Panchbibi ( bn, পাঁচবিবি) 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 ...

Joypurhat District Joypurhat ( bn, জয়পুরহাট জেলা, ''Joypurhat Jela'', also ''Joypurhat Zila'') is a district in the northern part of Bangladesh. It is one of the 8 districts of Rajshahi Division. History Ancient history Joypurhat was ...

in the Division of

Rajshahi Rajshahi ( bn, রাজশাহী, ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city and a major urban, commercial and educational centre of Bangladesh. It is also the administrative seat of the eponymous Rajshahi Division, division and Rajshahi 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 ...

. It is bounded by Hakimpur and Ghoraghat upazilas and West Bengal of India on the north, Joypurhat Sadar upazila on the south, Gobindaganj and Kalai upazilas on the east, Joypurhat Sadar upazila and West Bengal of India on the west.

Geography

Panchbibi is located at . It has 38,555 household units and a total area of 278.53 km². Panchbibi Upazila is bounded by

Hakimpur Hakimpur is an upazila of Dinajpur District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh. Geography Hakimpur Upazila is located at . It has 13,769 households and total area 99.92 km2. Hakimpur Upazila is bounded by Nawabganj and Birampur Upaz ...

and

Ghoraghat Ghoraghat ( bn, ঘোড়াঘাট) is an upazila of Dinajpur District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh. History Ghoraghat was established in the time of Bakhtlar Khilji (see Blochmanu's Contr., J.A.S,1873, p. 215, Tabaqat-i-Na ...

Upazilas in Dinajpur district, and Hili CD Block in Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India, on the north,

Gobindaganj Upazila Gobindaganj ( bn, গোবিন্দগঞ্জ) is an upazila of Gaibandha District and the Division of Rangpur. It is one of the largest upazila in Bangladesh including 17 union's and 1 municipality. Gobindaganj is also the home to the foun ...

in Gaibandha District and

Kalai Upazila Kalai ( bn, কালাই) is an upazila of Joypurhat District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Geography Kalai is located at . It has 23504 households and total area 166.3 km2. Demographics As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kalai ...

in Joypurhat District on the east,

Joypurhat Sadar Upazila Joypurhat Sadar ( bn, জয়পুরহাট সদর) is an upazila of Joypurhat District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Geography Joypurhat Sadar is located at . It has 45484 households and total area 238.54 km2. Joypurhat ...

on the south and Joypurhat Sadar Upazila and Balurghat CD Block in Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India, on the west.

Demographics

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 ...

, Panchbibi has a population of 193,365. Males constitute 51.06% of the population, and females 48.94%. This Upazila's population of people aged eighteen and higher is 99,108. Panchbibi has an average literacy rate of 30.6% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4% literate.

Administration

Panchbibi Upazila is divided into Panchbibi Municipality and eight

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: Aolai, Atapur, Aymarasulpur, Bagjana, Balighata, Dharanji, Kusumba, and Mohammadpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 222 mauzas and 247 villages. Panchbibi Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 14

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 ...

References

Upazilas of Joypurhat District {{Rajshahi-geo-stub

Geography

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