Kuliarchar - কুলিয়ারচর ( bn, কুলিয়ারচর ''kuliearcor'') 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 ...

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under the Division of

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. It is about northwest of the capital city of

. It is also a center of business, especially the

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trade and processing plants, and the shoes sector of the country.

Geography

Kuliarchar is located at . It has 26143 households and total area 104.01 km². It is in north east side of Bangladesh.

Demographics

As of the

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 ...

, Kuliarchar has a population of 182,236. Kuliarchar upazila's literacy rate and educational institutions Average literacy 41.3%; male 45.1%, female 37.4%.

Administration

Kuliarchar Upazila is divided into Kuliarchar 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: Chhaysuti, Faridpur, Gobaria Abdullahpur, Osmanpur, Ramdi, and Salua. The union parishads are subdivided into 46 mauzas and 97 villages. Kuliarchar Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 37

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Education

Kuliarchar has one degree college (Kuliarchar Government College), 3 high schools, 12 primary schools, and a madrasa.

Hospitals

* Upazila Health Complex

References