Dhamsana (), also transliterated as Dhamsona, is a

union parishad Union council (), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit in Bangladesh, with zila parishads (district councils) being the largest rural authori ...

under

Savar Upazila Savar () is an upazila of Dhaka District in the division of Dhaka Division, Dhaka, Bangladesh and is located at a distance of about 24 kilometers (15 mi) to the northwest of Dhaka city. Savar is mostly famous for the National Martyrs' Memori ...

Dhaka District Dhaka District () is a Districts of Bangladesh, district in central Bangladesh, and is the densest district in the nation. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, rests on the eastern banks of the Buriganga River ...

Dhaka Division Dhaka Division () is an Divisions of Bangladesh, administrative division of Bangladesh. Dhaka serves as the capital city of Dhaka Division, the Dhaka District and Bangladesh. The division remains as a population magnet, and covers an area of 20, ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

. The union covers an area of 32.77 square kilometres. Its parishad office is located in Bolibhadra Bazar area. In the year 2011, Dhamsana is the most populous union in

, with a total population of 308,024.

Demographics

According to the

2011 Census of Bangladesh In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh, which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census. Data were r ...

, Dhamsana Union has a total of 92,036 households and 308,024 inhabitants. Among the population, 162,372 are male and 145,652 are

female An organism's sex is female ( symbol: ♀) if it produces the ovum (egg cell), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete (sperm cell) during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females and ...

. The total literacy rate is 75%, with 78.4% of the

male Male (Planet symbols, symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or Egg cell, ovum, in the process of fertilisation. A male organism cannot sexual repro ...

population and 71.1% of the female population being literate.

Administrative divisions

As of the year 2011, Dhamsana consists of 14 mouzas. They are listed below:

Notable Person

Mohammad Saiful Islam Mohammad Saiful Islam (born 20 December 1970) is a Bangladeshi politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-19 constituency. He was elected as an independent candidate in the 12th National Parliament Elections of 2024. ...

who is an MP of

Dhaka-19 Dhaka-19 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Boundaries The constituency encompasses all but the four southernmost union parishads of Savar Upazila: Amin Bazar, Bhakurta, Kaundia, and Tetulj ...

Savar Savar () is a city in central Bangladesh, located in the Dhaka District in the division of Dhaka. It is the closest separate city to the centre of Dhaka. It is also a part of the Greater Dhaka conurbation which forms the Dhaka megacity. About ...

Constituency. A resident of the union. https://www.dhakatimes24.com/2024/01/08/338841

References

{{Reflist Unions of Savar Upazila

Demographics

Administrative divisions

Notable Person

See also

References