Kishoreganj is an Upazila of Nilphamari District

Nilphamari District

Nilphamari is a district in Northern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Rangpur Division.-Geography: with an area of 1640.91 km², is bounded by Kuchbihar district of West Bengal on the north, Rangpur district on the south, Lalmonirhat district on the east and Panchagarh and Dinajpur districts on...

 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

Kishoreganj is located at 25.9111°N 89.0250°E . It has 52000 units of house hold and total area 264.98 km².

History

This was named by the name of prince Kishore Chandro(Son of Horish Chandro,1800-1900).Kishorganj was known for Nil cultivation under British rulings. It was part Rangpur District and then separated 1983 into Niphamri.

Economics

The fertile land of kishoreganj produces mainly potato, rice, ginger and corn. The seasons first Potato harvest happens here and transported to all main cities at the beginning of December

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...

, Kishoreganj has a population of 246201. Males constitute are 51.19% of the population, and females 48.81%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 122233. Kishoreganj has an average literacy rate of 18.2% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.