Akkelpur Upazila

Akkelpur
আক্কেলপুর
—  Upazila  —
Akkelpur
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates:
Country  Bangladesh
Division Rajshahi Division
District Joypurhat District
Area
 • Total 139.47 km2 (53.8 sq mi)
Population (1991)
 • Total 126,046
 • Density 904/km2 (2,341.3/sq mi)
Time zone BST (UTC+6)
Website Official Map of Akkelpur

Akkelpur (Bengali: আক্কেলপুর) is an Upazila of Joypurhat District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Contents

Geography

Akkelpur is located at . It has 31,084 [1] units of house hold as per 2001 Census and total area 139.47 km². Akkelpur is the smallest Upozila in Joypurhat Zila[2].

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Akkelpur has a population of 126046. Males constitute are 52.9% of the population, and females 47.1%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 68033. Akkelpur has an average literacy rate of 34% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[3]

Administrative

Akkelpur has 5 Unions/Wards, 116 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 158 villages.
Union Council Parishads include Raikali, Tilakpur.

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.bbs.gov.bd/others_div/joy_u_sum.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.bbs.gov.bd/others_div/joy_u_sum.pdf
  3. ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS.". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm. Retrieved November 10, 2006.