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Bochaganj Upazila
Bochaganj ( bn, বোচাগঞ্জ) is an upazila of Dinajpur District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh. Geography Bochaganj is located at . It has 23972 households and total area 224.81 km2. Bochaganj Upazila is bounded by Birganj Upazila in Dinajpur District and Pirganj Upazila in Rangpur district on the north, Birganj, Kaharole and Biral Upazilas on the east, Biral Upazila and Kaliaganj CD Block in Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India, on the south, and Pirganj Upazila on the west. Demographics As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Bochaganj has a population of 135376. Males constitute 51.7% of the population, and females 48.3%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 64312. Bochaganj has an average literacy rate of 30.2% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. Administration Bochaganj Upazila is divided into Setabganj Municipality and six union parishads: Atgaon, Eshania, Murshidhat, Nafanagar, Rongaon, and Shatail. The union parisha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upazilas Of Bangladesh
An ''upazila'' ( bn, উপজেলা, upôzela, lit=sub-district pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative region in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a borough of Western countries. Rural upazilas are further administratively divided into union council areas (union parishads). Bangladesh ha495 upazilas(as of 20 Oct 2022). The upazilas are the second lowest tier of regional administration in Bangladesh. The administrative structure consists of divisions (8), districts (64), upazilas (495) and union parishads (UPs). This system of devolution was introduced by the former military ruler and president of Bangladesh, Lieutenant General Hossain Mohammad Ershad, in an attempt to strengthen local government. Below UPs, villages (''gram'') and ''para'' exist, but these have no administrative power and elected members. The Local Government Ordinance of 1982 was amended a year later, redesignatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birganj Upazila
Birganj ( bn, বীরগঞ্জ) is an upazila of Dinajpur District in the division of Rangpur, Bangladesh. Geography Birganj is located "between 25°48' and 26°04' north latitudes and in between 88°29´ and 88°44´ east longitudes". It is situated on the bank of Dhepa river, midway between Dinajpur and Thakurgaon. It has 42,323 households and total area 413 km2. Demographics As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Birganj has a population of 231,305. Males constitute 51.77% of the population, and females 48.23%. This upazila's over-18 population is 111,160. Birganj has an average literacy rate of 25% (7+ years), compared with the national average of 32.4%. Administration Birganj Upazila is divided into Birganj Municipality and 11 union parishads: Bhognagar, Mohammadpur, Mohonpur, Moricha, Nijpara, Paltapur, Polashbari, Sator, Shatagram, Shibrampur, and Sujalpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 186 mauzas and 187 villages. Birganj Municipality is subdivided into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Parishad
Union council ( bn, ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ, translit=iūniyan pariṣad, translit-std=IAST), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit in Bangladesh. Each union council is made up of nine wards. Usually one village is designated as a ward. There are 4,562 unions in Bangladesh. A union council consists of a chairman and twelve members including three members exclusively reserved for women. Union councils are formed under the ''Local Government (Union Parishads) Act, 2009''. The boundary of each union council is demarcated by the Deputy Commissioner of the District. A union council is the body primarily responsible for agricultural, industrial and community development within the local limits of the union. History The term ''union'' dates back to the 1870 British legislation titled the ''Village Chowkidari Act'' which established union ''panchayats'' for collecting tax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Bangladesh Census
In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age distribution, marital status, economically active population, literacy and educational attainment, religion, number of children etc. According to the census, Hindus were 10.5 per cent of the population, down from 12.1 per cent as of 1981. Bangladesh have a population of 106,314,992 as per 1991 census report. Majority of 93,886,769 reported that they were Muslims, 11,184,337 reported as Hindus, 616,626 as Buddhists, 350,839 as Christians and 276,418 as others. See also * Demographics of Bangladesh * 2001 Bangladesh census * 2011 Bangladesh census References External links * Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics"Census Reports: Population Census-2001" 2001. The 1991 census figures can be seen compared to the 2001 census. Censuses in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Community Development Block In India
In India, a Community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of Tehsil, administratively earmarked for planning and development. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer (BDO), supported by several technical specialists and village-level workers. A community development block covers several gram panchayats, the local administrative units at the village level. Nomenclature Only in the state of West Bengal are CD blocks considered the third level administrative units (equal to tehsils in North India. Elsewhere, tehsils are also called Talukas in the Western Indian states of Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra and South Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. In Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland, the term Circles are used, while Sub-divisions are present in the Eastern Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, and most of Northeast India (Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim and Tripura). In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, a newer form of admini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaliaganj (community Development Block)
Kaliaganj is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Raiganj subdivision of Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Historically the western frontier of ancient Pundravardhana kingdom, bordering ancient Anga of Mahabharat fame, the Dinajpur area remained somewhat obscure in the major empires that held sway over the region and beyond till the rise of the Dinajpur Raj during the Mughal period. Some areas later forming a part of Uttar Dinajpur were parts of kingdoms in Nepal. Dinajpur district was constituted by the British in 1786, with a portion of the estate of Dinajpur Raj. Subsequent to the Permanent Settlement in 1793, the semi-independent Dinajpur Raj was further broken down and some of its tracts were transferred to the neighbouring British districts of Purnea, Malda, Rajshahi and Bogra. In 1947, the Radcliffe Line placed the Sadar and Thakurgaon subdivisions of Dinajpur district in East Pakistan. The Balurghat subd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biral Upazila
Biral ( bn, বিরল) is an upazila of Dinajpur District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh. Geography Biral is located at . It has 37993 households and total area 352.16 km2. Biral Upazila is bounded by Bochaganj and Kaharole Upazilas on the north, Dinajpur Sadar Upazila and Punarbhaba River on the east, Dinajpur Sadar Upazila and Gangarampur and Kushmandi CD Blocks in Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India, on the south, and Bochaganj Upazila, Kaliaganj CD Block in Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal, India and Kushmandi on the west. Demographics As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Biral has a population of 2,04,420. Males constitute 52.57% of the population, and females 47.43%. This Upazila's population above 18 years is 101819. Biral has an average literacy rate of 27.9% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4%. Administration Biral Thana was formed in 1915 and it was turned into an Upazila in 1984. Biral Upazila is divided into ten union pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaharole Upazila
Kaharole ( bn, কাহারোল) is an upazila of Dinajpur District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh. Geography Kaharole is located at . It has 22448 households and total area 205.54 km2. Demographics As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kaharole has a population of 118379. Males constitute 51.78% of the population, and females 48.22%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 60240. Administration Kaharole Upazila is divided into six union parishad Union council ( bn, ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ, translit=iūniyan pariṣad, translit-std=IAST), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit ...s: Dabor, Mukundapur, Ramchandrapur, Rasulpur, Sundarpur, and Targaon. The union parishads are subdivided into 153 mauzas and 152 villages. References Upazilas of Dinajpur District, Bangladesh {{Rangpur-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirganj Upazila, Rangpur
Pirganj ( bn, পীরগঞ্জ) is an upazila of Rangpur District in the division of Rangpur, Bangladesh. Pirganj Upazila area 409.37 km2, located in between 25°18' and 25°31' north latitudes and in between 89°08' and 89°25' east longitudes. It is bounded by mithapukur upazila on the north, Palashbari, Ghoraghat and Nawabganj Sadar (Dinajpur) upazilas on the south, Sadullapur upazila on the east, Mithapukur, Nawabganj Sadar (Dinajpur) and Ghoraghat upazilas on the west. Population total 345593; male 176025, female 169568; Muslim 317841, Hindu 22498, Buddhist 1869, Christian 454 and others 2931. Administration Pirganj Thana, now an upazila, was formed in 1910. Epigrammatic history History of pirganj mainly focused at the period of sultans. Before the sultans' period very few history and sign was found like, destroyed place of king at Pat around 5 km away from Pirganj upazila headquarter and high land at Vimshahar at Baradargah Vendabari highway. Most probably ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the most densely populated countries in the world, and shares land borders with India to the west, north, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast; to the south it has a coastline along the Bay of Bengal. It is narrowly separated from Bhutan and Nepal by the Siliguri Corridor; and from China by the Indian state of Sikkim in the north. Dhaka, the capital and largest city, is the nation's political, financial and cultural centre. Chittagong, the second-largest city, is the busiest port on the Bay of Bengal. The official language is Bengali, one of the easternmost branches of the Indo-European language family. Bangladesh forms the sovereign part of the historic and ethnolinguistic region of Bengal, which was divided during the Partition of India in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country
A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity. It may be a sovereign state or make up one part of a larger state. For example, the country of Japan is an independent, sovereign state, while the country of Wales is a component of a multi-part sovereign state, the United Kingdom. A country may be a historically sovereign area (such as Korea), a currently sovereign territory with a unified government (such as Senegal), or a non-sovereign geographic region associated with certain distinct political, ethnic, or cultural characteristics (such as the Basque Country). The definition and usage of the word "country" is flexible and has changed over time. ''The Economist'' wrote in 2010 that "any attempt to find a clear definition of a country soon runs into a thicket of exceptions and anomalies." Most sovereign states, but not all countries, are members of the United Nations. The largest country by area is Russia, while the smallest is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asiatic Society Of Bangladesh
The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh is a non political and non profit research organisation registered under both Society Act of 1864 and NGO Bureau, Government of Bangladesh. The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh was established as the Asiatic Society of East Pakistan in Dhaka in 1952 by a number of Muslim leaders, and renamed in 1972. Ahmed Hasan Dani, a noted Muslim historian and archaeologist of Pakistan played an important role in founding this society. He was assisted by Muhammad Shahidullah, a Bengali linguist. The society is housed in Nimtali, walking distance from the Curzon Hall of Dhaka University, locality of Old Dhaka. Publications The society's publications include: * ''Banglapedia, the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh'' (edition 2, 2012) * ''Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh'' (2010, 28 volumes) * ''Cultural Survey of Bangladesh, a documentation of the country's cultural history, tradition and heritage'' (2008, 12 volumes) * ''Children’s Banglapedia'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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