Lalmonirhat Sadar Upazila

Lalmonirhat Sadar (Bengali: লালমনিরহাট সদর) is an upazila of Lalmonirhat District[2] in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh.

Lalmonirhat Sadar

লালমনিরহাট সদর
Upazila
Lalmonirhat Sadar
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 25°54.9′N 89°27′E
Country Bangladesh
DivisionRangpur Division
DistrictLalmonirhat District
Area
 • Total259.54 km2 (100.21 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total333,166[1]
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
WebsiteOfficial Map of Lalmonirhat Sadar

Geography

Lalmonirhat Sadar is located at 25.9153°N 89.4500°E / 25.9153; 89.4500. It has 49935 households and total area 259.54 km2. Teesta River flows inside this upazila.

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Lalmonirhat Sadar has a population of 260876. Males constitute 51.52% of the population, and females 48.48%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 131281. Lalmonirhat Sadar has an average literacy rate of 27.7% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[3]

Administration

Lalmonirhat Sadar Upazila is divided into Lalmonirhat Municipality and nine union parishads: Barobari, Gokunda, Harati, Khuniagachh, Kulaghat, Mogolhat, Mohendranagar, Panchagram, and Rajpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 117 mauzas and 173 villages.[4]

Lalmonirhat Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 64 mahallas.[4]

Education
See also: Education in Bangladesh

There are 19 colleges in the upazila. They include honors level Lalmonirhat Government College.[2][5]

See also

References
  1. "Lalmonirhat (District (Zila), Bangladesh) - Population Statistics and Location in Maps and Charts". citypopulation.de.
  2. Tanzimul Nayan (2012). "Lalmonirhat Sadar 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: Lalmonirhat" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  5. "List of Institutions". Ministry of Education. Retrieved July 15, 2014.


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