Gopalpur Upazila
Gopalpur Upazila
গোপালপুর | |
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  Gopalpur Upazila Location in Tangail, Bangladesh | |
| Coordinates: 24°33.5′N 89°55′E / 24.5583°N 89.917°E | |
| Country |  Bangladesh |
| Division | Dhaka Division |
| District | Tangail District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 193.37 km2 (74.66 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 252,331[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
| Website | gopalpur |
Gopalpur (Bengali: গোপালপুর) is an upazila of Tangail District[2] in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Geography
Gopalpur is located at 24°33′30″N 89°55′00″E / 24.5583°N 89.9167°E. It has 49976 households and total area of 193.37 km2.
Demographics
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Gopalpur has a population of 252747. Males constitute 50.98% of the population, and females 49.02%. Population over the age of 18 is 130298. Gopalpur has an average literacy rate of 63%, and the national average of 73.4% literate.[3]
Administration
Gopalpur Upazila is divided into Gopalpur Municipality and seven union parishads: Alamnagar, Dhopakandi, Hadira, Hemnagar, Jhawail, Mirzapur, and Nagda Simla. The union parishads are subdivided into 111 mauzas and 158 villages.[4]
Gopalpur Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 35 mahallas.[4]
See also
References
- ^ http://www.citypopulation.de/php/bangladesh-admin.php?adm2id=9338
- ^ Samaresh Devnath (2012), "Gopalpur Upazila", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
- ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
- ^ a b "District Statistics 2011: Tangail" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
External links
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