Official Name: | Bangsal |
Native Name: | বংশাল |
Settlement Type: | Thana |
Pushpin Map: | Bangladesh Dhaka#Bangladesh Dhaka division#Bangladesh |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Bangshal within Dhaka##Location of Bangshal within Dhaka Division##Location of Bangshal within Bangladesh |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Map Caption1: | Expandable map of vicinity of Bangshal Thana |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bangladesh |
Subdivision Type1: | Division |
Subdivision Name1: | Dhaka Division |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Dhaka District |
Population Total: | 176,025 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Density Km2: | 155793 |
Area Total Km2: | 1.2 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 23 |
Timezone: | BST |
Utc Offset: | +6 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 1100 |
Area Code: | 02[3] |
Bangsal (bn|বংশাল) is a Thana of Dhaka District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was formed in September 2009 from part of Kotwali Thana.[4]
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Bangshal Thana had 35,410 households with average household size of 4.95 and a population of 186,952. Males constituted 64.39% (120,382) of the population while females 35.61% (66,570). Bangshal Thana had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 73.0%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 181.There were 923 floating people in this jurisdiction. [5]
The religious breakdown was Muslim 97.18% (181,672), Hindu 2.80% (5,233), Christian 0.02% (43), Buddhist 0.00% (2), and others 0.00% (00). Only 6 ethnic people were living there.