Gomostapur ( bn, গোমস্তাপুর) 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 ...

Nawabganj District Chapainawabganj (Bengali: চাঁপাইনবাবগঞ্জ) is located in the north-western part of Bangladesh. It is a part of the Rajshahi Division, and was formerly a sub-division of Malda district. The north and west part of Chap ...

in the Division of

Rajshahi Rajshahi ( bn, রাজশাহী, ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city and a major urban, commercial and educational centre of Bangladesh. It is also the administrative seat of the eponymous Rajshahi Division, division and Rajshahi District ...

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

Gomostapur is located at . It has 34,126 households and a total area of . Gomostapur Upazila is bounded by Habibpur CD block in Malda district, West Bengal, India and

Porsha Upazila Porsha ( bn, পোরশা) is an Upazila of Naogaon District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Geography Porsha is located at . It has 18047 households, and total area 252.83 km2. Porsha Upazila is bounded by Sapahar Upazila on ...

, in Naogaon District, on the north,

Niamatpur Upazila Niamatpur ( bn, নিয়ামতপুর) is an upazila of Naogaon District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Geography Niamatpur is located at . It has 35299 households and total area 449.1 km2. It is bounded by porsha upazila ...

in Naogaon district and

Nachol Upazila Nachole ( bn, নাচোল) is an upazila of Chapai Nawabganj District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Geography Nachole is located at . It has 32922 households and total area 283.68 km2. Nachole Upazila is bounded by Gomostapur ...

on the east, Nachol Upazila and

Shibganj Upazila, Chapai Nawabganj Shibganj ( bn, শিবগঞ্জ) is an upazila of Nawabganj District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. History Shibganj has a few well-known places with Hindu heritage, Kanshat town, and Kansat Bazar. Most of the wealthy Hindus left ...

on the south, and

Bholahat Upazila Bholahat ( bn, ভোলাহাট) is an upazila of Nawabganj District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Geography Its total area of 123.52 km2. The Indian border is surrounded on 3 sides by this Upazila. The Mahananda River, Bil V ...

, Shibganj Upazila and Habibpur CD block on the west.

Demographics

According to

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 ...

, Gomostapur had a population of 275,823. Males constituted 49.42% of the population and females 50.58%. Muslims formed 93.05% of the population, Hindus 5.80%, Christians 0.88% and others 0.28%. Gomostapur had a literacy rate of 41.22% for the population 7 years and above. 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 ...

, Gomostapur has a population of 191,972. Males constitute 50.66% of the population, and females 49.34%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 96,032. Gomostapur has an average literacy rate of 32.9%, and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Administration

Gomostapur Upazila is divided into Gomostapur Municipality and eight

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: Alinagar, Bhangabari, Boalia, Chowdala, Gomostapur, Parbotipur, Radhanagar, and Rahanpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 166 mauzas and 234 villages. Gomostapur Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 33

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 ins ...

Education

The major educational institutes in Gomostapur are:

References

Upazilas of Chapai Nawabganj District {{Rajshahi-geo-stub

Geography

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See also

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