Porsha Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Porsha
locator_position = right
latd = 25.0250
longd = 88.4833
division_name = Rajshahi Division
district = Naogaon District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 97279
population_density = 385
area_total = 252.83
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/naogaon/Porsha.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Porsha
footnotes =

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

Geography

Porsha is located at coord|25.0250|N|88.4833|E| . It has 18047 units of house hold and total area 252.83 km².

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Porsha has a population of 97279. Males constitute are 50.18% of the population, and females 49.82%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 48932. Porsha has an average literacy rate of 26.5% (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

Porsha has 6 Unions/Wards, 155 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 242 villages.

ee also

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

References