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Kurigram Sadar Upazila
Upazila in Rangpur, Bangladesh From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kurigram Sadar (Bengali: কুড়িগ্রাম সদর) is an upazila of Kurigram District in Rangpur Division, Bangladesh.[4]
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Geography
Kurigram Sadar is located at 25.8167°N 89.6500°E. It has a total area 276.43 km2.
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Kurigram Sadar Upazila had 72,592 households and a population of 312,408. 74,572 (23.87%) were under 10 years of age. Kurigram Sadar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 46.14%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1022 females per 1000 males. 80,810 (25.87%) lived in urban areas.[5][7]
As of the 1991 Census of Bangladesh, Kurigram Sadar has a population of 217,311. Males constitute are 51.01% of the population, and females 48.99%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 106,925. Kurigram Sadar has an average literacy rate of 26.2% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[8]
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Administration
Kurigram Sadar Upazila is divided into Kurigram Municipality and eight union parishads.
The union parishads are subdivided into 78 mauzas and 266 villages.[5]
Kurigram Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 106 mahallas.[5]
Education
- Kurigram Government College
- Kurigram Govt. Women's College
- Mojida Degree College
- Kurigram Govt. High School
- Kurigram Govt. Girls' High School
- Shuvesscha tutorial Homes, Mollah para, Kurigram
- Mogalbasa Bilateral High School
- Kurigram Polytechnic Institute
- Kurigram Agricultural University
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References
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