Hatibandha_Upazila
Hatibandha Upazila
Upazila in Rangpur, Bangladesh
Hatibandha (Bengali: হাতিবান্ধা) is an upazila of Lalmonirhat District[1] in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh.
Hatibandha
হাতিবান্ধা | |
|---|---|
Teesta Bararge, Hatibandha | |
| Coordinates: 26°6.8′N 89°8′E | |
| Bangladesh |  Bangladesh |
| Division | Rangpur |
| District | Lalmonirhat |
| Area | |
| • Total | 288.42 km2 (111.36 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 233,927 |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
| Website | Official Map of Hatibandha |
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Hatibandha is located at 26.1125°N 89.1333°E / 26.1125; 89.1333. It has 53,122 households and total area 288.42 km2.
| Religions in Hatibandha upazila (2011)[2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religion | Percent | |||
| Islam | 87.31% | |||
| Hinduism | 12.66% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.03% | |||
According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Hatibandha Upazila had 53,122 households and a population of 233,927. 59,558 (25.46%) were under 10 years of age. Hatibandha had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 45.30%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1002 females per 1000 males. 9,476 (4.05%) lived in urban areas.[2][3]
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Hatibandha has a population of 172417. Males constitute 51.39% of the population, and females 48.61%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 85064. Hatibandha has an average literacy rate of 21.4% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[4]
Hatibandha Upazila is divided into 12 union parishads: Barokhata, Dawabari, Fakirpara, Goddimari, Gotamari, Nowdabas, Paticapara, Shaniajan, Sindurna, Singimari, Tongvhanga, and Vhelaguri. The union parishads are subdivided into 63 mauzas and 65 villages.[2]
- SM Altaf Hossain (2012). "Hatibandha Upazila". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- "Community Tables: Lalmonirhat 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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