Kaharole 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,

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

Kaharole Upazila is bounded by Birganj Upazila on the north, Dinajpur Sadar Upazila and

Biral Upazila Biral Upazila () is an upazila of Dinajpur District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh. 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 south, Khansama and Dinajpur Sadar Upazila on the east, 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. ...

on the west. Kaharole is located at . It has 36,759 households and a total area of 205.53 km².

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 ...

, Kaharole Upazila had 36,759 households and a population of 154,432. 34,083 (22.07%) were under 10 years of age. Kaharole had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 51.32%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 999 females per 1000 males. 7,355 (4.76%) lived in urban areas. Ethnic population was 3,376 (2.19%), of which

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were 3,305. 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 ...

, Kaharole has a population of 118,379. Males constitute 51.78% of the population, and females 48.22%. Kaharole's population over 18 years old is 60,240.

Administration

UNO: Md. Aminul Islam. Kaharole, which was formed in 1904 as a Thana, was turned into an upazila in 1984. Kaharole Upazila is divided into six

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: Dabor, Mukundapur, Ramchandrapur, Rasulpur, Sundarpur, and Targaon. The union parishads are subdivided into 153 mauzas and 152 villages.

References

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