Tangail Sadar Upazila
Tangail Sadar
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Tangail Sadar (Bengali: টাঙ্গাইল সদর) is an upazila of Tangail District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Geography
Tangail Sadar is located at 24°15′00″N 89°55′00″E / 24.2500°N 89.9167°E. It has 116,922 households and total area 334.26 km2. The upazila is surrounded by
Jamuna River
on the west.
Demographics
According to the
2011 Bangladesh census, Tangail Sadar Upazila had 116,922 households and a population of 521,104. 112,157 (21.52%) were under 10 years of age. Tangail Sadar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 53.06%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1003 females per 1000 males. 167,412 (32.13%) lived in urban areas.[1][2]
Administration
Tangail Sadar Upazila is divided into
Magra, Mahamudnagar, Porabari, and Silimpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 247 mauzas and 276 villages.[1]
Tangail Municipality is subdivided into 18 wards and 64
mahallas.[1]
See also
- Union Councils of Tangail District
- Upazilas of Bangladesh
- Districts of Bangladesh
- Divisions of Bangladesh
References
- ^ a b c d "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Tangail" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "Community Tables: Tangail district" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2011.
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| Gazipur District | ||
Gopalganj District | ||
| Kishoreganj District | ||
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| Manikganj District | ||
| Munshiganj District |
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| Narayanganj District | ||
| Narsingdi District | ||
| Rajbari District |
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| Shariatpur District |
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| Tangail District | ||
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