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Hemnagar Union ( bn, হেমনগর ইউনিয়ন) is a 
union
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* Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets
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of Gopalpur Upazila
Gopalpur ( bn, গোপালপুর) is an upazila of Tangail District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Geography
Gopalpur is located at . It has a total area of 193.37 km2.
Demographics
According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, G ...
, 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 ...
, 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 ...
. It is situated north of Tangail
Tangail ( bn, টাঙ্গাইল, ), is a major city within the Dhaka Division in central Bangladesh. It sits on the bank of the Louhajang River, north-west of Dhaka, the nation's capital. It is considered to be the main urban area of ...
.
The area is named for Hem Chandra Chowdhury, a zamindar
A zamindar ( Hindustani: Devanagari: , ; Persian: , ) in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semiautonomous ruler of a province. The term itself came into use during the reign of Mughals and later the British had begun using it as a ...
who built his palace, Hemnagar Zamindar Bari, there in 1890.
Demographics
According to the2011 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 ...
, Hemnagar Union had 8,331 households and a population of 33,398. The literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 45.9% (male: 48.1%, female: 43.9%).
See also
*Union Councils of Tangail District
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 ...
References
{{Reflist Populated places in Tangail District Unions of Gopalpur Upazila