Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Baangladesh

                          Bangladesh  

Bangladesh; officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is bordered by India to its west, north and east; Burma to its southeast and separated from Nepal and Bhutan by the Chicken’s Neck corridor.


Map of Bangladesh:


Map of Bangladesh
Bangladesh in one Look: Everything you need to Know about Bangladesh is here.


Official Name: People's Republic of Bangladesh

Nationality: Bangladeshis

Weekends: Friday & Saturday, some govt and non-govt offices remain open on Saturdays.

International Dialing Code: +880

Standard Time : BST (GMT +6 Hours)

Capital City: Dhaka

Demography

Population: 150 million (2011 Census Report by BBS)

Literacy Rate: 60%

Language:
Bangla (national language) spoken by 95%
English is widely understood and spoken.

Religion:
Muslims - 86.6%,
Hindus - 12.1%,
Buddhists - 0.6%,
Christians -0.4%,
Others -0.3%.

Age Structure:
0-14 years#33.8% (male 23,069,242#female 21,995,457)
15-64 years: 62.8% (male 42,924,778; female 40,873,077)
65 years and over: 3.4% (male 2,444,314; female 2,069,816)

Population Growth Rate: 1.59%
Birth Rate / 1000 : 25.12 births/1,000 population
Death Rate / 1000 : 8.47 deaths/1,000 population

Gender
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.18 male(s)/female
total population: 1.05 male(s)/female

Fertility Rate: 2.72 children born/woman

Ethnic Groups:
Bengalis (98%)
Other indigenous minority (2%) including Chakmas, Marmas, Santals, Garos, Manipuri, Tripura, and Tanchangya.

Climate

Climate Variation: Sub-tropical monsoon

Average Temperature:
Winter 11° C - 20° C (October - February)
Summer 21° C - 38° C (March - September)

Rainfall : 1,100 mm to 3,400 mm (June - August)

Humidity:
Highest 99% (July)
Lowest 36% (December & January)

Detail collected from Government site of Bangladesh

Read More About Bangladesh :

Wikipedia link
Government site of Bangladesh



Bangladesh Political Review

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