Kafrul Thana Explained

Official Name:Kafrul Thana
Native Name:কাফরুল থানা
Native Name Lang:bn
Settlement Type:Thana
Pushpin Map:Bangladesh Dhaka#Bangladesh Dhaka division#Bangladesh
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Kafrul Thana within Dhaka##Location of Kafrul Thana within Dhaka Division##Location of Kafrul Thana within Bangladesh
Pushpin Label Position:right
Map Caption1:Expandable map of vicinity of Kafrul Thana
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Bangladesh
Subdivision Type1:Division
Subdivision Name1:Dhaka Division
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Dhaka District
Population Total:396182
Population As Of:2011
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Density Km2:22257
Area Total Km2:17.8
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:23
Timezone:BST
Utc Offset:+6
Coordinates:23.7896°N 90.3915°W

Kafrul (Bengali: কাফরুল) is a Thana of Dhaka District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Geography

Kafrul thana is bounded by Cantonment Thana on the north and east, Tejgaon Thana on the south, and Mirpur Thana and Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Thana on the west. Its total area is 17.8 km2.[3]

Demographics

According to 2011 census, Kafrul Thana has a population of 396,182 and an average literacy rate of 74.8% vs national average of 51.8% literacy.[1]

Administration

Kafrul has 1 Unions/Wards, 16 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 4 villages.

See also

References

  1. Web site: Population & Housing Census . 2011 . . Bangladesh Government . 17 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170903181037/http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/National%20Reports/Union%20Statistics.pdf . 3 September 2017 . dead.
  2. Web site: Geographic coordinates of Dhaka, Bangladesh . DATEANDTIME.INFO. 7 July 2016 .
  3. Web site: February 17, 2007. Banglapedia. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070220014824/http://banglapedia.net/. February 20, 2007.