Tangail Sadar Upazila

Tangail Sadar (Bengali: টাঙ্গাইল সদর) is an upazila of Tangail District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

This article is about the sadar upazila. For the district, see Tangail District. For the city, see Tangail.
Tangail Sadar

টাংগাইল সদর
Upazila
Entrance of Tangail Sadar
Location of Tangail Sadar in Tangail District
Tangail Sadar
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 24.257307°N 89.927783°E / 24.257307; 89.927783
Country Bangladesh
DivisionDhaka Division
DistrictTangail District
Area
 • Total129.06 sq mi (334.26 km2)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total521,104
 • Density4,000/sq mi (1,600/km2)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Websitewww.tangail.gov.bd

Geography

Tangail Sadar is located at 24.2500°N 89.9167°E / 24.2500; 89.9167. It has 69783 households and total area 334.26 km2. The upazila is surrounded by Kalihati Upazila on the north, Nagarpur and Delduar Upazila on the south, Kalihati and Basail Upazila on the east, and the Jamuna River on the west.

Demographics

As of the 2011 Bangladesh census, Tangail Sadar has a population of 521,104.[1] Males constitute 51.05% of the population, and females 48.95%. Tangail Sadar has an average literacy rate of 53.1% (7+ years).[2]

Administration

Tangail Sadar Upazila is divided into Tangail Municipality and 12 union parishads: Baghil, Danya, Gala, Gharinda, Hugra, Karatia, Katuli, Kakua, Magra, Mahamudnagar, Porabari, and Silimpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 247 mauzas and 276 villages.[3]

Tangail Municipality is subdivided into 18 wards and 64 mahallas.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Population Census 2011: Tangail Table C-01" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  2. "Population Census 2011: Tangail Table C-06" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  3. "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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