Ghoraghat Upazila

:"For the village in Barisal, see Ghoraghat, Barisal Division."Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Ghoraghat
locator_position = right
latd = 25.2458
longd = 89.2167
division_name = Rajshahi Division
district = Dinajpur District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 84279
population_density = 567
area_total = 148.67
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/dinajpur/Ghoraghat.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Ghoraghat
footnotes =

Ghoraghat ( _bn. ঘোড়াঘাট) is an Upazila of Dinajpur District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Geography

Ghoraghat is located at coord|25.2458|N|89.2167|E| . It has 17535 house holds and a total area of 148.67 km².

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Ghoraghat had a population of 84279. Males constituted 51.01% of the population, and females 48.99%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 43913. Ghoraghat has an average literacy rate of 26.1% (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

Ghoraghat has 4 Unions/Wards, 115 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 111 villages.

ee also

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

References