SFD Report - Gazipur, Bangladesh SFD Promotion Initiative

Gazipur is one of the districts of Dhaka division and Gazipur City Corporation comprises of 57 wards and its total area is 329.53 sq. km. The total population of Gazipur City Corporation is about 2.5 million with a population density of 1,884/sq km.

The majority of the population use septic tanks (98%), and around 2% use toilet with pits. There is no open defecation found in the municipality. However, a small portion of population living on streets and railway station practice open defecation which is less than 0.1%, not shown in the SFD graphic since it represents less than 1% of the total population.

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