Child Equity Atlas - BIDS

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Situation in Urban Areas: The Case of Dhaka City Corporation Map 6.1: Proportion of population below 18 years by ward in DCC, Bangladesh 2011 Legend Uttara Lowest: 36.0% Biman Bandar Pallabi Cantonment Badda Mirpur Kafrul Gulshan Mohammadpur Tejgaon Khilgaon Hazaribagh Dhanmondi Ramna Motijheel Sabujbagh Kamrangir Char Lalbag Kotwali Sutrapur Demra Shyampur 83

Child Equity Atlas Table 6.1: Proportion of population below 18 years: Highest and lowest wards, Dhaka City Corporation, Bangladesh 2011 Srl. Highest wards Lowest wards Thana Ward No. % Thana Ward No. % 1. Lalbagh 92 38.7 Shahbagh 57 15.4 2. Lalbagh 91 37.8 Lalbagh, Shahbagh 56 19.9 3. Kadamtali 88 36.1 New Market 52 22.4 4. Lalbagh 60 36.0 Bangshal, Chak Bazar 67 23.0 5. Jatrabari 85 35.6 Motijheel 32 24.2 Dhaka City Corporation: 30.9% 6.1.2 On female teenage (15-19 years) marriage, the proportion was also much lower in the DCC (23.3 per cent) compared to the country average (32.5 per cent). However, there were variations in the proportions between different wards of DCC as illustrated in Map 6.2. In DCC wards, female teenage marriage proportions ranged from 4.0 per cent in Dhanmondi to 38 per cent in Lalbagh showing wide disparity (Table 6.2). Table 6.2: Proportion of female teenage (15-19 years) married population: Highest and lowest wards, Dhaka City Corporation, Bangladesh 2011 Highest wards Lowest wards Srl. Thana Ward No. % Thana Ward No. % 1. Lalbagh 91 38.4 Dhanmondi 49 4.2 2. Khilgaon 26 38.2 Ramna 53 5.1 Photo : Ibrahim Khan Moni 3. Lalbagh 92 37.6 Paltan 36 7.2 4. Darus Salam 9 36.0 Shahbagh 57 7.8 5. Shyampur 90 34.5 New Market 52 8.9 Dhaka City Corporation: 23.3% 84

<strong>Child</strong> <strong>Equity</strong> <strong>Atlas</strong><br />

Table 6.1: Proportion of population below 18 years: Highest and lowest wards, Dhaka City<br />

Corporation, Bangladesh 2011<br />

Srl.<br />

Highest wards<br />

Lowest wards<br />

Thana Ward No. % Thana Ward No. %<br />

1. Lalbagh 92 38.7 Shahbagh 57 15.4<br />

2. Lalbagh 91 37.8 Lalbagh, Shahbagh 56 19.9<br />

3. Kadamtali 88 36.1 New Market 52 22.4<br />

4. Lalbagh 60 36.0 Bangshal, Chak Bazar 67 23.0<br />

5. Jatrabari 85 35.6 Motijheel 32 24.2<br />

Dhaka City Corporation: 30.9%<br />

6.1.2 On female teenage (15-19 years) marriage,<br />

the proportion was also much lower in the DCC<br />

(23.3 per cent) compared to the country average<br />

(32.5 per cent). However, there were variations in<br />

the proportions between different wards of DCC<br />

as illustrated in Map 6.2. In DCC wards, female<br />

teenage marriage proportions ranged from 4.0<br />

per cent in Dhanmondi to 38 per cent in Lalbagh<br />

showing wide disparity (Table 6.2).<br />

Table 6.2: Proportion of female teenage<br />

(15-19 years) married population: Highest<br />

and lowest wards, Dhaka City Corporation,<br />

Bangladesh 2011<br />

Highest wards<br />

Lowest wards<br />

Srl.<br />

Thana<br />

Ward<br />

No.<br />

% Thana<br />

Ward<br />

No.<br />

%<br />

1. Lalbagh 91 38.4 Dhanmondi 49 4.2<br />

2. Khilgaon 26 38.2 Ramna 53 5.1<br />

Photo : Ibrahim Khan Moni<br />

3. Lalbagh 92 37.6 Paltan 36 7.2<br />

4.<br />

Darus<br />

Salam<br />

9 36.0 Shahbagh 57 7.8<br />

5. Shyampur 90 34.5 New Market 52 8.9<br />

Dhaka City Corporation: 23.3%<br />

84

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