Chirirbandar ( bn, চিরিরবন্দর) 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
Chirirbandar is located at - it has 42790 households and total area 308.68 km
2.
Chirirbandar Upazila is bounded by
Khansama Upazila
Khansama ( bn, খানসামা) is an upazila of Dinajpur District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh.
Geography
Khansama is located at ; it has 23,735 households and total area 179.72 km2.
Demographics
As of the 1991 Banglades ...
on the north,
Parbatipur Upazila
Parbatipur ( bn, পার্বতীপুর, Parbatīpur) is an upazila (sub-district) of the Dinajpur District in northern Bangladesh, part of the Rangpur Division. It is home to the only mine in Bangladesh, the Barapukuria coal mine.
Hist ...
in Dinajpur District and
Saidpur Upazila
Saidpur ( bn, সৈয়দপুর) is an upazila of Nilphamari District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh. Saidpur thana; later renamed to upazila was established in 1915.
Geography
Saidpur is located at . It is bounded by Nilphamari S ...
in Nilphamari District on the east,
Fulbari Upazila
Fulbari ( bn, ফুলবাড়ী) is an upazila of Dinajpur District in the Division of Rangpur Division, Bangladesh.
Geography
Fulbari is located at . It has 24816 households and total area 229.55 km2.
Fulbari Upazila is bounded by ...
and
Kumarganj
Kumarganj is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Balurghat subdivision of Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
History
Dinajpur district was constituted in 1786. In 1947, the Radcliff ...
CD Block in Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India, on the south, and
Dinajpur Sadar Upazila
Dinajpur Sadar ( bn, দিনাজপুর সদর) is an upazila of Dinajpur District (Bangladesh), Dinajpur District in the Division of Rangpur Division, Rangpur, Bangladesh.
Geography
Dinajpur Sadar is located at . It has 67,061 households ...
on the west.
Demographics
As of the
2000 Bangladesh census, Chirirbandar has a population of 232409. Males constitute 51.43% of the population, and females 48.57%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 114095. Chirirbandar has an average literacy rate of 96.6 (7+ years), and the national average of 99.9 literate.
Administration
Chirirbandar Upazila is divided into 12
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:
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1 No.Nashratpur Union Parishad
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2 No. Satnala Union Parishad
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3 No. Fatejangpur Union Parishad
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4 No. Isobpur Union Parishad
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5 No. Abdulpur Union Parishad
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6 No. Amarpur Union Parishad
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7 No. Auliapukur Union Parishad
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8 No. Saitara Union Parishad
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9 No. Viail Union Parishad
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10 No. Punotti Union Parishad
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11 No. Tetulia Union Parishad
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12 No. Alokdihi Union Parishad
The union parishads are subdivided into 145 mauzas and 142 villages.
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 ...
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Districts of Bangladesh
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Divisions of Bangladesh
References
Upazilas of Dinajpur District, Bangladesh
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