5/15/24, 8:11 PM How to Calculate Floor Area Ratio [FAR] for your building project as per RAJUK rules

Jewel Barua Dec 22, 2020 6 min read

How to Calculate Floor Area Ratio [FAR] for your

building project as per RAJUK rules
Updated: Jun 18, 2021

When someone decides to build a building in Dhaka City

[RAJUK area], Two obvious questions will come into mind first.
1. What will be each floor area?

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2. How many floors can be built?

So How can you get a fast and accurate answer to these questions?
Easy! Check the neighboring buildings of a similar type of plot. Did you get the answer? Oh.No You
did not! Why? Because there are so many variations for the same size or type of land. So it's quite
confusing. Isn't it?

Then, what to do now? There is only one correct way to figure out the right answer to these
questions. Dhaka Imarat Nirman Bidhimala 2008.

As per Dhaka Imarat Nirman Bidhimala 2008. First, you have to calculate the total build area or
construction area. Then divide the build area into floor numbers. That's it.

So Let's start to calculate the build area as per Dhaka Imarat Nirman Bidhimala 2008. We will try to
keep this procedure as simple as possible. Now,

Built area = FAR x Land Area

01. To calculate the build area you have to know the following
basic information about your land.
1. Land Area
2. Access road width
Basically, these two pieces of information will determine the FAR ( Floor Area Ratio ) number for your
land.

A. Land Area and Land Access Road Width:

1. In general, without exception, The width of any access road to a plot must be a minimum of 20
feet or 6 meters. So if your plot access road width is less than 20 feet, You have to surrender 50%
amount of the land area out of the total required land area to make the road width 20 feet. See
the following fig to get an idea.
2. If there are multiple roads around the plot, this fig is independently true for all the roads.
3. Surrendering land area for road widening or having a road width of more than 20 feet has
some benefit. You will get some extra built areas for your building.
4. Your new land area will be the plot area after deducting the surrendered land area.

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[ Extra Information: how to be confirmed that whether you have to surrender any part of your land
or not or how much land has to be surrendered? The answer is when you will apply for LUC ( Land-
use clearance ), RAJUK will determine and declare this information in your LUC paper. ]

B. Determine FAR [Floor Area Ratio] number for your land

You can determine FAR for your land from the following table. This table is taken from Dhaka Imarat
Nirman Bidhimala 2008. [Fig: 51 Table 3 (ka), Page 3035 from the Dhaka Imarat Nirman Bidhimala
2008.]

Before determining the FAR number, keep in mind that to acquire a specific FAR number you have
to match both land area and land access road width from this table. In case it doesn't then the lower
value of these two factors will determine the FAR number.

Let's see an example, Say You have a land of 15 Katha area and the width of the access road to the
plot is 6-meter or 20 feet. As you can see in the following table, the FAR number is mentioned on the
12 No slab for 15 Katha land. But the FAR number for your land will be from 9 No slab because the last
FAR number for the 6-meter road is mentioned on the 12 No slab). So access road width of the plot
plays a vital role to determine the FAR number.
[ see the following table fig 51 to find the slab FAR number ]

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Sometimes some additional bonus FAR can be acquired if you have surrendered land area for road
widening or already have a wide road more than 6 meters or 20 feet. But this bonus FAR can't be
more than the next slab of your basic FAR number of the land.

Say you have a land of 5 Katha and the width of the access road to the plot is a 9-meter. As you can
see from the following table that the FAR number for 5 Katha land is 3.50 and the FAR number for
the 9-meter road is 4.50. Since you can only take the FAR number from the lower value, the FAR
number for your land will be 3.50. This is the basic FAR number for your plot. but you are eligible to
get some bouns FAR since having a road width of more than 6 meters or 20 feet. We have skipped
the calculation considering its complexity. But keep in mind that the Total FAR = ( Basic FAR + Bonus
FAR ) can't be more than the next FAR number of this table. So as per this example, the total FAR
number can't be more than 3.75 (slab 05).

Fig: 51 Table 3 (ka), Page 3035 from the Dhaka Imarat Nirman Bidhimala 2008.

02. Build Area Calculation

Now you know

1. Your land area
2. The FAR number for your land

Build Area = your land area x FAR number

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That's it. you successfully completed the mission!

Here Build Area means FAR included construction area.

What is included here?

1. Usable Floor Area
2. Lift-lobby and stair Area
3. Any common space

What is Excluded here?

1. Ground Floor Parking Area
2. Rooftop area
3. Front Verandah area
4. other Verandah area

03. Now you have the answers to your earlier Questions.

1. What will be each floor area?

Answer: Build area divided by floor number

2. How many floors can be built?

Answer: Build area divided by floor area.

Please note that the floor area can't be more than Maximum Gound Coverage [MGC]. Each specific
FAR number has a specific MGC. You can find out the MGC from the above-mentioned FAR table.
[Fig: 51 Table 3 (ka), Page 3035 from the Dhaka Imarat Nirman Bidhimala 2008.]

Unless more than 150-meter tall building RAJUK usually doesn't decide the building height limit. It is
determined by the client's choice. Sometimes, It is also determined by other agencies like Civil
aviation, Fire department, Traffic, etc. in spacial cases.

Example:

Say you have a land of 5 Katha and the width of the access road to the plot is a 9-meter. The basic
FAR number is 3.50. As you have road wider than 6 meters or 20 feet. The total FAR will be 3.75 (basic

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FAR+ bonus FAR= which is not more than the next slab FAR number )
NB: skipped the calculation considering its complexity.

Build Area = your land area x FAR

So Build Area will be [ FAR = 3.75 ] x [ Land Area = 3600sft ] = [13500 sft ]

Floor area = [ not more than MGC which is 62.50% ] = Maximum 2250 sft

So
if you want to keep 2250sft each floor, you will get 13500/2250=6.00 no Floors without ground floor &
verandah area
if you want to keep 2000sft each floor, you will get 13500/2000=6.75 no Floors without ground floor &
verandah area
if you want to keep 1800sft each floor, you will get 13500/1800=7.50 no Floors without ground floor &
verandah area
if you want to keep 1600sft each floor, you will get 13500/1600=8.43 no Floors without ground floor &
verandah area
if you want to keep 1500sft each floor, you will get 13500/1500=9.00 no Floors without ground floor &
verandah area

Pick floor number as per your requirement.

Note :

Please note that the above-mentioned procedure can only help you understand and determine an
initial approximate answer to the earlier questions. But to get an accurate and detailed calculation
for your land you are advised to consult with a professional architect or engineer.

Best of luck with your project.

Reference: You can download the document below.

1. Dhaka Imarat Nirman Bidhimala 2008.

Dhaka_Imarat_Nirman_Bidhimala_RAJUK.pdf
Download PDF • 21.74MB

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