Birganj Upazila

Birganj
বীরগঞ্জ
—  Upazila  —
Birganj
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates:
Country  Bangladesh
Division Rajshahi Division
District Dinajpur District
Area
 • Total 413 km2 (159.5 sq mi)
Population (1991)
 • Total 231,305
 • Density 560/km2 (1,450.4/sq mi)
Time zone BST (UTC+6)
Website Official Map of Birganj

Birganj (Bengali: বীরগঞ্জ) is an Upazila of Dinajpur District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

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Geography

Birganj is located at . It has 42323 units of house hold and total area 413 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Birgonj has a population of 231305. Males constitute are 51.77% of the population, and females 48.23%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 111160. Birgonj has an average literacy rate of 25% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[1]

Administrative

Birganj has 11 Unions/Wards, 187 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 186 villages.

See also

Birgonj Degree College

Birgonj Degree college is a famous college of Dinajpur district.Every year around 1500 student get admitted for Higher Secondary Certificate and 5000 students for B.S.S Pass Course.This college also Hons. course on Sociology,Bengali,Political Science and English.In this year about 1000 students passed HSC with brilliant result and around 30 students got GPA -5.Every year about 100 students get admission in Public Universities of Bangladesh.Juwel Rana a student of Birgonj Degree college who had already completed his Hons on Sociology under the University of Dhaka and Mahmud,Sumon,Tania,Sweety,Keya,Sobuj and so on reads in this University.

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.