Bagmara is an Upazila of Rajshahi District

Rajshahi District

Rajshahi District is a district in north-western Bangladesh. It is a part of the Rajshahi Division. The metropolitan city of Rajshahi is in Rajshahi District.-Geography:...

 in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

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Geography

Bagmara is located at 24.5639°N 88.8083°E . It has 57675 units of house hold and total area 363.3 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census

1991 Bangladesh census

In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age distribution, marital status, economically active...

, Bagmara has a population of 282520. Males constitute are 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.

Administrative

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.kasarikuolipara 10.maria 11.sreepur 12.dippur 13.Borobihanoli 14.Hamirkussa 15.Jhikra & 16.Ghoalkandi Edit By-Kbd Abdul Halim Sr.Officer,Standard Bank Ltd.