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This is a list of villages in Bangladesh. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Some villages in Bangladesh may be covered in thickets of trees, including bamboo, coconut, date palm, betel nut, mango and jackfruit. [1]
At the 1991 census, there were 68,038 villages in Bangladesh with an average of 232 households. [1] The rural areas of Bangladesh (i.e. villages) are characterized by higher growth rate of population and lower literacy rate compared to urban areas - but these gaps are decreasing. [ 3 ]
Bangladesh is divided into 8 divisions (bibhag) and 64 districts (jela, zila, zela), although, these have only a limited role in public policy.For the purposes of local government, the country is divided into upazilas (sub-districts), "municipalities" or town councils (pourashova), city corporations (i.e. metropolitan municipal corporations) and union councils (i.e. rural councils).
Villages in Bangladesh by district (8 C, 1 P) V. Villages in Bangladesh by division (8 C) Pages in category "Villages in Bangladesh" The following 8 pages are in this ...
Populated places in Bangladesh by district (9 C) ... Villages in Bangladesh ... List of cities and towns in Bangladesh;
Pages in category "Villages in Bangladesh by district" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. K. Krisnapur, Chakaria
Besides the 9 major cities, there are 32 other cities in Bangladesh that are not governed by "City Corporations", rather by "Municipal Corporations". A city with a population of more than 10,000,000 is defined by the bureau as a megacity. [failed verification] Dhaka is the only megacity in Bangladesh according to this definition. [3]
The divisions of Bangladesh are further divided into districts or zilas (Bengali: জেলা). [1] The headquarters of a district is called the district seat (Bengali: জেলা সদর, romanized: zila sadar). There are 64 districts in Bangladesh. The districts are further subdivided into 495 subdistricts or upazilas. [2]