Kurigram Sadar Upazila

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Coordinates: 25.8167° N 89.6500° E

Kurigram Sadar Upazila
Kurigram Sadar
Division_name  - District	Rajshahi Division  - Kurigram District
Coordinates	25.8167° N 89.6500° E
Area	276.45 km²
Time zone	BST (UTC+6)
Population (1991)  - Density	217311  - 786/km²
Maplink: Sadar.gif Official Map of Kurigram Sadar

Kurigram Sadar (Bengali: কুড়িগ্রাম সদর) is an Upazila of Kurigram District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Demographics 3 Administrative 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Geography

Kurigram Sadar is located at 25.8167° N 89.6500° E . It has 40310 units of house hold and total area 276.45 km².

[edit] Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh census^[1], Kurigram Sadar has a population of 217311. Males constitute are 51.01% of the population, and females 48.99%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 106925. Kurigram Sadar has an average literacy rate of 26.2% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. ^[2]

[edit] Administrative

Kurigram Sadar has 11 Unions/Wards, 169 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 256 villages.

[edit] See also

• Upazilas of Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh

[edit] References

1. ^ GR Error
2. ^ Population Census Wing, BBS.. Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved on November 10, 2006.