Demra () is a (

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)

thana Thana means " station" or "place" in South Asian countries. The word ''thana'' originates from the Sanskrit word ''sthana'' or "sthanak", meaning "place" or "stand", which was anglicized as ''thana'' by the British. * Thanas of Bangladesh, forme ...

Dhaka city Dhaka ( or ; , ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the largest and most densely populated cities in the world with a density of about 34,000 citizens per square kilometers within a tot ...

, the capital of

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. It consists of Ward No 64, 65 (part), 66, 67, 68, 69 and 70 of

Dhaka South City Corporation Dhaka South City Corporation (), is a local governing body that manages all civic services in the southern part of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The DSCC government is elected by popular vote every five years. It is headed by a mayor, who p ...

. Demra is situated in the eastern border area of

Dhaka City Dhaka ( or ; , ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the largest and most densely populated cities in the world with a density of about 34,000 citizens per square kilometers within a tot ...

History

Demra thana was established in 1973. The thana consists of 6 wards & 19 mouzas.

Geography

Demra Thana is located at . It has 102757 units of household and total area 22.4 km² 011 It is bounded by Khilgaon and

Sabujbagh Sabujbagh () is a thana (police jurisdiction) in Dhaka District in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Situated in the administrative area of Dhaka South City Corporation, the thana was formed in 1988. The police station is located at holding number 203 in Middle ...

thanas on the north, Sampur thana and Narayanganj sadar upazila on the south, Rupganj upazila on the east, Kadamtali and Jatrabari thanas on the west.

Demographics

According to the

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, Demra Thana had 51,645 households with average household size of 4.23 and a population of 226,679. Males constituted 53.73% (121,805) of the population while females 46.27% (104,874). Demra Thana had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 73.1%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 116.There were 21 floating people in this jurisdiction. The religious breakdown was

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97.39% (220,753),

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2.58% (5,838), Christian 0.02% (41),

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0.01% (34), and others 0.01% (13). The ethnic minority people living there were 87 persons in total.

Parliament's constituency

Demra is a part of Dhaka-5

parliamentary constituency An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...

. It is one of the 300 constituencies of the National Assembly of Bangladesh. It is the 178th seat of the Jatiya Sangsad in the Dhaka district. The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973. Ahead of the 2008 general election, the

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redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the

2001 Bangladesh census In 2001, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh, ten years after the 1991 census. They recorded data from all of the districts, upazilas, and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on populati ...

. 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.

Notable people

* Habibur Rahman Mollah (26 January 1942 - 6 May 2020), politician, businessman, MP

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