Official Name: | Pabna Sadar |
Native Name: | পাবনা সদর |
Settlement Type: | Upazila |
Coordinates: | 24°N 89°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bangladesh |
Subdivision Type1: | Division |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Rajshahi |
Subdivision Name2: | Pabna |
Seat Type: | Headquarters |
Seat: | Pabna |
Area Total Km2: | 439.30 |
Population Total: | 590914 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Website: | Sadar.gif Official Map of Pabna Sadar |
Timezone: | BST |
Utc Offset: | +6 |
Pabna Sadar (Bengali: পাবনা সদর) is an upazila of Pabna District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Pabna Sadar is located at 24.0042°N 89.25°W. It has 74,517 households and the total area is 439.30 km2.
According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Pabna Sadar Upazila had 138,839 households and a population of 590,914. 127,033 (21.50%) were under 10 years of age. Pabna Sadar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 51.43%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 990 females per 1000 males. 144,442 (24.44%) lived in urban areas.[1] [2]
At of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Pabna Sadar had a population of 431,513. Males constituted 51.76% of the population, and females 48.24%. Pabna Sadar had an average literacy rate of 29.1% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. [3]
Pabna Sadar Upazila is divided into Pabna Municipality and ten union parishads: Ataikola, Bharara, Char Tarapur, Dapunia, Dogachhi, Gayeshpur, Hemayetpur, Malanchi, Maligachha, and Sadullahpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 259 mauzas and 291 villages.
Pabna Municipality is subdivided into 15 wards and 46 mahallas.[4]
Chairman: Mosharrof Hossain
Vice Chairman:
Woman Vice Chairman:
Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO): Salma Khatun https://web.archive.org/web/20120226125127/http://www.moestab.gov.bd/pmis/Forms/unolist.php