Kurigram Sadar Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Kurigram Sadar
locator_position = right
latd = 25.8167
longd = 89.6500
division_name = Rajshahi Division
district = Kurigram District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 217311
population_density = 786
area_total = 276.45
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/kurigram/Kurigram Sadar.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Kurigram Sadar
footnotes =

Kurigram Sadar ( _bn. কুড়িগ্রাম সদর) is an Upazila of Kurigram District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Geography

Kurigram Sadar is located at coord|25.8167|N|89.6500|E| . It has 40310 units of house hold and total area 276.45 km².

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Kurigram Sadar has a population of 217311. Males constitute are 51.01% of the population, and females 48.99%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 106925. Kurigram Sadar has an average literacy rate of 26.2% (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

Kurigram Sadar has 11 Unions/Wards, 169 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 256 villages.

ee also

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

References