Phulbari Upazila, Kurigram
Encyclopedia
Phulbari is an Upazila of Kurigram District
Kurigram District
Kurigram is a district in Northern Bangladesh. It is located in the Rangpur Division.-Geography:Kurigram District is located in the northern region of Bangladesh along the border of India. The area of this district is 2,296.10 km² and population is 1,782,277...

 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...

.

Geography

Phulbari is located at 25.9500°N 89.5667°E . It has 25236 units of house hold and total area 163.63 km².

It is 8 km east of Lalmonirhat town, and was separated from Lalmonirhat District
Lalmonirhat District
The district of Lalmonirhat consists 3038 mosques, 512 temples, 43 Buddhist temples and 12 churches.-Tourism:There are a number of tourist attractions and archaeological sites in Lalmonirhat...

 by Dharla River
Dharla River
The Dharla River is one of Bangladesh's trans-boundary rivers. It originates in the Himalayas where it is known as the Jaldhaka River, and then it flows through the Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar districts of West Bengal, India, one of the seven main rivers to do so...

. Llmonirhat is connected by Koolaghaat-Shonaikazi river crossing on Dharla river.

It is 28 km northwest of Kurigram town.

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...

, Phulbari has a population of 129668. Males constitute are 50.49% of the population, and females 49.51%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 62699. Phulbari has an average literacy rate of 24% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Aministration

Chairman : Md. Golam Rabbani Shorkar

Women Vice Chairman :

Vice Chairman :

Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO):
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK