Natore is a city ("town" in some sources) in western Bangladesh. It is the headquarters of the
Natore District. Its current administrator is Asha Khatun. The Narod river is passing through the center of the city with pollution from upstream industrial developments flowing through.
[S.M. Nur-E-Alam, S.M. Moniruzzaman, S.M.A. Bate]
Characterization of selected industrial effluent and their effects on Narod river of Natore, Bangladesh
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development (ICCESD 2016), 12~14 February 2016, KUET, Khulna, Bangladesh (2016)
Demographics
According to the
2022 Bangladesh census, Natore city had a population of 87,067 and a literacy rate of 87.02%.
According to the
2011 Bangladesh census
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 reco ...
, Natore city had 18,828 households and a population of 81,203. 13,104 (16.14%) were under 10 years of age. Natore had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 75.06%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 968 females per 1000 males.
References
Natore District
Cities in Bangladesh
Populated places in Rajshahi Division
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