Cantonment Thana
Thana in Dhaka North City Corporation, Bangladesh
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Cantonment Thana (Bengali: ক্যান্টনমেন্ট) is a Thana of Dhaka district in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It includes the Army Headquarters,[citation needed] Naval Headquarters and the Air Force Headquarters. Cantonment Thana was formed in 1976.[5]
Cantonment
ক্যান্টনমেন্ট | |
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 Interactive map of Cantonment | |
| Coordinates: 23°49.3′N 90°24.5′E | |
| Country |  Bangladesh |
| Division | Dhaka Division |
| District | Dhaka District |
| Area | |
• Total | 14.47 km2 (5.59 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 23 m (75 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 135,785 |
| • Density | 9,113/km2 (23,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
| Postal code | 1206[3] |
| Area code | 02[4] |
| Website | bangladesh |
Geography
Cantonment is located at 23.8222°N 90.4083°E. It has 36540 units of household[citation needed] and total area 14.47 km2.[5]
Demographics
According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Cantonment Thana had 33,651 households and a population of 135,785. 6.98% of the population were under 5 years of age. Cantonment had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 94.30%: 95.80% for males and 92.59% for females, and a sex ratio of 113.09 males for every 100 females.[6]
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Cantonment Thana had 25,198 households with an average household size of 4.42 and a population of 131,864. Males constituted 57.03% (75,201) of the population while females 42.97% (56,663). Cantonment Thana had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 84.9%, compared to the national
average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 133.There were 264 floating people in this jurisdiction. [7]
The religious breakdown was Muslim 98.00% (129,230), Hindu 1.40% (1,844), Christian 0.39% (515), Buddhist 0.17% (219), and others 0.04% (56). The ethnic minority people living there were 144 people in total.