Biral ( bn, বিরল) 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 Dinajpur District in the Division of Rangpur,

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

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 Dinajpur Sadar ( bn, দিনাজপুর সদর) is an upazila of Dinajpur District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh. Geography Dinajpur Sadar is located at . It has 67,061 households and total area 354.34 km2. Dinajpur Sadar ...

and Punarbhaba River on the east, Dinajpur Sadar Upazila and Gangarampur and

Kushmandi Kushmandi is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Gangarampur subdivision of Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Dinajpur district was constituted in 1786. In 1947, the Radcliffe ...

CD Blocks in

Dakshin Dinajpur Dakshin Dinajpur () or South Dinajpur is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal, India. It was created on 1 April 1992 by the division of the erstwhile West Dinajpur District. The Headquarter (sadar) of the district is at Balurghat. It ...

district,

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

, India, on the south, and Bochaganj Upazila,

Kaliaganj Kaliaganj (also spelled as Kaliyaganj) is a town and a municipality in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Late politician Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi belonged from this town. Today Kaliyaganj is a growing business and comm ...

CD Block in Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal, India and

on the west.

Demographics

As of the

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 ...

, 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 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 ...

in 1984. Biral Upazila is divided into ten

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: Azimpur, Bhandra, Birol, Bijora, Dhamoir, Dharmapur, Farakkabad, Mongalpur, Ranipukur, and Shohorgram. The union parishads are subdivided into 241 mauzas and 238 villages.

References

Upazilas of Dinajpur District, Bangladesh {{Rangpur-geo-stub

Geography

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