Official Name: | Pallabi Thana |
Native Name: | পল্লবী থানা |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Settlement Type: | Thana |
Established Title: | Established as a thana |
Established Date: | 2005 |
Pushpin Map: | Bangladesh Dhaka#Bangladesh Dhaka division#Bangladesh |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Pallabi Thana within Dhaka##Location of Pallabi Thana within Dhaka Division##Location of Pallabi Thana within Bangladesh |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Map Caption1: | Expandable map of vicinity of Pallabi Thana |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bangladesh |
Subdivision Type1: | Division |
Subdivision Name1: | Dhaka Division |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Dhaka District |
Population Total: | 596835 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Density Km2: | 23609 |
Area Total Km2: | 25.28 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 23 |
Timezone: | BST |
Utc Offset: | +6 |
Coordinates: | 23.825°N 90.3694°W |
Pallabi (Bengali: পল্লবী) is a thana of Dhaka District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Its total area is, located between 23°48' and 23°52' north latitudes and between 90°20' and 90°23' east longitudes.
There are different opinions on the origin of the name of Pallabi:
Pallabi is bounded by Turag River and Uttara Thana on the north, Mirpur Model Thana and Shah Ali Thana on the south, Bimanbandar Thana, Cantonment Thana and Kafrul Thana on the east, and Savar Upazila on the west. Its total area is 17 km².[3]
According to 2011 census, Pallabi Thana has a population of 596,835 with average household size of 4.2 members, and an average literacy rate of 70.6% vs national average of 51.8% literacy.
Pallabi has one union/ward, 16+27 mauzas/mahallas, and no villages.