Dinajpur District, Bangladesh

This article is about the district in Bangladesh. For the city, see Dinajpur. For other uses, see Dinajpur (disambiguation).

Dinajpur
দিনাজপুর
District of Bangladesh
Dinajpur District
clockwise : Nawabganj National Park, Nayabad Mosque, Kantajew Temple, Matasagor Lake, Railway bridge (over Punorvaba river, Dinajpur) Sitakot Vihara, Sura Mosque,
Location of Dinajpur District, Bangladesh in Bangladesh
Location of Dinajpur District, Bangladesh in Bangladesh
Map
Expandable map of Dinajpur District, Bangladesh
Coordinates: 25°38′N 88°39′E / 25.63°N 88.65°E / 25.63; 88.65
Country Bangladesh
DivisionRangpur Division
Seat
and largest city		Dinajpur
Government
 • Deputy CommissionerSohag [1]
 • Superintendent of PoliceNajmul Hasan
Area
 • Total3,444.30 km2 (1,329.85 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
 • Total3,315,236
 • Density960/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+06:00 (BST)
Postal code
5200
Area code0531
ISO 3166 codeBD-14
HDI (2018)0.614[3]
medium · 7th of 21
WebsiteOfficial Website

Dinajpur district (Bengali: দিনাজপুর জেলা) is a district in the Rangpur Division of northern Bangladesh. Dinajpur is the largest district among all sixteen northern districts of Bangladesh.

  1. ^ pmis.mopa.gov.bd/pmis/Forms/dclist.php
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2022census-prelim was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 18 March 2020.