Baliakandi ( bn, বালিয়াকান্দি) is an
Upazila of
Rajbari District in the Division of
Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
History
Baliakandi Thana was established in 1881. This
Thana was converted into an
upazila in 1983. The area of the ''upazila'' town is 6.20 square kilometers. The ''upazila'' town is made up of three mouzas. The words 'Bali' of Baliari (sand dune) and 'Kanda' (river bank) of
Chandana River
The Chandana ( bn, চন্দনা) is a river of Rajbari District, Faridpur District and Gopalganj District districts in the southwestern part of Bangladesh. The length of the river is 125 kilometers, the average width is 40 meters and the na ...
are believed to have played a role in the naming of Baliakandi, which is built in Baliari of Chandana River.
Geography
The total area of Baliakandi Upazila is 228.99 square kilometers with land area of 203 square kilometers. It shares borders with
Kalukhali Upazila to the north.
Madhukhali Upazila of
Faridpur District to the south,
Rajbari Sadar Upazila to the eastand. A portion of Kalukhali Upazila and
Sreepur Upazila Sreepur is a city in Bangladesh. Sreepur also may refer to: Bangladesh
* Sreepur Upazila, Gazipur
* Sreepur Upazila, Magura India
* Sreepur, Mahakali
Belauri, The former village development committee was converted into Municipality merging wit ...
of
Magura District are on the west. The upazila is located at latitude 23°33 and 23°44 north and longitudes 90°26 and 90°40 south. Then central Baliakandi Upazila is located at .
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 ...
, Baliakandi Upazila had 46,262 households and a population of 207,086, 4.8% of whom lived in urban areas. 9.6% of the population was under the age of 5. The literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 55.5%, compared to the national average of 51.8%.
Administration
Baliakandi Upazila is divided into seven
union parishads: Baharpur, Baliakandi, Islampur, Jamalpur, Jangal, Narua, and Nawabpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 149 mauzas and 258 villages.
See also
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Upazilas of Bangladesh
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Districts of Bangladesh
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Divisions of Bangladesh
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Rajdharpur
Rajdharpur ( bn, রাজধরপুর) is a village in Rajbari District, Bangladesh, part of Baliakandi Upazila
Baliakandi ( bn, বালিয়াকান্দি) is an Upazila of Rajbari District in the Division of Dhaka, Banglade ...
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Baliakandi
Baliakandi is a small town in Rajbari District, Bangladesh, part of Baliakandi Upazila and Baliakandi Union.
Non-governmental organisations operating in Baliakandi include BDAO (the Bangladesh Development Acceleration Organisation), BRAC, ...
(Town)
References
Upazilas of Rajbari District
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