Bagmara_Upazila
Bagmara Upazila
Upazila in Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Bagmara (Bengali: বাগমারা) is an Upazila of Rajshahi District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.[1]
বাগমারা | |
|---|---|
Kompo River in Bagmara | |
| Coordinates: 24°33.8′N 88°48.5′E | |
| Country |  Bangladesh |
| Division | Rajshahi |
| District | Rajshahi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 366.26 km2 (141.41 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 354,664 |
| • Density | 970/km2 (2,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
| Website | bagmara |
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Bagmara is located at 24.5639°N 88.8083°E / 24.5639; 88.8083. It has 94,050 households and total area 366.26 km2.
| Religions in Baghmara upazila (2011)[2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religion | Percent | |||
| Islam | 95.31% | |||
| Hinduism | 4.65% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.04% | |||
According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Baghmara Upazila had 94,050 households and a population of 354,664. 64,230 (18.11%) were under 10 years of age. Baghmara had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 46.31%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1002 females per 1000 males. 38,214 (10.77%) lived in urban areas.[2][3]
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Bagmara has a population of 282520. Males constitute 50.01% of the population, and females 49.99%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 147768. Bagmara has an average literacy rate of 52.9% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[4]
Bagmara Upazila is divided into Bhawbaniganj Municipality, Tahirpur Municipality, and 16 union parishads: Auchpara, Basupara, Borobihanoli, Dippur, Ganipur, Gobindapara, Gualkandi, Hamirkutsa, Jogipara, Kacharikoalipara, Maria, Nordas, Sonadanaga, Sreepur, Suvodanga, and Zhikra. The union parishads are subdivided into 292 mauzas and 332 villages.[2]
- Abdus Sattar Mondal was Member of Parliament twice for constituencies encompassing Bagmara Upazila.
- Md Asadul Islam (2012), "Baghmara Upazila", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
- "Community Tables: Rajshahi district" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2011.
- "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
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