Official Name: | Cantonment |
Native Name: | ক্যান্টনমেন্ট |
Settlement Type: | Thana |
Pushpin Map: | Bangladesh Dhaka |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Dhaka |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Map Caption1: | Expandable map of vicinity of Cantonment Thana |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bangladesh |
Subdivision Type1: | Division |
Subdivision Name1: | Dhaka Division |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Dhaka District |
Population Total: | 131864 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Density Km2: | 9113 |
Area Total Km2: | 14.47 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 23 |
Timezone: | BST |
Utc Offset: | +6 |
Coordinates: | 23°N 90°W |
Area Code: | 1206[3] |
Cantonment Thana (Bengali: ক্যান্টনমেন্ট) is a Thana of Dhaka district in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It includes the Army Headquarters, Naval Headquarters and the Air Force Headquarters. Cantonment Thana was formed in 1976.[4]
Cantonment is located at 23.8222°N 90.4083°W. It has 36540 units of household and total area 14.47 km2.[4]
At the 1991 Bangladesh census, Cantonment had a population of 117,464, of whom 109,817 were aged 18 or older.[5] Males constituted 55.53% of the population, and females 44.47%. Cantonment had an average literacy rate of 68% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%.[6]