Kamarkhanda ( bn, কামারখন্দ) 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
Sirajganj District in the
Rajshahi Division
Rajshahi Division ( bn, রাজশাহী বিভাগ) is one of the eight first-level administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of and a population at the 2011 Census of 18,484,858. Rajshahi Division consists of 8 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
Kamarkhanda is located at . It has 19181 households and total area 91.61 km
2. It is bounded by
Sherpur (
Bogra
Bogra ( bn, বগুড়া), officially known as Bogura, is a major city located in Bogra District, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh. The city is a major commercial hub in Northern Bangladesh. It is the second largest city in Rajshahi Divi ...
) and
Dhunat upazilas on the north, Ullahpara and Kamarkhanda upazilas on the south, Sirajganj sadar and Kamarkhanda upazilas on the east, Tarash upazila on the west.
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 populatio ...
, Kamarkhanda has a population of 2,67,522; males constituted 137574 of the population, females 129948; Muslim 234112, Hindu 33361, Buddhist 30 and others 19.
As of the
1991 Bangladesh census, Kamarkhanda has a population of 105,997. Males constitute 51.81% of the population, and females 48.19%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 51,649. Kamarkhanda has an average literacy rate of 26.2% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.
Administration
Raiganj Thana was formed in 1937 and it was turned into an upazila in 1984.
Kamarkhanda Upazila is divided into four
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: Bhadraghat, Jamtail, Jhawail, and Roydaulatpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 55 mauzas and 93 villages.
See also
*
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 Rajshahi Division
Upazilas of Sirajganj District