Bagmara Upazila

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Bagmara
বাগমারা
Upazila
Bagmara is located in Bangladesh
Bagmara
Bagmara
Location in Bangladesh
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Country  Bangladesh
Division Rajshahi Division
District Rajshahi District
Area
 • Total 363.3 km2 (140.3 sq mi)
Population (1991)
 • Total 282,520
 • Density 778/km2 (2,020/sq mi)
Time zone BST (UTC+6)
Website Official Map of Bagmara

Bagmara (Bengali: বাগমারা) is an Upazila of Rajshahi District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.[1]

Geography

Bagmara is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. . It has 57675 households and total area 363.3 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Bagmara has a population of 282520. Males constitute 50.01% of the population, and females 49.99%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 147768. Bagmara has an average literacy rate of 52.9% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[2]

Administration

Bagmara has 16 Unions/Wards, 295 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 362 villages. The unions of Bagmara thana are: 1. Shuvodanga 2. Basupara 3. Auchpara 4. Govindpara 5. Gonipur 6. Sonadanga 7. Jugipara 8. Nordash 9. Kacarikuolipara 10. Maria 11. Sreepur 12. Dippur 13. Borobihanoli 14. Hamirkutssa 15. Jhikra and 16. Ghoalkandi.

Also Bagmara has 2 powroshova. 1 Taherpur powroshova & 2. Bhawanigong powroshova

Notable residents

Abdus Sattar Mondal was Member of Parliament twice for constituencies encompassing Bagmara Upazila.

See also

References

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