Biral Upazila () is an

upazila An ''upazila'' ( pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative division in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a borough of Western countries. Rural upazilas ...

of Dinajpur District in the Division of

Rangpur Rangpur may refer to: Places In Bangladesh *Rangpur Division, one of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh. *Rangpur District, district of Bangladesh in Rangpur Division. *Rangpur, Bangladesh, metropolis and a major city in northern ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

Geography

Biral is located at . It has 61,414 households and total area 353.98 km². Biral Upazila is bounded by Bochaganj and Kaharole Upazilas on the north,

Dinajpur Sadar Upazila Dinajpur Sadar () is an upazila of Dinajpur District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh. Geography Dinajpur Sadar is located at . It has 111,779 households and total area 354.73 km2. Dinajpur Sadar Upazila is bounded by Kaharole and ...

and

Punarbhaba River The Punarbhaba (also ''Poonorvoba''; ) is a river of Bangladesh and India's West Bengal, with a total length of , a width of and a mean depth of . It originates from the lowlands of Thakurgaon District of Bangladesh. The river's upper part is a ...

on the east, Dinajpur Sadar Upazila and

Gangarampur Gangarampur is one of the cities and a municipality in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the state of West Bengal, India. Balurghat is the headquarters of the Gangarampur subdivision, Gangarampur Subdivision. The city is located on the bank of river ...

and

Kushmandi Kushmandi is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Gangarampur subdivision of Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Dinajpur district was constituted in 1786. In 1947, the Radcliffe ...

CD Blocks in

Dakshin Dinajpur Dakshin Dinajpur (), also known as South Dinajpur, is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal, India. It was created on 1 April 1992 by the division of the erstwhile West Dinajpur District. The headquarters (sadar) of the district is at ...

district,

West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...

, India, on the south, and

Bochaganj Upazila Bochaganj () is an upazila of Dinajpur District (Bangladesh), Dinajpur District in the division of Rangpur Division, Rangpur, Bangladesh. Setabganj town is the headquarter of Bochaganj Upazila unlike many other Upazila and district of Bangladesh. ...

, Kaliaganj CD Block in

Uttar Dinajpur Uttar Dinajpur (), also known as North Dinajpur, is one of the 23 districts of the state of West Bengal in India. The district is the part of Malda Division. Raiganj city is the headquarters of the district. This district bifurcated on 1 Ap ...

district in West Bengal, India and

on the west.

Demographics

According to the

2011 Census of Bangladesh In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh, which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census. Data were r ...

, Biral Upazila had 61,414 households and a population of 257,925. 59,186 (22.95%) were under 10 years of age. Biral had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 47.33%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 982 females per 1000 males. 9,059 (3.51%) lived in urban areas. Ethnic population was 4,178 (1.62%), of which

Santal The Santal (or Santhal) are an Austroasiatic languages, Austroasiatic-speaking Munda peoples, Munda ethnic group of the Indian subcontinent. Santals are the largest tribe in the Jharkhand and West Bengal in terms of population and are also found ...

were 3,257. As of the

1991 Bangladesh census In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and a ...

, Biral has a population of 204,420. Males constitute 52.57% of the population, and females 47.43%. This Upazila's population above 18 years is 101819. Biral has an average literacy rate of 27.9% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4%.

Administration

UNO: Bahni Shikha Asha. Biral Thana was formed in 1915 and it was turned into an

in 1984. Biral Upazila is divided into ten

union parishad Union council (), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit in Bangladesh, with zila parishads (district councils) being the largest rural authori ...

s: Azimpur, Bhandra, Biral, Bijora, Dhamoir, Dharmapur, Farakkabad, Mangalpur, Ranipukur, and Shohorgram. The union parishads are subdivided into 241 mauzas and 238 villages.

References

Upazilas of Dinajpur District, Bangladesh {{Rangpur-geo-stub

Geography

Demographics

Administration

See also

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