Sakhipur Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Sakhipur
locator_position = right
latd = 24.3167
longd = 90.1750
division_name = Dhaka Division
district = Tangail District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 220281
population_density = 513
area_total = 429.63
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/tangail/Sakhipur.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Sakhipur
footnotes =

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

Geography

Sakhipur is located at coord|24.3167|N|90.1750|E| . It has 44314 units of house hold and total area 429.63 km².

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Sakhipur has a population of 220281. Males constitute are 51.01% of the population, and females 48.99%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 116260. Sakhipur has an average literacy rate of 21.7% (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

Sakhipur has 6 Unions, 1 pouroshova, 61 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 123 villages.

ee also

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

References