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 km
2.
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
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, 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
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 ...
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 in 1984.
Biral Upazila is divided into ten
union parishads: Azimpur, Bhandra, Birol, Bijora, Dhamoir, Dharmapur, Farakkabad, Mongalpur, Ranipukur, and Shohorgram. The union parishads are subdivided into 241 mauzas and 238 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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Biral railway station
Biral ( bn, বিরল) is a border railway station in Bangladesh, situated in Dinajpur District, in Rangpur Division. It is a defunct railway transit point on the Bangladesh-India border and is an India-Bangladesh land border checkpoint.
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References
Upazilas of Dinajpur District, Bangladesh
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