Jump to content

Palash Upazila

Coordinates: 23°57′N 90°37.5′E / 23.950°N 90.6250°E / 23.950; 90.6250
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Monkbot (talk | contribs) at 15:55, 1 February 2021 (Task 18 (cosmetic): eval 4 templates: hyphenate params (6×);). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Palash
পলাশ
Upazila
Palash is located in Bangladesh
Palash
Palash
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 23°57′N 90°37.5′E / 23.950°N 90.6250°E / 23.950; 90.6250
Country Bangladesh
DivisionDhaka Division
DistrictNarsingdi District
Area
 • Total
94.43 km2 (36.46 sq mi)
Population
 (1991)
 • Total
174,040
 • Density1,800/km2 (4,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
WebsiteOfficial Map of Palash

Palash (Template:Lang-bn) is an upazila of Narsingdi District[1] in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Geography

Palash is located at 23°57′00″N 90°37′30″E / 23.9500°N 90.6250°E / 23.9500; 90.6250. It has 31350 households and total area 94.43 km2.

Demographics

According to the official 1991 census, Palash had a population of 174,040. Males constitute 53.4% of the population, and females 46.6%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 89627. Palash has an average literacy rate of 88.6% [2] By 2011 that population had grown to 212,612, consisting of 46,780 households.[3]

Administration

Palash Upazila is divided into Ghorasal Municipality four union parishads: Charsindur, Danga, Gazaria, and Jinardi. The union parishads are subdivided into 51 mauzas and 100 villages.[4]

Ghorasal Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 51 mahallas.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Md. Iftekhar Uddin Bhuiyan (2012), "Palash Upazila", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
  2. ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
  3. ^ "Census 2011" (PDF). Bangladesh. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 8, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "District Statistics 2011: Narsingdi" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.


Stub icon

This Dhaka Division location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palash_Upazila&oldid=1004215393"