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Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 2011
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BGD_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Sep 03, 2025
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Bangladesh, Division 2011 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_BD2011)

Data file: BGD2011_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 123
End: 125
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
010 Barisal
020 Chittagong
030 Dhaka
040 Khulna
050 Rajshahi
055 Rangpur
060 Sylhet
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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Definition
GEO1_BD2011 identifies the household's division (bibhag) within Bangladesh in 2011. Divisions are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_BD2011 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Bangladesh can be found in the IPUMS International Geography variables list. For cross-national geographic analysis on the first and second major administrative level of any country refer to GEOLEV1, and GEOLEV2. More information on IPUMS-International geography can be found here.

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