Panchagarh
Sadar (Bengali: পঞ্চগড় সদর) is an Upazila of Panchagarh District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh
Panchagarh
Sadar Upazila (panchagarh district) area 347.08 sq km, located in between
26°17' and 26°29' north latitudes and in between 88°31' and 88°46' east
longitudes. It is bounded by west
bengal state of India on the north and east, boda and debiganj upazilas on the south, atwari andtentulia upazilas and West Bengal state of
India on the west. The upazila has two enclaves; the Indian enclaves in the
upazila are Garati and Singimari.
Population Total
229237; male 118226, female 111011; Muslim 214442, Hindu 14553, Buddhist 185,
Christian 17 and others 40.
Water bodies Main
rivers: karatoya, Talma, Chawai.
Administration Panchagarh
thana was established under Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal during the
British rule. It was under the Thakurgaon sub-division of dinajpur district at the time of the
partition of 1947 and had been a thana under Panchagarh sub-division since
1980. Panchagarh Thana was formed in 1909 and it wa s turned into an upazila in
1984.
Geography
Panchagarh
Sadar is located at 26.3347°N
88.5583°E . It has 37232 households and total area 347.08 km².
Demographics
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Panchagarh Sadar has
a population of 193198. Males constitute 51.3% of the population, and females
48.7%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 92460. Panchagarh Sadar has an
average literacy rate of 34.7% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4%
literate.[2]
Administrative
Panchagarh
Sadar has 13 Unions/Wards, 108 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 183 villages.
See also
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