Chowkbazar Thana
Chowkbazar, also called Chawkbazar Model Thana, is a Thana of Dhaka District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was formed in August 2009 from parts of Lalbagh Thana and Kotwali Thana, and has an area of 2.07 km2. It includes the Chowk Bazaar and was the site of the Dhaka fire">Dhaka Division">Dhaka fire, that left scores of people dead.
History
Chowkbazar is known as a sprawling market area in Dhaka, Bangladesh, with hundreds of shops, market stalls and vendors. In 1702, Murshid Quli Khan established the market, naming it Badshahi Bazar, which was later renamed as Chawk Bazaar.Later, James Taylor in his 1840 book, "A Sketch of the Topography & Statistics of Dacca" left a description of Chowkbazar: "It is a square of pretty large dimensions, and is surrounded chiefly by mosques and shops. The open space, in which the bazar is held, is enclosed by a low wall, with a carriage road around it."
Demographics
According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Chakbazar Thana had 31,677 households and a population of 123,053. 6.70% of the population were under 5 years of age. Chakbazar had a literacy rate of 86.10%: 86.66% for males and 85.33% for females, and a sex ratio of 135.54 males for every 100 females.According to the 2011 [Bangladesh census|2011 Census of Bangladesh], Chak Bazar Thana had 25,401 households with an average household size of 4.58 and a population of 156,147. Males constituted 64.69% of the population while females 35.31%. Chak Bazar Thana had a literacy rate of 70.4%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 183.There were 457 floating people in this jurisdiction.