Patgram ( bn, পাটগ্রাম) is an
upazila of
Lalmonirhat District in the Division of
Rangpur,
Bangladesh. It is a class upazila in Bangladesh.
Geography
Patgram is located at . It has 30271 households and total area 261.51 km
2.
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 ...
, Patgram has a population of 155,913 with males constituting 51.52% of the population, and females 48.48%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 75,134. Patgram has a literacy rate of 25.2%, against the national average literacy rate of 32.4%.
Administration
Patgram Upazila is divided into Patgram Municipality and eight
union parishads: Baura, Burimari, Dahagram, Jagatber, Jongra, Kuchilbari, Patgram, and Sreerampur. The union parishads are subdivided into 45 mauzas and 46 villages.
Patgram Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 23
mahallas.
Transportation
Patgram is well connected with capital city Dhaka by road and train. The
Tin Bigha Corridor also connects the community with the nearby
exclave
An enclave is a territory (or a small territory apart of a larger one) that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state or entity. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is sometimes used improperly to deno ...
of
Dahagram–Angarpota.
See also
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Upazilas of Bangladesh
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Districts of Bangladesh
*
Divisions of Bangladesh
References
Upazilas of Lalmonirhat District
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