Bhandaria Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Bhandaria
locator_position = right
latd = 22.4889
longd = 90.0733
division_name = Barisal Division
district = Pirojpur District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 145233
population_density = 888
area_total = 163.56
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/pirojpur/Bhandaria.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of the Bhandaria Upazila
footnotes =

Bhandaria ( _bn. ভাণ্ডারিয়া ) is an Upazila of Pirojpur District in the Division of Barisal, Bangladesh.

Geography

Bhandaria is located at coord|22.4889|N|90.0733|E| . It has 27969 units of house hold and total area 163.56 km².

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Bhandaria has a population of 145233. Males constitute are 50.34% of the population, and females 49.66%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 74509. Bhandaria has an average literacy rate of 51.9% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. cite web | accessdate = November 10 | accessyear = 2006 | url = http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archivedate = 2005-03-27 | title = Population Census Wing, BBS.]

Administrative

Bhandaria has 7 Unions/Wards, 37 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 37 villages.

ee also

*Upazilas of Bangladesh
*Districts of Bangladesh
*Divisions of Bangladesh

References