Basail Upazila

Basail
বাসাইল
—  Upazila  —
Basail
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates:
Country  Bangladesh
Division Dhaka Division
District Tangail District
Area
 • Total 157.78 km2 (60.9 sq mi)
Population (1991)
 • Total 148,555
 • Density 942/km2 (2,439.8/sq mi)
Time zone BST (UTC+6)
Website Official Map of Basail

Basail (Bengali: বাসাইল) is an Upazila of Tangail District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Geography

Basail is located at . It has 27481 units of house hold and total area 157.78 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Basail has a population of 148555. Males constitute are 50.97% of the population, and females 49.03%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 77918. Basail has an average literacy rate of 32.8% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[1]

Administrative

Basail has 6 Unions/Wards, 73 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 107 villages.

See also

References

  1. ^ "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.