Gopalpur is an Upazila of Tangail District

Tangail District

Tangail is a district in central region of Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka division. The population of Tangail zilla is about 3.2 million and its surface area is 3,414.39 km². The main town of Tangail District is the district town Tangail...

 in the Division of Dhaka, 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

Gopalpur is located at 24.5583°N 89.9167°E . It has 49976 units of house hold and total area 193.37 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...

, Gopalpur has a population of 252747. Males constitute are 50.98% of the population, and females 49.02%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 130298. Gopalpur has an average literacy rate of 63%, and the national average of 73.4% literate.