The Country : The people's Republic of Bangladesh
Geographical location : South Asia; between
20° 34´ and 26° 38´ north
latitude and between 88° 01´ and 92° 41´ east
longitude; consists of flat fertile alluvial land.
Boundaries : North - India
(West Bengal Meghalaya)
West - India (West Bengal)
East- India (Tripura & Assam) & Myanmar
South - Bay of Bengal
Area : 147,570 square km. (Territorial
water - 12 nautical miles)
Capital City: Dhaka
Metropolitan Area 1528 sq.km
Standard time: GMT+ 6 hours.
Climate: Sub-tropical
monsoon.
Season |
Temperature |
Rainfall |
Relative humidity |
|
maximum |
minimum |
|
|
Pre
monsoon |
32.60C |
22.40C |
453 mm |
74% |
Monsoon |
31.50C |
25.50C |
1,733 mm |
86% |
Post
monsoon |
30.50C |
21.40C |
210 mm |
80% |
Winter |
26.50C |
13.90C |
44 mm |
73% |
Annual |
30.40C |
21.20C |
203 mm |
78% |
Rainfall :1194 mm to 3454 mm (average during monsoon,
June-August)
Humidity : Highest :99 percent
(July), Lowest :36 percent (December and January)
Population : 152.51 Million
(Population & Housing Census Report 2011,
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics)
Population Growth Rate : 1.37 percent
Population Density : 1015 Person per
sq km
Total
fertility rate: 2.17 Children born/woman (2017 est.)
Life
expectancy:
73.4 years (2017 (est.)
Birth
Rate: 18.8
births/1,000 population (2017 est.)
Mortality
rate:
5.4 deaths/1,000 population (2017 est.)
Adult
literacy rate: 72.8 Percent (15 years +)
Language: 95 percent Bangla
and 5 percent other dialect. English is widely
spoken.
Religion: Muslim (89.6%),
Hindu (9.3%), Buddhist (0.60%) Christain (0.30%),
& Animists and believers in tribal faiths
(0.20%)
Food: Rice, Vegetables,
pulses, fish and meat.
Mineral resources : Natural gas, limestone, hard
rock, coal,
Lignite, silica sand white clay, radio active
Sand etc. (There is a strong possibility of
oil deposit)
Human
resources:
A substantial manpower reserve, trained From 34
public government and technical University along
with 56 Private University and Electronic media18
Skilled: Engineers, technicians,
physicians’ economists, Accountants, administrative
and managerial, personal abundance of low cost,
easily trained and adaptable, hardworking, intelligent
and Youthful labour force.
(Source:
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics &
www.cia.gov)
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