Hazaribagh ( Bengali : হাজারীবাগ ) is a Thana of Dhaka District in the Division of Dhaka , Bangladesh . Hazaribagh is part of Old Town, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 95% of Bangladesh's tanneries, which is where animal skins are processed to make leather, were located in or around Hazaribagh before they moved to Hemayatpur, Savar. In Hazaribagh, traditional establishments, culture, language and food can be found in daily life practices. Owing to its location near Buriganga River , Hazaribagh shares significant history as well. It is one of the most densely populated places on earth, though it is criticised for its low living standards.
4-451: Total area of Hazaribagh Thana is 3.58 km. According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh , Hazaribagh Thana had 43,740 households and a population of 185,639. Males constituted 54.29% (100,776) of the population while females 45.71% (84,863). Hazaribagh had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 67.3%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 119.There were 792 floating people in this jurisdiction. The religious breakdown
8-830: The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh , which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census . Data were recorded from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh , including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age distribution, marital status, economically active population, literacy and educational attainment, religion, number of children etc. Bangladesh and India also conducted their first joint census of areas along their border in 2011. According to
12-404: The census, Hindus constituted 8.5 per cent of the population as of 2011, down from 9.6 per cent in the 2001 census . Bangladesh has a population of 144,043,697 as per the 2011 census report. The majority of 130,201,097 reported that they were Muslims, 12,301,331 reported as Hindus, 864,262 as Buddhists, 532,961 as Christians and 201,661 as others. This Bangladeshi history-related article
16-434: Was Muslim 95.51% (177,312), Hindu 4.39% (8,151), Christian 0.06% (118), Buddhist 0.03% (57), and others 0.01% (1). The ethnic minority people lived there were 61 in total. Hazaribagh has 3 Unions/Wards, 15 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 1 village. This Dhaka Division location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 2011 Bangladesh census Religion in Bangladesh (2011 Census) In 2011,
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