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| Data : Human Settlement |
| Residential
Patterns of Urban Poor in Dhaka City |
| Sl. No. |
Nature of Residential
Pattern |
Estimated No. of Persons |
Percentage of Total Poor
Population |
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| 01 |
Slum and Squatter Settlements
of HHs or More |
13,17,000 |
47.5 |
| 02 |
Household Maids/Ser vants
Living in High/Middle Class |
300,000 |
10.8 |
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Residence |
|
|
| 03 |
Floating Population |
50,000 |
1.8 |
| 04 |
Garments Worker Living
Outside the Slums and Squatters |
200,000 |
7.2 |
| 05 |
People Living in
Institutional Buildings |
75,000 |
2.7 |
| 06 |
People Living in Construction
Areas, Kutcha Bazars, on |
80,000 |
2.9 |
| |
Trucks, Buses, and other
Vehicles |
|
|
| 07 |
Poor Families Living Outside
the Slum Settlements under Various Arrangements |
750,000 |
27.1 |
| |
Vario us Arrangements |
|
|
| Total |
|
27,72000 |
100.0 |
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| Source: CUS
(1996), Peoples Report on Bangladesh Environment
2002-2003, MoEF - US |
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