Durgapur Upazila, Rajshahi

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Durgapur Upazila
Durgapur
Division_name - District	Rajshahi Division - Rajshahi District
Coordinates	24.4556° N 88.7667° E
Area	195.03 km²
Time zone	BST (UTC+6)
Population (1991) - Density	137640 - 706/km²
Maplink: Official Map of Durgapur

Durgapur (Bengali: দূর্গাপুর) is an Upazila of Rajshahi District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Administrative
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Geography

Durgapur is located at 24.4556° N 88.7667° E . It has 27731 units of house hold and total area 195.03 km².

[edit] Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh census^GRBangladeh, Durgapur has a population of 137640. Males constitute are 50.81% of the population, and females 49.19%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 71446. Durgapur has an average literacy rate of 20.2% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. ^[1]