Poor children live in bangladesh

Bangladesh is the most poor and populated country in the world with a density of 795 people per square kilometer. It’s total area 1,44,498 square kilometer and population about 14 core. About 47 percent of the population are under 16 years of age and 17 percent are below 5 years of age. The population growth rate is 2.16% with the literacy rate only 24.8 percent.


Bangladesh is predominantly a rural country, with 84.8 percent of the population living in rural areas. It is a land of agriculture, but more than half of the rural population are landless. 75% of children below the age of 12 years are malnourished and 85% of the population live below poverty line. According to the Centre for Urban Studies, 60% of the population of Dhaka city live below the poverty line.


The majority of the people are poor and uneducated, because scarcity of land, lack of food and political unrest .In this situation ,people ignore about children care. The economic hardship is caused by having a large population and large member of real families. This has created various kinds of social problems and the incidence of child labour is growing.


In Bangladesh, street children can be defined as those who earn their living on the city streets and stay there for most, or all, of the day. They may or may not have parents or legal guardians.