Kamarkhanda Upazila

Kamarkhanda (Bengali: কামারখন্দ) is an upazila of Sirajganj District in the Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh.[1]

Kamarkhanda
কামারখন্দ
Upazila
Kamarkhanda is located in Bangladesh
Kamarkhanda
Kamarkhanda
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 24°22′N 89°42.3′E
Country Bangladesh
DivisionRajshahi Division
DistrictSirajganj District
Area
 • Total91.61 km2 (35.37 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total133,332
 • Density1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
WebsiteOfficial Map of Kamarkhanda

Geography

Kamarkhanda is located at 24.3667°N 89.7042°E / 24.3667; 89.7042. It has 19181 households and total area 91.61 km2. It is bounded by Sherpur (Bogra) and Dhunat upazilas on the north, Ullahpara and Kamarkhanda upazilas on the south, Sirajganj sadar and Kamarkhanda upazilas on the east, Tarash upazila on the west.[1]

Demographics

Par the 2001 Bangladesh census, Kamarkhanda has a population of 2,67,522; males constituted 137574 of the population, females 129948; Muslim 234112, Hindu 33361, Buddhist 30 and others 19.[1]

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kamarkhanda has a population of 105,997. Males constitute 51.81% of the population, and females 48.19%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 51,649. Kamarkhanda has an average literacy rate of 26.2% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[2][3]

Administration

Raiganj Thana was formed in 1937 and it was turned into an upazila in 1984.[4]

Kamarkhanda Upazila is divided into four union parishads: Bhadraghat, Jamtail, Jhawail, and Roydaulatpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 55 mauzas and 93 villages.[5]

See also

References
  1. Sufia Parveen (2012), "Kamarkhanda 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. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (2011). "Population & Housing Census" (PDF). Bangladesh Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2015. p. xxiii: Population By Religion (%) Muslim 90.39 Hindu 8.54 Buddhist 0.60 Christian 0.37 Others 0.14
  4. "Raiganj Upazila - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
  5. "District Statistics 2011: Sirajganj" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
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