Chirirbandar () 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
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
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.
Geography
Chirirbandar is located at - it has 68,415 households and total area 312.69 km
2.
Chirirbandar Upazila is bounded by
Khansama Upazila
Khansama () is an upazila of Dinajpur District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh.
Geography
Khansama is located at ; it has a total area of 179.72 km2.
The upazila is bounded by Debiganj and Nilphamari Sadar upazilas on the north, ...
on the north,
Parbatipur Upazila in Dinajpur District and
Saidpur Upazila
Saidpur () is an upazila of Nilphamari District in Rangpur Division, Bangladesh. Saidpur thana, later turned into an upazila, was established in 1915. Before 1870, Saidpur was a Bazar under Daroani thana of Rangpur district. It was under Nilphamar ...
in
Nilphamari District
Nilphamari District () is a district in Northern Bangladesh. It is a part of Rangpur Division. It is about 400 kilometers to the northwest of the capital Dhaka. It has an area of . Nilphamari is bounded by Rangpur and Lalmonirhat in east, ...
on the east,
Fulbari Upazila
Fulbari () is an upazila of Dinajpur District in Rangpur Division, Bangladesh.
Geography
Fulbari is located at . It has 43,137 households and total area 228.49 km2.
Fulbari Upazila is bounded by Parbatipur and Chirirbandar Upazilas on the ...
and
Kumarganj CD Block in
Dakshin Dinajpur district
Dakshin Dinajpur (), also known as South Dinajpur, is a district in the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, India. It was created on 1 April 1992 by the division of the erstwhile West Dinajpur District. The head ...
,
West Bengal
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, India, on the south, and
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 ...
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 ...
, 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.
Ethnic population was 3,140 (1.07%), 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 2,478.
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 ...
, 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.
Administration
UNO: A K M Shariful Hoque.
Chirirbandar Thana was established in 1914 and it was turned into an upazila in 1984.
The upazila is divided into 12
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:
Abdulpur,
Alokdihi,
Amarpur,
Auliapukur,
Fatejangpur,
Isobpur,
Nashratpur,
Punotti,
Saitara,
Satnala,
Tetulia, and
Viail.
The union parishads are subdivided into 145 mauzas and 142 villages.
See also
*
Upazilas of Bangladesh
An ''upazila'' ( pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative division in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a districts of Bangladesh, district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a borough of Western count ...
*
Districts of Bangladesh
The divisions of Bangladesh, divisions of Bangladesh are further divided into districts or (). The headquarters of a district is called the district seat (). There are 64 districts in Bangladesh. The districts are further subdivided into 495 s ...
*
Divisions of Bangladesh
Divisions are the first-level administrative divisions in Bangladesh. As of 2024, there are eight divisions of Bangladesh, each named after the major city within its jurisdiction that also serves as the administrative seat of that division. Eac ...
References
Upazilas of Dinajpur District, Bangladesh
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