Dhunat Upazila
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Dhunat is an upazila of Bogra District
Bogra District
Bogra is a northern district of Bangladesh, in the Rajshahi Division. It is called the gateway to the north Bengal. It is an industrial city where many small and mid sized industries are housed. Bogra district was a part of the ancient Pundravardhana territory and Bogra was the capital of...

 in the Rajshahi Division, 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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Dhunat is a town situated near the Jamuna river. Every year a huge amount of crops are grown and the corn is the main agricultural product of this area. This small developing town has many schools, colleges, madrashas. The inhabitants of Dhunat are very simple living. The inhabitants of Dhunat are non-communal. They help each other. The high school of Dhunat is Dhunat N. U. Pilot High School. Established in 1941, it was also known as Dhunat Boys School but formerly it has co-education system and again from 2007 the school began to admit girls. Dhunat Girls High School is another school in the locality. Dhunat Degree College is in Dhunat. Dhunat is declared as a Poura-Corporation in 2001 And by 2006 it has achieved 100% sanitation and it was awarded as the 2nd Poura-corporation among the country.

Geography

Dhunat is located at 24.6833°N 89.5375°E. It has 48901 units of house hold and a total area of 247.73 km² (approximately).

The villages of Dhunat are: Goshainbari, Vandarbari, Panchthupi, Nimgasi, Klerpara, Gopalnagar, Sarugram, Elangee, Kantonagar, Belkuchi, Natabari, Parnatabari, Chorpara, Mathpara, Matikora, Fokirbari, Tarakandi, Bilkajuli, Sonahata, Dhamachama, Shiyali, Jorshimul, Pechibari, Mothurapur, Chalapara, Bagdipara, Pardhunat, Anarpur, Mohonpur, Shoilmari and Rajarumpur.

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...

, Dhunat has a population of 246984. Males are 50.46% of the population, and females 49.54%. This upazila's eighteen up population is 127195. Dhunat has an average literacy rate of 19.3% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.
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