Comilla is located about 100 km southeast of Dhaka. It has a total area of 3085.17 square km and consists of 5 municipalities, 54 wards, 148 mahallas, 12 upazilas, 1 thana, 180 union parishads, 2704 mouzas and 3624 villages. The population of Comilla town is 168,378 with literacy at 60.3%; 52.56% are male and 47.44% female. The district population consists mostly of Muslims (95.38%), along with Hindus (2.62%), Christians (1.56%) and Buddhists (0.44%).