Bagatipara ( bn, বাগাতিপাড়া) is an
upazila
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 ...
of
Natore District in the Division of
Rajshahi,
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 mos ...
.
Geography
Bagatipara is located at . It has an area of 139.37 km
2 and is bounded by Natore Sadar Upazila on the north, Lalpur Upazila on the south, Baraigram Upazila on the east and Charghat, Bagha and Puthia Upazilas on the west. The soil of the upazila is mainly plain; there are few depressions. The main river is Boral.
Demographics
According to the
2011 Bangladesh census
In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh, which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census. Data were reco ...
, Bagatipara Upazila had 33,383 households and a population of 131,002, 7.6% of whom lived in urban areas. 8.5% of the population was under the age of 5. The literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 56.5%, compared to the national average of 51.8%.
Administration
Bagatipara Thana was formed in 1906 and it was turned into an upazila on 15 April 1983.
The Upazila is divided into Bagatipara Municipality and five
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: Bagatipara, Dayarampur, Faguardiar, Jamnagor, and Panka. The union parishads are subdivided into 93 mauzas and 134 villages.
Bagatipara Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 17
mahallas.
See also
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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 ...
*
Districts of Bangladesh
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Divisions of Bangladesh
References
{{Upazilas of Rajshahi Division
Upazilas of Natore District