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Kurigram Sadar Upazila

Coordinates: 25°49′N 89°39′E / 25.817°N 89.650°E / 25.817; 89.650
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Kurigram Sadar
কুড়িগ্রাম সদর
Upazila
Kurigram Sadar is located in Bangladesh
Kurigram Sadar
Kurigram Sadar
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 25°49′N 89°39′E / 25.817°N 89.650°E / 25.817; 89.650
Country Bangladesh
DivisionRangpur Division
DistrictKurigram District
Area
 • Total276.45 km2 (106.74 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total312,408[1]
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Websitekurigramsadar.kurigram.gov.bd

Kurigram Sadar (Template:Lang-bn) is an upazila of Kurigram District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh.[2]

Geography

Kurigram Sadar is located at 25°49′00″N 89°39′00″E / 25.8167°N 89.6500°E / 25.8167; 89.6500. It has 40310 households and total area 276.45 km2.

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kurigram Sadar has a population of 217311. Males constitute 51.01% of the population, and females 48.99%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 106925. Kurigram Sadar has an average literacy rate of 26.2% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[3]

Administration

Kurigram Sadar Upazila is divided into Kurigram Municipality and eight union parishads: Belgacha, Bhogdanga, Ghogadhoh, Holokhana, Jatrapur, Kanthalbari, Mogolbasa, and Panchgachi. The union parishads are subdivided into 78 mauzas and 266 villages.[4]

Kurigram Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 106 mahallas.[4]

Education

  • Kurigram Government College
  • Kurigram Govt. Women College
  • Mojida Degree College
  • Kurigram Govt. High School
  • Kurigram Govt. Girls' High School
  • Shuvesscha tutorial Homes, Mollah para, Kurigram
  • Mogalbasa Bilateral High School

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kurigram (District (Zila), Bangladesh) - Population Statistics and Location in Maps and Charts". citypopulation.de.
  2. ^ Md Kamal Hossain (2012), "Kurigram Sadar Upazila", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
  3. ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
  4. ^ a b "District Statistics 2011: Kurigram" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.


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