Baliakandi Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Baliakandi
locator_position = right
latd = 23.6208
longd = 89.5500
division_name = Dhaka Division
district = Rajbari District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 163191
population_density = 673
area_total = 242.53
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/rajbari/Baliakandi.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Baliakandi
footnotes =

Baliakandi ( _bn. বালিয়াকান্দি) is an Upazila of Rajbari District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Geography

Baliakandi is located at coord|23.6208|N|89.5500|E| . It has 28668 units of house hold and total area 242.53 km².

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Baliakandi has a population of 163191. Males constitute are 51.45% of the population, and females 48.55%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 80752. Baliakandi has an average literacy rate of 26.4% (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

Baliakandi has 7 Unions/Wards, 150 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 257 villages.

ee also

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

References