{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Dohar | native_name = দোহার | settlement_type = [[Upazilas of Bangladesh|Upazila]] | image_skyline = DoharMoinot.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = [[Moinot Ghat]], Dohar | image_map = Dohar in Dhaka division (Bangladesh).svg | coordinates = {{coord|23.5958|N|90.1222|E|type:adm3rd|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = [[Country]] | subdivision_name = {{flag|Bangladesh}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Divisions of Bangladesh|Division]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Bangladesh|District]] | subdivision_type3 = <!-- Capital --> | subdivision_name1 = [[Dhaka Division|Dhaka]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Dhaka District|Dhaka]] | subdivision_name3 = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | area_total_km2 = 161.49 | area_metro_km2 = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | population_total = 250114 | population_as_of = [[2022 Bangladeshi census|2022]] | population_footnotes = <ref name="census2022">{{Cite book |url=http://nsds.bbs.gov.bd/storage/files/1/Publications/PHCensus/Dhaka/District%20Report%20Dhaka.pdf |title=Population and Housing Census 2022 - District Report: Dhaka |date=June 2024 |publisher=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]] |isbn=978-984-475-286-3 |series= District Series |location=Dhaka |pages=xiv, 54}}</ref> | population_density_km2 = auto | postal_code_type = [[postal codes in Bangladesh|Postal code]] | postal_code = 1330<ref name="postalcode">{{Cite web |url=https://bdpost.portal.gov.bd/site/page/6aaeabe4-479b-4e5a-a671-e9e5b994bf9a |title=Bangladesh Postal Code |date=19 October 2024 |publisher=Bangladesh Postal Department under the Department of Posts and Telecommunications of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology of the People's Republic of Bangladesh |location=Dhaka}}</ref> | area_code = 06223<ref name="areacode">{{Cite web |url=https://www.rebtel.com/en/international-calling-guide/phone-codes/bangladesh |title=Bangladesh Area Code |date=18 October 2024 |publisher=Rebtel.com |location=Stockholm, Sweden}}</ref> | website = [http://dohar.dhaka.gov.bd/ Website of Dohar] | timezone = [[Bangladesh Standard Time|BST]] | utc_offset = +6 }} '''Dohar''' ({{langx|bn|দোহার}}) is an [[upazila]] of [[Dhaka District]] in the division of [[Dhaka Division|Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]]. The upazila is situated in the southernmost part of Dhaka District. The [[Padma River]] borders the southern part of the upazila. [[File:Dohar Upazila mauza geocode map - Small Area Atlas Dhaka.svg|thumb|Dohar Upazila mauza geocode map]]
==History== During the British period, farmers in this area were forced to cultivate nil ([[indigo]]) and joined the [[indigo rebellion]].<ref name="Banglapedia">{{cite book|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh|last=Ali|first=Md Moksed|publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]|year=2012|edition=Second|chapter=Dohar Upazila|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Dohar_Upazila|editor1-last=Islam|editor1-first=Sirajul|editor1-link=Sirajul Islam|editor2-last=Jamal|editor2-first=Ahmed A.}}</ref> [[Mahatma Gandhi]] visited the area in 1940.<ref name="Banglapedia" />
==Geography== Dohar is an upazila of Dhaka district is located at {{coord|23.5958|N|90.1222|E|}}. It has 49,400 households and a total area of 161.49 km<sup>2</sup>. One of the largest rivers of Bangladesh, the [[Padma River|Padma]], is situated in the southern, south central-western and south-western part of Dohar. This upazila is surrounded by [[Nawabganj Upazila, Dhaka|Nawabganj]] on the north, [[Sreenagar Upazila|Sreenagar]] on the east ,[[Harirampur Upazila|Harirampur]], [[Char Bhadrasan Upazila|Char Bhadrasan]] upazilas and Padma River on the west and [[Sadarpur Upazila|Sadarpur]], [[Char Bhadrasan Upazila|Char Bhadrasan]] upazilas and Padma River on the south.
==Demographics==
{{bar box |title=Religions in Dohar Upazila (2022)<ref name="2022census"/> |titlebar=#Fcd116 |left1=Religion |right1=Percent |float=left |bars= {{bar percent|[[Islam in Bangladesh|Islam]]|green|96.91}} {{bar percent|[[Hinduism in Bangladesh|Hinduism]]|darkorange|2.94}} {{bar percent|[[Christianity in Bangladesh|Christianity]]|blue|0.15}} }}
According to the [[2022 Bangladeshi census]], Dohar Upazila had 61,577 households and a population of 250,114. 8.85% of the population were under 5 years of age. Dohar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 79.24%: 79.47% for males and 79.04% for females, and a sex ratio of 85.46 males for every 100 females. 82,126 (32.84%) lived in urban areas.<ref name="2022census">{{Cite book |url=http://203.112.218.101/storage/files/1/Publications/PHC_2021/Dhaka%20Division/District%20Report%20Dhaka_25062024.pdf |title=Population and Housing Census 2022 - District Report: Dhaka |date=June 2024 |publisher=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]] |isbn=978-984-475-286-3 |series= District Series |location=Dhaka |pages=xiv, 54}}</ref>
According to the [[2011 Bangladesh census|2011 Census of Bangladesh]], Dohar Upazila had 49,400 households and a population of 226,439. 51,306 (22.66%) were under 10 years of age. Dohar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 57.5%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1115 females per 1000 males. 36,434 (16.09%) lived in urban areas.<ref name="census2011">{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Dhaka |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Zila_Dhaka.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd |publisher=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref><ref name="community">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Community Tables: Dhaka district |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCen2011/Com_Dhaka.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd}}</ref>
As of the [[2001 Bangladeshi census|2001 Bangladesh census]], Dohar had an average literacy rate of 32.9% (7+ years) compared with the national average of 32.4% literacy. The rate of literacy is increasing nowadays.<ref name="census">{{cite web|access-date=10 November 2006|url=http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm|archive-date=27 March 2005|title=Population Census Wing, BBS}}</ref>
==Points of interest== The sandy beach at [[Moinot Ghat]], on the [[Padma River]], is a day trip destination for Dhakaites.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sujoy |first1=Fatiul Huq |title=Moinot Ghat: Quick Escape for the Bored Dhakaite |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/shout/explore/moinot-ghat-quick-escape-the-bored-dhakaite-1350805 |work=The Daily Star |date=26 January 2017}}</ref>
==Administration== Dohar Upazila is divided into Dohar Municipality and eight [[union parishad]]s: Bilaspur, Kushumhati, Mahmudpur, Muksudpur, Narisha, Nayabari, Roypara, and Sutarpara. The union parishads are subdivided into 91 mauzas and 133 villages.
Dohar Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 26 [[mahalla]]s.<ref name="district-stats">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Dhaka.pdf |url-status=dead |title=District Statistics 2011: Dhaka |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424233706/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Dhaka.pdf |archive-date=24 April 2015 |access-date=14 July 2014}}</ref>
==References== <references/>
{{Dhaka District}} {{Upazilas of Dhaka Division}}
[[Category:Dohar Upazila| ]] [[Category:Upazilas of Dhaka District]]
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