Kurigram Sadar

About Kurigram Sadar

Kurigram Sadar (Bengali: কুড়িগ্রাম সদর) is an upazila of Kurigram District in Rangpur Division, Bangladesh.

Geography

Kurigram Sadar is located at 25.8167°N 89.6500°E / 25.8167; 89.6500. It has a total area 276.43 km2.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Kurigram Sadar Upazila had 90,115 households and a population of 361,408. 9.98% of the population were under 5 years of age. Kurigram Sadar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 69.87%: 72.85% for males and 67.00% for females, and a sex ratio of 97.29 males for every 100 females. 131,901 (36.50%) lived in urban areas.

According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Kurigram Sadar Upazila had 72,592 households and a population of 312,408. 74,572 (23.87%) were under 10 years of age. Kurigram Sadar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 46.14%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1022 females per 1000 males. 80,810 (25.87%) lived in urban areas.

As of the 1991 Census of Bangladesh, Kurigram Sadar has a population of 217,311. Males constitute are 51.01% of the population, and females 48.99%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 106,925. Kurigram Sadar has an average literacy rate of 26.2% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Administration

Kurigram Sadar Upazila is divided into Kurigram Municipality and eight union parishads.

The union parishads are subdivided into 78 mauzas and 266 villages.

Kurigram Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 106 mahallas.

Education

Kurigram Government College

Kurigram Govt. Women's College

Mojida Degree College

Kurigram Govt. High School

Kurigram Govt. Girls' High School

Shuvesscha tutorial Homes, Mollah para, Kurigram

Mogalbasa Bilateral High School

Kurigram Polytechnic Institute

Kurigram Agricultural University

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