Thakurgaon Sadar (Bengali: ঠাকুরগাঁও সদর) is an upazila of Thakurgaon District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh.[2]
Thakurgaon Sadar
ঠাকুরগাঁও সদর | |
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Upazila | |
Thakurgaon Sadar Location in Bangladesh | |
| Coordinates: 26°1.2′N 88°28′E | |
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| Division | Rangpur Division |
| District | Thakurgaon District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 683.45 km2 (263.88 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 581,227[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
| Postal code | 5100 |
| Website | thakurgaonsadar |
Thakurgaon Sadar is located at 26.0208°N 88.4667°E / 26.0208; 88.4667. It has 79823 households and total area 683.46 km2.
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Thakurgaon Sadar has a population of 422728. Males constitute 51.7% of the population, and females 48.3%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 214112. Thakurgaon Sadar has an average literacy rate of 30.1% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[3]
Thakurgaon Upazila is divided into Thakurgaon Municipality and 19 union parishads: Akhanagar, Akcha, Auliapur, Balia, Baragaon, Begunbari, Chilarang, Debipur, Gareya, Jagannathpur, Jamalpur, Mohammadpur, Nargun, Rahimanpur, Rajagaon, Ruhea, Roypur, Salandar, and Sukhanpukhari. The union parishads are subdivided into 194 mauzas and 198 villages.[4]
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