Kafrul Thana
thana in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh
Kafrul (Bengali: কাফরুল) is a thana of Dhaka District in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Geography
Kafrul thana borders Cantonment Thana on the north and east, Tejgaon Thana on the south, and Mirpur Thana and Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Thana on the west. Its total area is 17.8 km2.
Demographics
According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Kafrul Thana had 87,102 households and a population of 339,789. 6.91% of the population were under 5 years of age. Kafrul had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 89.67%: 91.12% for males and 87.89% for females, and a sex ratio of 121.38 males for every 100 females.
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Kafrul Thana had 91,248 households with an average household size of 4.09 and a population of 396,182. Males constituted 53.03% (210,106) of the population while females 46.97% (186,076). Kafrul had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 74.8%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 113. There were 179 floating people in this jurisdiction.
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