Bhuyanpur ( bn, ভূঞাপুর) 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 ...

Tangail District Tangail ( bn, টাঙ্গাইল জেলা) formerly a small Mohokuma of Greater Mymensingh district is a district (''zila'') in the central region of Bangladesh. In 1969, Tangail district was created by Tangail Mohokuma from its 237 s ...

in the Division of

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Geography

Bhuapur Bhuapur ( bn, ভূঞাপুর) is a town of Bhuapur Upazila, Tangail, Bangladesh. The town is situated 29 km north of Tangail Tangail ( bn, টাঙ্গাইল, ), is a major city within the Dhaka Division in central Bang ...

is located at . It has 32145 households and total area of 225.02 km². The upazila is surrounded by Gopalpur &

Sarishabari Upazila Sarishabari ( bn, সরিষাবাড়ী) is an upazila of Jamalpur District in the Division of Mymensingh, Bangladesh. Geography Sarishabari is located at . It has 58,254 households and total area 263.48 km2. Demographics Accordin ...

on the north, Kalihati Upazila on the south, Gopalpur and

Ghatail Upazila Ghatail is an upazila located in Tangail District, Bangladesh. The upazila is bounded by Gopalpur and Madhupur upazilas on the north, Fulbaria and Bhaluka upazilas on the east, Kalihati and Sakhipur upazilas on the south, Bhuapur and Gopa ...

on the east, and the Jamuna River on the west.

Demographics

At the 1991

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses inc ...

had a population of 177,095, of whom 87,854 were aged 18 or older. Males constituted 51.65% of the population, and females 48.35%. Bhuyanpur had an average literacy rate of 29.9% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%.

Administration

Bhuapur Upazila is divided into Bhuapur Municipality and six

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 ...

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, Aloa, Falda, Gabsara, Gobindashi, and Nikrail. The union parishads are subdivided into 81 mauzas and 128 villages. Bhuapur Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 22

mahalla is an Arabic word variously translated as district, quarter, ward, or "neighborhood" in many parts of the Arab world, the Balkans, Western Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and nearby nations. History Historically, mahallas were autonomous social i ...

References

Upazilas of Tangail District {{Dhaka-geo-stub ru:Бхуапур

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