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The municipality covers an area of 7,513 hectares and is at an average of 100 meters above sea level. Lakhanpur is to the east, Urlabari, Rajghat and Madhumalla is in the west and Chulachuli and Kohabhara VDC in the north and the south, respectively. According to the census of 2011, Damak had 7,178 households containing about 36,000 people.
This article is part of a series on the Politics of Bangladesh Constitution Amendments Law of Bangladesh Bangladesh Code Penal Code Human rights Article 70 Judicial review Government President: Mohammed Shahabuddin Chief Adviser: Muhammad Yunus Cabinet: Yunus (interim) Taxation Agencies Civil Service Local governments Parliament Speaker: Vacant Leader of the House: Vacant Leader of the ...
Municipalities of Bangladesh — classified as Pourashavas in the subdivisions of Bangladesh. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
These are the non-Municipal Corporation or "non-Paurashava" towns. [3] [2] In 1951, Bangladesh was mostly a rural country and only 4% of the population lived in urban centres. The urban population rose to 20% in 1991 and to 24% by 2001. In 2011, Bangladesh had an urban population of 28% and the rate of urban population growth was estimated at 2 ...
In Bangladesh, Municipal Councils or Town Municipalities or Paurasabha or Municipality is an urban local body that administers a city of population 100,000 or more than. The members of the Paurasabha are elected representatives for a term of five years. [ 2 ]
Bangladesh is divided into 8 divisions (bibhag) and 64 districts (jela, zila, zela), although, these have only a limited role in public policy.For the purposes of local government, the country is divided into upazilas (sub-districts), "municipalities" or town councils (pourashova), city corporations (i.e. metropolitan municipal corporations) and union councils (i.e. rural councils).
Jhapa 5 incorporates Damak Municipality, Kamal Rural Municipality, wards 1–8 of Gauradaha Municipality and wards 3–6 of Gauriganj Rural Municipality. Assembly segments [ edit ]
The divisions of Bangladesh are further divided into districts or zilas (Bengali: জেলা). [1] The headquarters of a district is called the district seat (Bengali: জেলা সদর, romanized: zila sadar). There are 64 districts in Bangladesh. The districts are further subdivided into 495 subdistricts or upazilas. [2]