DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2018.v06i04.014

Pages: 877-883

Sundarban region is the world largest estuarine delta. The reclamation history shows that man had started to settled in this area from 1770 AD in early part of British rule. Till the 1st half of the 20th century the population growth was very low in this region. But after that population has changed dramatically due to partition between India and Bangladesh and also independence movement in Bangladesh. This paper attempts to reveal the growth and spatio-temporal change of human population in the Sundarban. Chronological data has been taken from 1872 to 2011 for the analysis. Census data (2001 and 2011) and different literature have been used as the data base for spatial analysis of population growth in this region. Statistical calculation, graphical presentation and cartographic techniques with GIS software have been used for analysis. The result showing that population has increased 16 times in the last 140 years. There was doubling situation in population growth in 1921 for before independence and 1981 after independence. Population density pattern is low density in coastal area and high density pattern towards interior part from the coastal face. The male female population, rural urban population has also changed both spatially and temporally and these are also increased with time.