Chirirbandar Upazila

Coordinates: 25°39.8′N 88°47′E / 25.6633°N 88.783°E / 25.6633; 88.783
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Chirirbandar
চিরিরবন্দর
UTC+6 (BST)
Postal code
5240[2]
Area code05326[3]
WebsiteOfficial Map of Chirirbandar

Chirirbandar (

Dinajpur District in Rangpur, Bangladesh.[4]

Geography

Chirirbandar is located at 25°39′45″N 88°47′00″E / 25.6625°N 88.7833°E / 25.6625; 88.7833 - it has 68,415 households and total area 312.69 km2.

Chirirbandar Upazila is bounded by

CD Block in Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India, on the south, and Dinajpur Sadar Upazila on the west.[4][5][6]

Demographics

Religions in Chirirbandar Upazila (2022)[7]
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 76.59%
Hinduism
 
 22.92%
Ethnic religion
 
 0.26%
Other or not stated
 
 0.23%

According to the

2011 Census of Bangladesh, Chirirbandar Upazila had 68,415 households and a population of 292,500. 64,830 (22.16%) were under 10 years of age. Chirirbandar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 52.88%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 995 females per 1000 males. 8,683 (2.97%) lived in urban areas.[8] Ethnic population was 3,140 (1.07%), of which Santal were 2,478.[9]

As of the

1991 Bangladesh census, Chirirbandar has a population of 232409. Males constitute 51.43% of the population, and females 48.57%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 114095. Chirirbandar has an average literacy rate of 28.6% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[10]

Administration

UNO: A K M Shariful Hoque.[11]

Chirirbandar Thana was established in 1914 and it was turned into an upazila in 1984.[4]

The upazila is divided into 12

union parishads: Abdulpur, Alokdihi, Amarpur, Auliapukur, Fatejangpur, Isobpur, Nashratpur, Punotti, Saitara, Satnala, Tetulia, and Viail
.

The union parishads are subdivided into 145 mauzas and 142 villages.[8]

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-9844752016
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  2. ^ "Bangladesh Postal Code". Dhaka: Bangladesh Postal Department under the Department of Posts and Telecommunications of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. 21 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Bangladesh Area Code". China: Chahaoba. 18 October 2024.
  4. ^
    OL 30677644M
    . Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  5. ^ "District Census Handbook 2011 Dakshin Dinajpur" (PDF). Map of Dakshin Dinajpur showing CD Blocks on the fourth page. Directorate of Census Operations. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  6. ^ "District Human Development Report". Uttar Dinajpur. Page 14: Map showing locational setting of Uttar Dinajpur district (includes Dakshin Dinajpur district). Department of Planning, Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  7. ISBN 978-984-475-270-2
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  8. ^ a b "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Dinajpur" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
  9. ^ "Community Tables: Dinajpur district" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2011.
  10. ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 27 March 2005. Retrieved 10 November 2006.
  11. ^ উপজেলা নির্বাহী অফিসার. 27 August 2024. Archived from the original on 27 August 2024.


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