Presentation Topic : Administrative Structure of Bangladesh

Administrative Structure of Bangladesh

Administrative Units as at a Glance

Division 7

Zila 64

City Corporation 11

Municipalties 223

Upazila 500

Thana 509

Union 4451

(Source: LGRD Ministry & Police Head Quarters)

Division:

•Barisal ( Borisha ) •Chittagong ( Chôţţogram)•Dhaka ( Đhaka)•Khulna ( Khulna)•Rajshahi ( Rajshahi)•Rangpur ( Rongpur)•Sylhet ( Sileţ)

● Divisions are headed each by a Divisional Commissioner

● The average number of districts, upazilas, and unions in a division is 9, 71, and 636, respectively.(According to the Population Census of 2001)

Division

Population [1]

Area (km2)[1]

Population density2011 (people/km2)[1]

Sex ratio (malesper 100 females)[1]

1991 20012011 (provisional)

Barisal Division 7,462,643 8,173,718 8,147,000 13,297 613 96.8

Chittagong Division 20,522,908 24,290,384 28,079,000 33,771 831 96.1

Dhaka Division 32,665,975 39,044,716 46,729,000 31,120 1,502 103.9

Khulna Division 12,688,383 14,705,223 15,563,000 22,272 699 100

Rajshahi Division 14,212,065 16,354,723 18,329,000 18,197 1,007 100.4

Rangpur Division 11,997,979 13,847,150 15,665,000 16,317 960 99.8

Sylhet Division 6,765,039 7,939,343 9,807,000 12,596 779 99.1

Totals 106,314,992 124,355,263142,319,000 147,570 964

The following table outlines some key statistics about the seven divisions of Bangladesh as found in the 2011 Population and Housing Census conducted by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

Districts: ● The administrative unit that figures prominent in this country is called District

● The district are run by a DeputyCommissioner (popularly abbreviated to "DC") who isappointed by the government from a Deputy Secretary of B.C.S.Administration Cadre.

Upazilas: ●The basic unit of administration of the country is locally named as Upazila or Thana, Upazilas are similar to the county subdivisions found in some Western countries.

● Field level functionaries of the development departments operate here at the grass-root level under guidance from the respective functional heads stationed in the districts as coordinated by the UNO (Upazila Nirbahi Officer). 

● At present, has 500 upazilas and 509 administrative Thanas for a total of 1009 subdistricts.

Below the upazila is the union. Representatives of some nation-building departments, including Agriculture, Livestock, Health and Family Planning, are working at the union level. They work under the direct control of the higher authorities of their respective departmet The Gram (village) police, known as ‘Chaukidar’, a formal force under the direct control of the local government at this level is tasked to maintain the stability of order in the villagents at the upazila headquarters

Union:

Division Total AreaSq. km.

Upazila Union Village Municipalities/CityCorporation

Dhaka Division 30985 141 1236 25283 64

ChittagongDivision

33771 102 914 15060 38

Barisal Division 13644 39 334 4273 22

Rajshahi Division 18175 69 558 14307 36

Khulna Division 22285 64 565 9284 28

Sylhet Division 12596 35 323 10101 14

Rangpur Division 16320 58 536 9054 21

Bangladesh 147570 509 4451 87362 223

Local Governmen

t

Urban

Rural

Upazila Parishad

(482)Chairman

Pourashava/Municipality

(284)Mayor

Zila Parishad

(64)

Union Parishad (4451)

Chairman

Existing structures of local government

Field Administratio

n

Division-7DivisionalCommissio

ner

Upazila-500Upazila

ExecutiveOfficer (UNO)

District-64Deputy

Commissioner

Union-4451 (elected)

Field Level Workers of

Some Departments

Existing structures of field administration in Bangladesh

Large detailed administrative map of Bangladesh