Gurudaspur ( bn, গুরুদাসপুর) 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 ...

Natore District Natore district is a district of Rajshahi Division located in northern Bangladesh. It borders the metropolitan city of Rajshahi, and used to be part of Rajshahi district. History Natore was the District Headquarters of Rajshahi from 1769 to 182 ...

in the Division of

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Geography

''Gurudaspur Upazila'' area 199.40 km², located in between 24°18' and 24°27' north latitudes and in between 88°04' and 89°19' east longitudes. The upazila is bounded by Singra and Tarash upazilas on the north, Baraigram upazila on the south, Tarash and

Chatmohar Chatmohar ( bn, চাটমোহর) is an upazila of Pabna District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Geography Chatmohar is located at . It has 39489 households and a total area of 314.32 km2. Demographics As of the 2011 Banglade ...

upazilas on the east,

Natore Sadar Upazila Natore Sadar ( bn, নাটোর সদর) is an upazila of Natore District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Geography Natore Sadar is located at . It has 67,852 households and a total area of 401.29 km2. The upazila is bounded by ...

on the west. It has around 32,851 households.

Demographics

Par the

2001 Bangladesh census In 2001, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh, ten years after the 1991 census. They recorded data from all of the districts, upazilas, and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on populati ...

, Gurudashpur has a population of 194228; male constituted 99086, female 95142; Muslim constituted 186069, Hindu 7873, Buddhist 34 and others 252. Indigenous communities such as Kaibarta, santal, oraon, Pahan, Turi and Banshphod belong to this upazila. 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 ...

, Gurudaspur has a population of 173276. Males constitute 50.72% of the population, and females 49.28%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 87290. Gurudaspur has an average literacy rate of 23.4% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Points of interest

Museum at village Khubjipur (1978), Chalan Beel Museum, Mosque at village Palshura Patpara, Mughal Mosque at village Piplar, Kusumhati Mosque (Sultanate period), Chapila Shahi Mosque, Gopinathpur Jami Mosque.

Administration

Gurudaspur, formed as a Thana in 1917, was turned into an upazila in 1984. Gurudaspur Upazila is divided into Gurudaspur 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 ...

s: Biaghat, Chapila, Dharabarisha, Khubjipur, Moshinda, and Nazirpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 104 mauzas and 110 villages. Gurudaspur Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 18

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 ...

s. ''Source'' Bangladesh Population Census 2001, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

References

External links

* References Bangladesh Population Census 2001,

Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) is the centralized official bureau in Bangladesh for collecting statistics on demographics, the economy, and other facts about the country and disseminating the information. History Although independen ...