Hakimpur 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

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Geography

Hakimpur Upazila is located at . It has 22,895 households and total area 99.92 km². Hakimpur Upazila is bounded by Nawabganj and Birampur Upazilas on the north, Nawabganj and

Ghoraghat Upazila Ghoraghat Upazila ( also named Nuṣratābad), is an upazila of Dinajpur District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh. History Ghoraghat was established in the time of Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji (see Blochmanu's Contr., J.A.S,1873, p. ...

on the east, Panchbibi Upazila in

Joypurhat District Joypurhat District () is a List of districts of Bangladesh, district in northern Bangladesh, and part of Rajshahi Division. Etymology Prior to the coming of the Chilahati–Parbatipur–Santahar–Darshana line, Calcutta–Jalpaiguri railway line ...

on the south and Hili CD Block in Dakshin Dinajpur district,

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, and

Birampur Upazila Birampur () is an upazilla of Dinajpur District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh. Birampur is an important city near India Border. This upazila is 256 km away from Capital Dhaka and nearly 56 km away from Dinajpur City. In spite of being ...

on the west. The second-largest land

port A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Hamburg, Manch ...

, Hili Land Port, is situated here.

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 ...

, Hakimpur Upazila had 22,895 households and a population of 92,599. 19,296 (20.84%) were under 10 years of age. Hakimpur had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 54.72%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 963 females per 1000 males. 28,411 (30.68%) lived in urban areas. Ethnic population was 3,059 (3.30%), of which Oraon were 1,868 and

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 ...

876. 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 ...

, Hakimpur has a population of 66875. Males constitute 51.22% of the population, and females 48.78%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 35649. Hakimpur has an average literacy rate of 30.1% (7+ years), better than the national average of 32.4%..

Administration

UNO: Amit Roy. Hakimpur Thana was formed in 1950 and it was turned into an upazila in 1984. Hakimpur Upazila is divided into Hakimpur Municipality and three

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: Alihat, Boalder, and Khattamadobpara. The union parishads are subdivided into 69 mauzas and 83 villages. Hakimpur Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 17

mahalla is an Arabic word variously translated as district, Quarter (country subdivision), quarter, Ward (country subdivision), ward, or neighborhood in many parts of the Arab world, the Balkans, Western Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and nearby nations. ...

Pouroshova

* Hakimpur

Unions

* Alihat * Khottamadabpara * Boyaldar

References