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Nawabganj Sadar Upazila
Nawabganj Sadar ( bn, নবাবগঞ্জ সদর) is an upazila of Nawabganj District in the Division of Rajshahi Division, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Geography Chapai Nawabganj Sadar is located at . It has 65158 households and total area 451.8 km2. Chapai Nawabganj Sadar Upazila is bounded by Shibganj Upazila, Chapai Nawabganj, Shibganj, Chapai Nawabganj and Nachol Upazila, Nachole Upazilas on the north, Tanore Upazila, Tanore and Godagari Upazila, Godagari Upazilas, in Rajshahi District, on the east, Samserganj (community development block), Samserganj, Suti I, Suti II, Raghunathganj II and Lalgola (community development block), Lalgola Community development block in India, CD Blocks, in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, India, all across the Ganges/ Padma River, Padma, on the south, and Shibganj Upazila, Chapai Nawabganj on the west. Demographics According to 2011 Bangladesh census, Chapai Nawabganj Sadar had a population of 530,592. Males constituted 47.99% of the pop ... [...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] |
