Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila

Thakurgaon Sadar (Bengali: ঠাকুরগাঁও সদর) is an upazila of Thakurgaon District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh.[2]

Thakurgaon Sadar
ঠাকুরগাঁও সদর
Upazila
Thakurgaon Sadar
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 26°1.2′N 88°28′E
Country Bangladesh
DivisionRangpur Division
DistrictThakurgaon District
Area
 • Total683.45 km2 (263.88 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total581,227[1]
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Postal code
5100
Websitethakurgaonsadar.thakurgaon.gov.bd

Geography

Thakurgaon Sadar is located at 26.0208°N 88.4667°E / 26.0208; 88.4667. It has 79823 households and total area 683.46 km2.

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Thakurgaon Sadar has a population of 422728. Males constitute 51.7% of the population, and females 48.3%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 214112. Thakurgaon Sadar has an average literacy rate of 30.1% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[3]

Administration

Thakurgaon Upazila is divided into Thakurgaon Municipality and 19 union parishads: Akhanagar, Akcha, Auliapur, Balia, Baragaon, Begunbari, Chilarang, Debipur, Gareya, Jagannathpur, Jamalpur, Mohammadpur, Nargun, Rahimanpur, Rajagaon, Ruhea, Roypur, Salandar, and Sukhanpukhari. The union parishads are subdivided into 194 mauzas and 198 villages.[4]

  • The Monument of 1971 War beside Tangon River
  • Shuk River at Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila
  • Playground of Thakurgaon
  • Tangon River from Tangon Bridge
  • A science building of Thakurgaon Govt.College.

See also

References
  1. "Thakurgaon (District (Zila), Bangladesh) - Population Statistics and Location in Maps and Charts". citypopulation.de.
  2. Abu Md. Iqbal Rumi Shah (2012), "Thakurgaon 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. "District Statistics 2011: Thakurgaon" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.


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