known for its steel furniture industry.[5]

Administration

Jatrabari Thana consists of parts of Matuail and Ward 87 in addition to Ward 84, Ward 85 and Ward 86 of Dhaka South City Corporation. It contains 17 mouzas and mahallas.

Geography

(Dhaka metropolitan; Postal code: 1204) area, located in between 23°42' and 23°43' north latitudes and in between 90°20' and 90°22' east longitudes, at the starting point of Dhaka-Chittagong Highway. It is bounded by sabujbagh and Demra thanas on the north, Kadamtali and shyampur thanas on the south, Demra thana on the east, Gandaria and sutrapur thanas on the west.[6]

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Jatrabari Thana had 96,453 households with an average household size of 4.29 and a population of 443,601. Males constituted 55.27% (245,176) of the population while females 44.73% (198,425). Jatrabari had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 72.0%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 124.There were 965 floating people in this jurisdiction. [7]

The religious breakdown was Muslim 97.17% (431,037), Hindu 2.68% (11,891), Christian 0.14% (612), Buddhist 0.01% (37), and others 0.01% (24). The ethnic minority people living there were 102 persons in total.

Education

Jatrabari thana is famous for educational institutions such as Jatrabari Ideal High School, City Corporation Adarsha High School and College, Dania College, Dr. Mahbubur Rahman Mollah College. Other educational institutions include Tamirul Millat Kamil Madrasa, Matuail Multilateral High School, Matuail Girls High School, Matuail Adarsha High School, Matuail Latif Bhiuyh College, Bornomala High School, nobarun school and college and Abdullah Mollah High School. There is also the Jamia Muhammadia Arabia, which is in northern Jatrabari and is one of the largest Ahl-i Hadith madrasas in the country.[8]

Facilities

There are numerous mosques in Jatrabari Thana, most notably Babar Mosque, Dhalpur Zakarin Jame Mosque, Baytul Aman, Dhalpur Narikel Bagan Jame Mosque.

Notes and References

  1. Book: National Report . November 2023 . . 978-9844752016 . Population and Housing Census 2022 . 1 . Dhaka . 386.
  2. Web site: Geographic coordinates of Dhaka, Bangladesh . DATEANDTIME.INFO. 7 July 2016 .
  3. Web site: Bangladesh Postal Code . 19 October 2024 . Bangladesh Postal Department under the Department of Posts and Telecommunications of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology of the People's Republic of Bangladesh . Dhaka.
  4. Web site: Bangladesh Area Code . 18 October 2024 . Chahaoba.com . China.
  5. Furniture. Faroqi, Gofran.
  6. Akhter, Shamima. Jatrabari Thana.
  7. Web site: 2011 . Community Tables: Dhaka district . bbs.gov.bd.
  8. Siddiqi, ABM Saiful Islam. Madrasah.