Thakurgaon Sadar ( bn, ঠাকুরগাঁও 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
Thakurgaon 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 ...
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Geography
Thakurgaon Sadar is located at . It has 79823 households and total area 683.46 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 ag ...
, Thakurgaon Sadar has a population of 422728. Males constitute 51.7% of the population, and females 48.3%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 214112. Thakurgaon Sadar has an average literacy rate of 30.1% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.
Administration
Thakurgaon Upazila is divided into Thakurgaon Municipality and 19
union parishads: Akhanagar, Akcha, Auliapur, Balia, Baragaon, Begunbari, Chilarang, Debipur, Gareya, Jagannathpur, Jamalpur, Mohammadpur, Nargun, Rahimanpur, Rajagaon, Ruhea, Roypur, Salandar, and Sukhanpukhari. The union parishads are subdivided into 194 mauzas and 198 villages.
Gallery
Image:Aparajeo 71 Thakurgaon.JPG, The Monument of 1971 War beside Tangon River
Image:Shuk_River.JPG, Shuk River at Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila
Image:Thakurgaon Playground.JPG, Playground of Thakurgaon
Image:Tangon River 1.JPG, Tangon River from Tangon Bridge
Image:Thakurgaon Govt College Building.JPG, A science building of Thakurgaon Govt.College.
See also
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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 ...
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Districts of Bangladesh
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Divisions of Bangladesh
References
Upazilas of Thakurgaon District
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