Official Name: | Tongibari |
Native Name: | টংগিবাড়ী |
Settlement Type: | Upazila |
Coordinates: | 23.5°N 90.4583°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Division |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Dhaka |
Subdivision Name2: | Munshiganj |
Area Total Km2: | 140.91 |
Population Total: | 197173 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | BST |
Utc Offset: | +6 |
Tongibari (Bengali: টঙ্গিবাড়ী) is an upazila of Munshiganj District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Tongibari is located at . It has 42,199 households and total area 140.91 km2.
According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Tongibari Upazila had 42,199 households and a population of 197,173, of which 41,986 (21.29%) were under 10 years of age. Tongibari had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 57.09%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1,010 females per 1,000 males. 17,706 (8.98%) inhabitants lived in urban areas.[1] [2]
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Tongibari has a population of 176881. Males constitute 52.46% of the population, and females 47.54%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 83593. Tongibari has an average literacy rate of 35.6% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[3]
Tongibari Upazila is divided into 12 union parishads: Abdullapur, Arial Baligaon, Autasahi, Betka, Dhipur, Dighirpar, Hasaila Banari, Joslong, Kamarkhara, Kathadia Shimolia, Panchgaon, and Sonarong Tongibari. The union parishads are subdivided into 113 mauzas and 151 villages.[4]
Here is a list of all the primary schools in this Upazila.
Here is a list of all the secondary schools in this Upazila.
Here is a list of all the colleges in this Upazila.