| Sector No. | Area (Headquarter) | Commanded (duration of term) | Geographical Factor |
| 1 | Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts and Noakhali (Feni) District up to Muhuri River (Harina) | Major Ziaur Rahman (4 April-10 June 1971) Major Rafiqul Islam (11 June-16 December 1971) | Chittagong Hill Tracts and Muhuri River |
| 2 | Eastern part of Greater Faridpur, southern part of Dhaka district including Dhaka city (excluding northern part of Akhaura-Ashuganj rail line), Greater Noakhali district up to the bank of Muhuri River (Melaghar, 20 miles south of Agartala, India) | Major Khaled Mosharraf (4 April-16 October 1971) Major A. T. M. Haider (17 October 1971-16 December 1971 ) | Akhaura-Ashuganj Rail line, Muhuri River and Administrative Boundary |
| 3 | Habiganj, Kishoreganj, Narsindi subdivision, Gazipur subdivision and northern part of Brahmanbaria, (Hejamara) | Major K. M. Shafiullah (4 April-30 September 1971) Major A. N. M. Nuruzzaman (1 October-16 December 1971) | Akhaura-Ashuganj Rail line, Habiganj tea garden and administrative boundary |
| 4 | Maulavibazar subdivision, Southern half of Sylhet (initially Karimganj, later Masimpur) | Major Chittra Ranjan Datta (17 July 1971-16 December 1971) | Maulavibazar tea garden, Surma River and administrative unit |
| 5 | Northern half of Sylhet and Sunamganj subdivision (Banshtala) | Major Mir Shawkat Ali (August-16 December 1971) | Surma River and administrative unit |
| 6 | Present Rangpur division excluding minor southern trip (Burimari near Patgram) | Wing Commander M. K. Bashar (June-16 December 1971) | Barind track, Jamuna River and administrative unit |
| 7 | Present Rajshahi division including part of Thakurgaon-Dinajpur- Gaibandha (Tarangapur near Balurghat) | Major Nazrul Huq (11 April-28 September 1971) Major Quazi Nuruzzaman (1 October-16 December 1971) | Barind tract, Jamuna River, Ganges River and administrative unit |
| 8 | Greater Kushtia and Jessore district including minor northern trip of Khulna division (Kalyani) | Major A. Osman Chawdhury (4 April-15 August 1971) Major M. A. Manzoor (18 August-16 December 1971) | Ganges river, Khulna-Satkhira road and administrative unit |
| 9 | Greater Barisal, Patuakhali and Khulna district excluding northern tip of Satkhira subdivision (Taki near Bashirhat) | Major M. A. Jalil (11 April-16 December 1971) | Khulna-Satkhira road and Sundarban area |
| 10 | Bay of Bengal as well as inland water bodies | Bangladesh Navy under Colonel M. O. G. Osmani | Bay of Bengal (Bangladesh area) |
| 11 | Greater Mymensingh and Tangail district excluding Kishoreganj subdivision and including Raumari and Char Rajibpur of Kurigram subdivision (Mahendraganj) | Major Ziaur Rahman (10 June-12 August 1971) Major Abu Taher (12 August- 14 November 1971) Flt. Lft. M. Hamidullah Khan (15 November-16 December 1971) | Administrative unit |