[3] It includes the Chowk Bazaar and was the site of the February 2019 Dhaka fire.

[4][5] In 1702, Murshid Quli Khan established the market, naming it Badshahi Bazar, which was later renamed as Chawk Bazaar.

[6] Later, James Taylor in his 1840 book, "A Sketch of the Topography & Statistics of Dacca" left a description of Chowkbazar: "It is a square of pretty large dimensions, and is surrounded chiefly by mosques and shops.

The open space, in which the bazar is held, is enclosed by a low wall, with a carriage road around it..."[7] According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Chak Bazar Thana had 25,401 households with an average household size of 4.58 and a population of 156,147.

Chak Bazar Thana had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 70.4%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 183.There were 457 floating people in this jurisdiction.