Tangail District

Tangail District টাঙ্গাইল জেলা
District of Bangladesh
201 Dome Mosque, Mohera Zamindar Bari, Dhanbari Mosque, Tangail Gate, Atia Mosque, Pakutia Zamindar Bari
Location of Tangail District in Bangladesh
Expandable map of Tangail District
Coordinates: 24°18′N 90°00′E / 24.30°N 90.00°E / 24.30; 90.00
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Dhaka
Headquarters	Tangail
Government
• Deputy Commissioner	Jashim Uddin Haider
Area
• District of Bangladesh	3,414.28 km2 (1,318.26 sq mi)
• Metro	29.52 km2 (11.40 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]
• District of Bangladesh	4,037,608
• Rank	5th in Bangladesh
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+06:00 (BST)
Postal code	1900
Area code	0921
ISO 3166 code	BD-63
HDI (2018)	0.574[2] medium · 18th of 21
Website	tangail.gov.bd

Tangail District (Bengali: টাঙ্গাইল জেলা, romanized: Ṭāṅgāila Jēlā) is a district (zila) in the central region of Bangladesh. In 1969, Tangail mahakuma was separated from the Mymensingh district, and a district of the same name as the mahakuma's was created. The district consists of 237 square kilometers of the prior mahakuma and 3177 square kilometers of land acquired from Mymensingh district. It is the largest district of Dhaka division by area and second largest by population (after Dhaka district). The population of Tangail zila is about 4 million and its area is 3,414.28 square kilometres (1,318.26 sq mi).^[3] The main city of the district is Tangail. It is surrounded by Jamalpur District on the north, the Dhaka and Manikganj Districts on the south, Mymensingh and Gazipur on the east, and Sirajganj on the west.