Taraganj
Upazila
Taraganj (Bengali: তারাগঞ্জ) is an Upazila of Rangpur
District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh.
Taraganj Upazila (rangpur district)
area 128.64 sq km, located in between 25°44' and 25°50' north latitudes and in
between 89°07' and 89°57' east longitudes. It is bounded by kishoreganj (nilphamari) upazila on
the north, badarganj upazila on the south, rangpur sadar and gangachara upazilas on the east, saidpur upazila on the west.
Population Total
119927; male 61934, female 57993; Muslim 104417, Hindu 15491, Buddhist 3 and
others 16.
Water bodies Main
rivers: Jamuneshwari, Chikli; Hatkhopa Beel is notable.
Administration Taraganj
was under Badarganj thana before 1980. Taraganj Thana was formed on 1 January
1980 comprising 40 villages of Badarganj thana; it was turned into an upazila
in 1984.'
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Geography
Taragonj is
located at 25.8111°N
89.0167°E . It has 21234 households and total area 128.64 km².
Demographics
As of the 2011 Bangladesh census, Taraganj has a
population of 140823. Males constitute 51.48% of the population, and females
48.52%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 87803. Taraganj has an average
literacy rate of 23.3% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[2]
Administrative
Taraganj has
5 Unions/Wards, 40 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 41 villages.
Unions are:
1. Alampur 2. Kursha 3. Ekarchali 4. Hariarkuti & 5. Soyar
Place of
interest
Taragonj
Haat is a famous & big in the northern side of Bangladesh and also it is
called a business linkage place of Rangpur district. Tara BIBI's mazar is
situated in the middle of the Haat. and by the name of TARA BIBI Taragonj was
name and it is populated to the people.
In Sadar of
Taraganj there is 50 beds hospital, One Degree College, Degree Madrasa, One
Boys high school, Girls high school.
Culture
In Taraganj
there living all mostly Muslims and Hindus and there also other religion's but
they are minor in size. There is no religious issue among the people in
Taraganj, every civilians live as people with linked each other.
See also
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