Bhanga

About Bhanga

Bhanga (Bengali: ভাঙ্গা) is an upazila of Faridpur District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Geography

Bhanga is located at 23.3833°N 89.9833°E / 23.3833; 89.9833. It has 57,164 households and total area 215.30 km2.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Bhanga Upazila had 72,900 households and a population of 293,857. 9.73% of the population were under 5 years of age. Bhanga had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 73.41%: 74.64% for males and 72.32% for females, and a sex ratio of 90.71 males for every 100 females. 53,621 (18.25%) lived in urban areas.

As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Bhanga upazila had 57,164 households and a population of 259,032. 62,224 (24.02%) were under 10 years of age. Bhanga had an average literacy rate of 47.01%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1067 females per 1000 males. 46,477 (17.94%) of the population lived in urban areas.

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Bhanga has a population of 214702. Males constitute 50.23% of the population, and females 49.77%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 105762. Bhanga has an average literacy rate of 25.7% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Administration

Bhanga Upazila is divided into Bhanga Municipality and 12 union parishads: Algi, Azimnagor, Chandra, Chumurdi, Gharua, Hamirdi, Kalamridha, Kawlibera, Manikdha, Nasirabad, Nurullagonj, and Tujerpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 136 mauzas and 206 villages.

Bhanga Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 26 mahallas.

Upazila Chairman: S M Habibur Rahman Al Habib

Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO): Md. Alamgir Hussein

Education

According to Banglapedia, Bhanga Model Govt. Pilot High School, founded in 1889, Sadardi High School (1917), and Kalamridha Govinda High School (1927), are notable secondary schools.

Madhobpur Technical and B.M College

Kazi Wali Ullah High School

Kazi Mahbubullah (K.M) College

Bhanga Mohila College

Kazi Shamsunnesa Girls School

Deora High School

Bharilhat Nesaria Dakhilia Madrasa

Syed Zanal Abdin High School

Abdulabad High School

Brahmondi High School

Sunflower Ideal Academy

Sonamoyee High School

Sharifabad High School & college

Munsurabad Govt. Primary School

Maligram high School

Pulia High School

East Sadardi High School

Bhanga Model Govt. pilot High School

Hoglakandi Govt. Primary School.

Tuzarpur S.A. High School

Hamirdi Pilot High School

Purbapara High School

Maijhail Govt Primary School

Source: Wikipedia →