Ranisankail Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Ranisankail
locator_position = right
latd = 25.8875
longd = 88.2514
division_name = Rajshahi Division
district = Thakurgaon District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 156107
population_density = 543
area_total = 287.59
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/thakurgaon/Ranisankail.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Ranisankail
footnotes =

Ranisankail ( _bn. রাণীশংকৈল) is an Upazila of Thakurgaon District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Geography

Ranisankail is located at coord|25.8875|N|88.2514|E| . It has 29992 units of house hold and total area 287.59 km².

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Ranisankail has a population of 156107. Males constitute 51.67% of the population, and females 48.33%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 76136. Ranisankail has an average literacy rate of 25.7% (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

Ranisankail has 5 Unions/Wards, 124 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 122 villages.

ee also

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

References