List of Districts of Bangladesh

The divisions of Bangladesh are divided into 64 districts, or zila (Bengali: জেলা jela). The districts are further subdivided into 493 sub-districts or towns, or upazila (উপজেলা upojela).

The district are run by a Deputy Commissioner (popularly abbreviated to "DC") who is appointed by the government from a Deputy secretary of B.C.S. Administration Cadre.

The districts are listed below in alphabetical order by division. The official English name of each district is followed by the official Bengali name in parentheses, using both the Bengali script and Romanization adopted for Wikipedia:

District Bangla Division Population (thousands) Area (km2) Population density (people/km2)
Cox's Bazar District কক্সবাজার Chittagong 2275 2492 913
Barguna District বরগুনা Barisal 882 1831 481
Barisal District বরিশাল Barisal 2291 2785 823
Bhola District ভোলা Barisal 1758 3403 517
Jhalokati District ঝালকাঠি Barisal 596 749 795
Patuakhali District পটুয়াখালী Barisal 1517 3221 471
Pirojpur District পিরোজপুর Barisal 1103 1308 844
Bandarban District বান্দরবান Chittagong 383 4479 86
Brahmanbaria District ব্রাহ্মণবাড়ীয়া Chittagong 2808 1927 1457
Chandpur District চাঁদপুর Chittagong 2393 1704 1404
Chittagong District চট্টগ্রাম Chittagong 7509 5283 1421
Comilla District কুমিল্লা Chittagong 5304 3085 1719
Feni District ফেনী Chittagong 1420 928 1530
Khagrachhari District খাগড়াছড়ি Chittagong 608 2700 225
Lakshmipur District লক্ষীপুর Chittagong 1711 1456 1175
Noakhali District নোয়াখালী Chittagong 3072 3601 853
Rangamati District রাঙ্গামাটি Chittagong 596 6116 97
Dhaka District ঢাকা Dhaka 11875 1464 8111
Faridpur District ফরিদপুর Dhaka 1867 2073 901
Gazipur District গাজীপুর Dhaka 3333 1800 1852
Gopalganj District গোপালগঞ্জ Dhaka 1149 1490 771
Jamalpur District জামালপুর Dhaka 2265 2032 1115
Kishoreganj District কিশোরগঞ্জ Dhaka 2853 2689 1061
Madaripur District মাদারীপুর Dhaka 1149 1145 1004
Manikganj District মানিকগঞ্জ Dhaka 1379 1379 1000
Munshiganj District মুন্সীগঞ্ Dhaka 1420 955 1487
Mymensingh District ময়মনসিংহ Dhaka 5042 4363 1156
Narayanganj District নারায়ণগঞ্জ Dhaka 2897 700 4139
Narsingdi District নরসিংদী Dhaka 2202 1141 1930
Netrakona District নেত্রকোনা Dhaka 2207 2810 786
Rajbari District রাজবাড়ী Dhaka 1040 1119 929
Shariatpur District শরীয়তপুর Dhaka 1146 1182 970
Sherpur District শেরপুর Dhaka 1334 1364 978
Tangail District টাঙ্গাইল Dhaka 3571 3414 1046
Bagerhat District বাগেরহাট Khulna 1461 3959 369
Chuadanga District চুয়াডাঙ্গা Khulna 1123 1177 954
Jessore District যশোর Khulna 2742 2567 1068
Jhenaidah District ঝিনাইদহ Khulna 1756 1961 895
Khulna District খুলনা Khulna 2294 4394 522
Kushtia District কুষ্টিয়া Khulna 1933 1601 1207
Magura District মাগুরা Khulna 913 1049 871
Meherpur District মেহেরপুর Khulna 652 716 910
Narail District নড়াইল Khulna 715 990 722
Satkhira District সাতক্ষিরা Khulna 1973 3858 511
Bogra District বগুড়া Rajshahi 3371 2920 1154
Joypurhat District জয়পুরহাট Rajshahi 909 965 942
Naogaon District নওগাঁ Rajshahi 2576 3436 750
Natore District নাটোর Rajshahi 1696 1896 894
Nawabganj District নওয়াবগঞ্জ Rajshahi 1635 1703 960
Pabna District পাবনা Rajshahi 2497 2372 1053
Rajshahi District রাজশাহী Rajshahi 2573 2407 1069
Sirajganj District সিরাজগঞ্জ Rajshahi 3072 2498 1230
Dinajpur District দিনাজপুর Rangpur 2970 3438 864
Gaibandha District গাইবান্ধা Rangpur 2349 2179 1078
Kurigram District কুড়িগ্রাম Rangpur 2050 2296 893
Lalmonirhat District লালমনিরহাট Rangpur 1249 1241 1006
Nilphamari District নীলফামারী Rangpur 1820 1580 1152
Panchagarh District পঞ্চগড় Rangpur 981 1405 698
Rangpur District রংপুর Rangpur 2866 2368 1210
Thakurgaon District ঠাকুরগাঁ Rangpur 1380 1810 762
Habiganj District হবিগঞ্জ Sylhet 2059 2637 781
Maulvibazar District মৌলভীবাজার Sylhet 1902 2799 679
Sunamganj District সুনামগঞ্জ Sylhet 2443 3670 666
Sylhet District সিলেট Sylhet 3404 3490 975

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