Bochaganj ( bn, বোচাগঞ্জ) 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
Dinajpur District 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 mo ...
.
Geography
Bochaganj is located at . It has 23972 households and total area 224.81 km
2.
Bochaganj Upazila is bounded by
Birganj Upazila in Dinajpur District and
Pirganj Upazila in Rangpur district on the north, Birganj,
Kaharole and
Biral
Biral ( bn, বিরল) is an upazila of Dinajpur District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh.
Geography
Biral is located at . It has 37993 households and total area 352.16 km2.
Biral Upazila is bounded by Bochaganj and Kaharole U ...
Upazilas on the east, Biral Upazila and
Kaliaganj CD Block in Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India, on the south, and Pirganj Upazila 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 ag ...
, Bochaganj has a population of 135376. Males constitute 51.7% of the population, and females 48.3%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 64312. Bochaganj has an average literacy rate of 30.2% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.
Administration
Bochaganj Upazila is divided into Setabganj 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: Atgaon, Eshania, Murshidhat, Nafanagar, Rongaon, and Shatail. The union parishads are subdivided into 144 mauzas and 141 villages.
Setabganj Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 33
mahallas.
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 ...
*
Districts of Bangladesh
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Divisions of Bangladesh
References
Upazilas of Dinajpur District, Bangladesh
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