Lalmonirhat Sadar ( bn, লালমনিরহাট সদর) 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
Lalmonirhat District
Lalmonirhat ( bn, লালমনিরহাট জেলা, ''Lalmonirhat Jela'' also ''Lalmonirhat Zila'') is a district, situated at the northern border of Bangladesh. It is a part of the Rangpur Division. Lalmonirhat mahakuma was establishe ...
in the Division of
Rangpur,
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
Lalmonirhat Sadar is located at . It has a total area of 259.54 km
2.
Teesta River
Teesta River is a long river that rises in the Pauhunri Mountain of eastern Himalayas, flows through the Indian states of Sikkim and West Bengal through Rangpur, and enters the Bay of Bengal. It drains an area of . In India, it flows through ...
flows inside this upazila.
Demographics
According to 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 ...
, Lalmonirhat Sadar Upazila had 79,147 households and a population of 333,166, 18.1% of whom lived in urban areas. 10.5% of the population was under the age of 5. The literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 47.5%, compared to the national average of 51.8%.
Administration
Lalmonirhat Sadar Upazila is divided into Lalmonirhat Municipality and nine
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: Barobari, Gokunda, Harati, Khuniagachh, Kulaghat, Mogolhat, Mohendranagar, Panchagram, and Rajpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 117 mauzas and 173 villages.
Lalmonirhat Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 64
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.
Education
There are 19 colleges in the upazila. They include honors level
Lalmonirhat Government College
Lalmonirhat Government College is an institution of higher education in Bangladesh. It is located in Lalmonirhat Sadar Upazila
Lalmonirhat Sadar ( bn, লালমনিরহাট সদর) is an upazila of Lalmonirhat District in the Divis ...
.
See also
*Lalmonirhat Junction
Lalmonirhat () is a railway junction in Lalmonirhat District of Rangpur Division in Bangladesh.
History
North Bengal State Railway opened a metre gauge line from Parbatipur to Kaunia in 1879. Two narrow gauge lines were laid by Eastern Benga ...
*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 ...
* Districts of Bangladesh
* Divisions of Bangladesh
References
Upazilas of Lalmonirhat District
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