{{Short description|Thana in Dhaka North City Corporation, Bangladesh}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Turag Thana | native_name = তুরাগ থানা | native_name_lang = bn | settlement_type = Thana | established_title = Established as a thana | established_date = 2005 | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | blank_emblem_link = | pushpin_map = Bangladesh Dhaka#Bangladesh Dhaka division#Bangladesh | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Turag Thana within Dhaka##Location of Turag Thana within Dhaka Division##Location of Turag Thana within Bangladesh | pushpin_label_position = right | image_map1 = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|type=point|coord={{coord|23.87648|N|90.35465|E|display=inline}}|frame-width=200|frame-height=220|stroke-width=1|zoom=13|frame-align=center|frame-lat=|frame-long=|title=Turag}} | map_caption1 = Expandable map of vicinity of Turag Thana | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Bangladesh}} | subdivision_type1 = Division | subdivision_name1 = Dhaka Division | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Dhaka District | subdivision_type3 = <!-- Capital --> | subdivision_name3 = | population_total = 266,054 | population_as_of = 2022 | population_footnotes = <ref name="census2022-nationalreport">{{Cite book |url=https://bbs.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/bbs.portal.gov.bd/page/b343a8b4_956b_45ca_872f_4cf9b2f1a6e0/2024-01-31-15-51-b53c55dd692233ae401ba013060b9cbb.pdf |title=National Report |date=November 2023 |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |isbn=978-9844752016 |series=Population and Housing Census 2022 |volume=1 |location=Dhaka |pages=386}}</ref> | population_density_km2 = 12927 | area_total_km2 = 12.17 | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="Elevation of Dhaka">{{cite web|url=http://dateandtime.info/citycoordinates.php?id=1185241 |title=Geographic coordinates of Dhaka, Bangladesh |publisher=|access-date=7 July 2016 }}</ref> | elevation_m = 23 | timezone = BST | utc_offset = +6 | coordinates = {{coord|23.87648|N|90.35465|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 1230 | area_code = 02<ref name="areacode">{{Cite web |url=https://en.chahaoba.com/Bangladesh |title=Bangladesh Area Code |date=18 October 2024 |publisher=Chahaoba |location=China}}</ref> | website = | footnotes = | name = }}
'''Turag Thana''' is a thana, an administrative unit, in Dhaka City, Bangladesh.<ref name="ycm">{{Cite Banglapedia|article=Turag Thana}}</ref> Turag Thana police station is the designated police station of the thana.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sighs, cries as crash kills 10-year-old |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/road-accidents-in-dhaka-bangladesh-kill-at-least-3-1697734 |accessdate=10 February 2019 |work=The Daily Star (Bangladesh) |date=6 February 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
==Geography== Turag Thana is bounded by Gazipur Sadar Upazila on the north, Pallabi Thana on the south, Gazipur Sadar Upazila and Uttara Thana on the east and Savar Upazila on the west. The thana occupies total land area of {{convert|12.17|km2|mi2}}.<ref name="ycm">{{Cite Banglapedia|article=Turag Thana}}</ref>
== Demographics ==
{{bar box |title=Religions in Turag Thana (2022)<ref name="2022census"/> |titlebar=#Fcd116 |left1=Religion |right1=Percent |float=left |width= |bars= {{bar percent|Islam|green|96.77}} {{bar percent|Hinduism|darkorange|2.95}} {{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.28}} }}
According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Turag Thana had 77,202 households and a population of 266,064. 8.44% of the population were under 5 years of age. Turag had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 82.16%: 84.19% for males and 79.69% for females, and a sex ratio of 119.30 males for every 100 females.<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 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Turag Thana has a population of 157,316 with average household size of 4.1 members, and an average literacy rate of 63.5% vs national average of 51.8% literacy.<ref name=census2011>{{cite web|url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/National%20Reports/Union%20Statistics.pdf|title=Population & Housing Census |date=2011 |author=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |publisher=Bangladesh Government |access-date=17 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903181037/http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/National%20Reports/Union%20Statistics.pdf |archive-date=3 September 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Uttara (town)}} {{Upazilas and Thanas of Dhaka}}
Category:Thanas of Uttara Category:Thanas of Dhaka Category:Areas under Dhaka-18 constituency
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