Badalgachhi Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Badalgachhi
locator_position = right
latd = 24.9667
longd = 88.8958
division_name = Rajshahi Division
district = Naogaon District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 176010
population_density = 823
area_total = 213.98
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/naogaon/Badalgachhi.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Badalgachhi
footnotes =

Badalgachhi ( _bn. বাদালগাছি) is an Upazila of Naogaon District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Geography

Badalgachhi is located at coord|24.9667|N|88.8958|E| . It has 36614 units of house hold and total area 213.98 km².

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Badalgachhi has a population of 176010. Males constitute are 51.34% of the population, and females 48.66%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 97158. Badalgachhi has an average literacy rate of 28.4% (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

Badalgachhi has 8 Unions/Wards, 247 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 235 villages.

Notable people

*Akram H. Chowdhury

ee also

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

References