Basail Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Basail
locator_position = right
latd = 24.2167
longd = 90.0500
division_name = Dhaka Division
district = Tangail District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 148555
population_density = 942
area_total = 157.78
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/tangail/Basail.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Basail
footnotes =

Basail ( _bn. বাসাইল) is an Upazila of Tangail District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Geography

Basail is located at coord|24.2167|N|90.0500|E| . It has 27481 units of house hold and total area 157.78 km².

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Basail has a population of 148555. Males constitute are 50.97% of the population, and females 49.03%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 77918. Basail has an average literacy rate of 32.8% (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

Basail has 6 Unions/Wards, 73 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 107 villages.

ee also

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

References