Maimansingh (Division)

ময়মনসিংহ বিভাগ Maimansingh
Basic data
Country	Bangladesh
Capital	Maimansingh
surface	10,584 km²
Residents	12,368,000 (2016)
density	1169 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BD-H

Coordinates: 24 ° 45 '  N , 90 ° 20'  E

The Maimansingh Division ( Bengali ময়মনসিংহ বিভাগ , English Mymensingh Division ) is one of eight large administrative units ( divisions ) in Bangladesh . It was formed in 2015 from parts of the Dhaka Division .

scope

The Mymensingh division comprises four districts: Jamalpur , Maimansingh , Netrokona and Sherpur . To the south, the division is bordered by the Dhaka division, to the east by the Sylhet division and to the west by the Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions . The northern border coincides with the Indian-Bangladeshi border. On the Indian side is the state of Meghalaya . In the 2011 census, the area of ​​the Maimansingh Division (which at that time did not exist as an administrative unit) had 11.4 million inhabitants in an area of ​​10,584 km². In terms of population, Maimansingh was one of the smaller divisions in Bangladesh.

Maimansingh Division districts

Surname	main place	Area (km²)	Population in 1,000 (2011)	Population density ( inhabitants / km², 2011)
Jamalpur	Jamalpur	2,032	2,265	1,115
Maimansingh	Maimansingh	4,363	5,042	1,156
Netrokona	Netrokona	2,810	2,207	786
Sherpur	Sherpur	1,364	1,334	978
Entire division	Maimansingh	10,584	11,370	1,074

Population development

year	population
1991 census	8,701,186
2001 census	9,864,665
2011 census	11,370,000
2016 estimate	12,368,000

history

On January 26, 2015, the Bangladeshi government under Prime Minister Hasina Wajed gave its approval in principle to the establishment of a new division with headquarters in Maimansingh from the northern districts of Dhaka division . The final decision to form the new division was made on September 14, 2015 at a meeting of the National Implementation Committee for Administrative Reforms (NICAR, "National Implementation Committee for Administrative Reforms "). The districts of Tangail and Kishoreganj , which should originally also be part of the new division, remained with the Dhaka division, possibly in response to popular protests in these districts. At the same meeting, plans were also announced to create two more divisions, Faridpur and Comilla, by separating from Dhaka and Chittagong, respectively . The people of Maimansingh City reacted enthusiastically to the announcement, expecting their provincial city to be upgraded. After the separation, the Dhaka division still had 13, instead of 17 districts.

Web links

• Maimansingh Division , Government Official Site

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} POPULATION & HOUSING CENSUS 2011. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, July 2011, archived from the original on March 19, 2016 ; accessed on March 19, 2016 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Bangladesh: Districts and Cities - Population Statistics in Maps and Tables. Retrieved May 6, 2018 . 
3. ^ Mymensingh to become eighth division of Bangladesh. The Daily Star , September 15, 2015, accessed March 19, 2016 . 
4. ^ Mymensingh becomes 8th division - Tangail, Kishopreganj remain under Dhaka. newagebd.net, September 15, 2015, accessed March 19, 2016 .