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Lalmonirhat Sadar Upazila
Upazila in Rangpur, Bangladesh From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lalmonirhat Sadar (Bengali: লালমনিরহাট সদর) is an upazila of Lalmonirhat District[4] in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh. Its headquarters are in Lalmonirhat.
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Geography
Lalmonirhat Sadar is located at 25.9153°N 89.4500°E. It has a total area of 263.83 km2. Teesta River flows inside this upazila.
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Lalmonirhat Sadar Upazila had 79,147 households and a population of 333,166. 78,228 (23.48%) were under 10 years of age. Lalmonirhat Sadar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 47.37%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 998 females per 1000 males. 60,322 (18.11%) lived in urban areas.[5][7]
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Lalmonirhat Sadar has a population of 260876. Males constitute are 51.52% of the population, and females 48.48%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 131281. Lalmonirhat Sadar has an average literacy rate of 27.7% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[8]
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Administration
Lalmonirhat Sadar Upazila is divided into Lalmonirhat Municipality and nine union parishads: Barobari, Gokunda, Harati, Khuniagachh, Kulaghat, Mogolhat, Mohendranagar, Panchagram, and Rajpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 117 mauzas and 173 villages.[5]
Lalmonirhat Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 64 mahallas.[5]
Education
There are 19 colleges in the upazila. They include honors level Lalmonirhat Government College.[4][9]
See also
References
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