Panchagarh Sadar Upazila

Panchagarh Sadar
পঞ্চগড় সদর
Upazila
Panchagarh Sadar is located in Bangladesh
Panchagarh Sadar
Panchagarh Sadar
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 26°20.1′N 88°33.5′E / 26.3350°N 88.5583°E / 26.3350; 88.5583
Country Bangladesh
DivisionRangpur Division
DistrictPanchagarh District
Area
 • Upazila347.08 km2 (134.01 sq mi)
 • Metro
494.00 km2 (190.73 sq mi)
Population
 (1991)
 • Upazila193,198
 • Density560/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
WebsiteOfficial Map of Panchagarh Sadar

Panchagarh Sadar (Bengali: পঞ্চগড় সদর) is an upazila of Panchagarh District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh.[1]

Geography

Panchagarh Sadar is located at 26°20′05″N 88°33′30″E / 26.3347°N 88.5583°E / 26.3347; 88.5583, north side of the district. It has 37232 households and total area 347.08 km2.

It is bounded by West Bengal state of India on the north and east, Boda and Debiganj upazilas on the south, Atwari and Tentulia upazilas and West Bengal state of India on the west. The upazila has two enclaves; the Indian enclaves in the upazila are Garati and Singimari.[1]

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Panchagarh Sadar has a population of 193198. Males constitute 51.3% of the population, and females 48.7%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 92460. Panchagarh Sadar has an average literacy rate of 34.7% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[2]

Administration

Panchagarh thana was established under Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal during the British rule. It was under the Thakurgaon sub-division of dinajpur district at the time of the partition of 1947 and had been a thana under Panchagarh sub-division since 1980. Panchagarh Thana was formed in 1909 and it wa s turned into an upazila in 1984.[3]

Panchagarh Sadar Upazila is divided into Panchagarh Municipality and ten union parishads: Amarkhana, Chaklahat, Dhakkamara, Garinabari, Hafizabad, Haribhasa, Kamat Kajal Dighi, Magura, Panchagarh, and Satmara. The union parishads are subdivided into 83 mauzas and 195 villages.[4]

Panchagarh Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 32 mahallas.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Md. Ahsan Habib (2012). "Panchagarh Sadar Upazila". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
  3. ^ "Panchagarh Sadar Upazila - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  4. ^ a b "District Statistics 2011: Panchagarh" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.