Rangpur
Sadar Upazila
Rangpur
Sadar (Bengali: রংপুর সদর) is an Upazila of Rangpur District in the Division
of Rangpur, Bangladesh
Rangpur
Sadar Upazila (rangpur district) area 330.33 sq km, located in between 25°39' and
25°50' north latitudes and in between 89°05' and 89'20' east longitudes. It is
bounded by gangachara upazila on the north, mithapukur upazila on the south, kaunia and pirgachha upazilas on the east,taraganj and badarganj upazilas on the west.
Population Total
600240; male 313102, female 287120; Muslim 541607, Hindu 57867, Buddhist 264,
Christian 83 and others 419. Indigenous communities such as santal and oraon belong
to this upazila.
Water bodies Main
rivers:' Bullai, ghaghat; Ganakanai and Mariga Beels are notable.
Administration Rangpur
Sadar Thana was formed in 1877 and it was turned into an upazila in 1984.
Geography
Rangpur
Sadar is located at 25.7583°N
89.2333°E . It has 89651 households and total area 330.33 km².
The padas of
Rangpur Sadar are Dhaap, Kamal Kasna,Robertsonganj,Mondolpara,Kuthirpara, Bahar
Kasna, Munshipara, Mulatole Pada, Keranipara, Gomostapara, New Engineer Pada,
Kotkipara, Deudoba Dangirpara, Palapara (also named Pakpara), Lalbagh
etc.Mominpur is one of the famous union in Rangpur sadar upazila.
Demographics
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Rangpur Sadar has a
population of 494317. Males constitute 52.44% of the population, and females
47.56%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 251530. Rangpur Sadar has an
average literacy rate of 37.4% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4%
literate.[2]
Administrative
Rangpur
Sadar has 17 Unions/Wards, 196 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 311 villages.
See also
