Neighbourhoods in Dhaka Metropolitan Area explained

Dhaka (Bengali: ঢাকা), formerly known as Dacca,^[1] is the capital of Bangladesh.^[2] It is the ninth-largest and the sixth-most densely populated city in the world, with a population of 8.9 million residents within the city limits, and a population of over 21 million residents in the Greater Dhaka Area.^[3] Dhaka is the economic,^[4] political, and cultural center of Bangladesh, and is one of the major cities in South Asia, the largest city in Eastern South Asia.^[5]

The major suburb areas which are a part of the Dhaka Metropolitan Area and Greater Dhaka urban area are:

Dhaka District

Dhaka North City Corporation

• Abdullahpur
• Bochila
• Adabor
• Uttara
• Mirpur
• Pallabi
• Kazipara
• Kafrul
• Agargaon
• Sher-e-Bangla Nagar
• Cantonment area
• Banani
• Gulshan
• Niketan
• Shahjadpur
• Mohakhali
• Bashundhara
• Banasree
• Aftab Nagar
• Baridhara
• Uttarkhan
• Dakshinkhan
• Bawnia
• Khilkhet
• Tejgaon
• Farmgate
• Mohammadpur
• Rampura
• Badda
• Satarkul
• Beraid
• Khilgaon
• Vatara
• Gabtali

Dhaka South City Corporation

• Hazaribagh
• Dhanmondi
• Segunbagicha
• Ramna
• Motijheel
• Sabujbagh
• Lalbagh
• Kamalapur
• Kakrail
• Kamrangirchar
• Islampur
• Sadarghat
• Wari
• Kotwali
• Sutrapur
• Jurain
• Dania
• Demra
• Shyampur
• Nimtoli
• Matuail
• Paribagh
• Shahbagh
• Paltan

Savar Upazila

• Ashulia
• Birulia
• Savar

Keraniganj Upazila

• Hasnabad
• Jinjira
• Tegharia
• Jhilmil

Gazipur District

• Tongi
• Gazipur

Narayanganj District

• Fatullah
• Siddhirganj
• Narayanganj

Purbachal

See main article: Purbachal Residential Model Town. Purbachal Residential Model Town is the biggest planned township in Bangladesh.^[6] The project area consists of about 6,227 acres (25 square kilometer) land located in between the Shitalakhya and the Balu River at Rupgonj thana of Narayanganj District and at Kaligonj Thana of Gazipur District, in the northeastern side of Dhaka.

See also

• Old Dhaka
• Neighbourhoods in Chittagong Metropolitan Area
• List of places of worship in Dhaka city

References

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Notes and References

1. Book: Choguill, C.L.. New Communities for Urban Squatters: Lessons from the Plan That Failed in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2012. Springer Science & Business Media. 978-1-4613-1863-7. viii. 10 July 2016. 5 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200605175215/https://books.google.com/books?id=slvlBwAAQBAJ&pg=PR8. live.
2. Web site: Bangladesh: Dozens killed in fire at residential high-rise – DW – 02/29/2024 . .
3. News: The urbanist's guide to Dhaka, Bangladesh: 'an unplanned sprawl' . The Guardian . 19 August 2014 . Ahmed . Ershad .
4. Web site: Dhaka grabs over 60% of national savings . June 2024 .
5. Web site: Bangladesh Opens First Metro Service to Ease Dhaka Traffic . 28 December 2022 .
6. Web site: Purbachal New Town.