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Community: It refers to the following geographic, administrative or revenue units:
i) Zila: Zila (Bengali word of District) is a mid-level administrative unit comprising of several
upazilas/thanas and having Zila Parishad institution.
ii) Upazila: Upazila (Bengali word of Sub-district) is a rural administrative unit comprising of
several unions and having Upazila Parishad institution.
iii) Union: Smallest administrative rural geographic unit comprising of mauzas and villages and
having Union Parishad institution.
iv) Mauza: Lowest administrative unit having a separate jurisdiction list number (J.L No) in
revenue records. Every mauza has its well-demarcated cadastral map. Mauza should be
distinguished from local village since a mauza may consist of one or more villages.
v) Village: Lowest rural geographic unit either equivalent to a mauza or part of a mauza.
vi) Ward: Smallest administrative urban geographic unit comprising of mahallas and having ward
council institution.
vii) Mahalla: Lowest urban geographic unit.

Urban Area: It corresponds with area developed around a central place having 5000 population with
such amenities as metaled roads, improved communication, electricity, gas, water supply, sewerage,
sanitation and also having comparatively higher density of population with majority population in non-
agriculture occupations. City, Town, Paurasava and Cantonment are the examples of urban area.

i) Mega City: It is metropolitan area having population 5 millions or more.
ii) City Corporation: It includes city corporations/incorporated and administered by the Ministry

of local government under City Corporation Act, 2009.
iii) Paurashava/Municipality (PSA): It includes paurashavas incorporated and administered by

local government under Paurashava Act, 2009.
iv) City: It is an urban area having population 1,00,000 and above.
v) Other Urban Area (OUA): It includes those Upazila headquarters which are not paurashavas.

The only exception relates to 17 unions adjacent to Dhaka City Corporation under Dhaka
Metropolitan Area. These unions are treated as other urban areas on the basis of their urban
characteristics.
vi) Town: It is an urban area having population less than 1,00,000 .
Growth Rate: The annual population growth rate has been computed using the annual
compounding formula:

Pn=P0(1+r)t
Where,

Pn = The population of 2011 census
P0 = The population of 2001 census
r = Annual population growth rate
t = Time period between 2011 census to 2001 census

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