Gopalpur Upazila

Gopalpur (Bengali: গোপালপুর) is an upazila of Tangail District[2] in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Gopalpur Upazila

গোপালপুর
Upazila
Gopalpur Upazila
Location in Tangail, Bangladesh
Coordinates: 24°33.5′N 89°55′E
Country Bangladesh
DivisionDhaka Division
DistrictTangail District
Area
 • Total193.37 km2 (74.66 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total252,331[1]
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Websitegopalpur.tangail.gov.bd

Geography

Gopalpur is located at 24.5583°N 89.9167°E / 24.5583; 89.9167. It has 49976 households and total area of 193.37 km2.

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Gopalpur has a population of 252747. Males constitute 50.98% of the population, and females 49.02%. Population over the age of 18 is 130298. Gopalpur has an average literacy rate of 63%, and the national average of 73.4% literate.[3]

Administration

Gopalpur Upazila is divided into Gopalpur Municipality and seven union parishads: Alamnagar, Dhopakandi, Hadira, Hemnagar, Jhawail, Mirzapur, and Nagda Simla. The union parishads are subdivided into 111 mauzas and 158 villages.[4]

Gopalpur Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 35 mahallas.[4]

See also

References
  1. http://www.citypopulation.de/php/bangladesh-admin.php?adm2id=9338
  2. Samaresh Devnath (2012), "Gopalpur Upazila", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
  3. "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
  4. "District Statistics 2011: Tangail" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.


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