The three big rivers, i.e., the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna make the big delta-plain of Bangladesh. The area of the country is about 1,47,570 square kilometers. About 13% of the land is covered by the forests and 17% of the land is covered with water bodies (like beel, zheel, haaor, baaor etc.,) homes and roads etc.
About 80% of the people lives in rural areas and they depend on agriculture for their livelihood. The country has a net cultivated area of around 8 million hectares and the cropping intensity of this land is on an average 180 per cent. Rice is the main cereal crop cultivated in the country. Other than rice farmers also grow jute, sugarcane, wheat, potato, maize, pulses and vegetables. In the hilly areas of Sylhet and Chittagong district beverage crops like tea and coffee also cultivated. The agriculture sector directly contributes about 25% of the Gross Domestic Product. The agriculture sector provides about 65% of the labor forces.
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