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