Dhamoirhat ধামইরহাট |
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Dhamoirhat
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Country | Bangladesh |
Division | Rajshahi Division |
District | Naogaon District |
Area | |
• Total | 300.8 km2 (116.1 sq mi) |
Population (1991) | |
• Total | 151,875 |
• Density | 505/km2 (1,307.9/sq mi) |
Time zone | BST (UTC+6) |
Website | Official Map of Dhamoirhat |
Dhamoirhat (Bengali: ধামইরহাট) is an Upazila of Naogaon District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
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Dhamoirhat is located at . It has 29661 units of house hold and total area 300.8 km².
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Dhamoirhat has a population of 151875. Males constitute are 51.73% of the population, and females 48.27%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 80044. Dhamoirhat has an average literacy rate of 28.4% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[1]
Dhamoirhat has 8 Unions/Wards, 212 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 250 villages.
In Maahishontosh, an extraordinary long tomb is popularly known as the Tomb of Muhammad Shiran Khilji, an earlier Turkic ruler of Bengal.
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