Ulipur Upazila Explained

Official Name:Ulipur
Native Name:উলিপুর
Settlement Type:Upazila
Coordinates:25°N 89°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Bangladesh
Subdivision Type1:Division
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name1:Rangpur
Subdivision Name2:Kurigram
Area Total Km2:458.48
Population Total:440152
Population As Of:2022
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Density Km2:auto
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:5620[2]
Timezone:BST
Utc Offset:+6

Ulipur (bn|উলিপুর) is an upazila of Kurigram District in the Rangpur Division, Bangladesh.

Geography

Ulipur is located at 25.6639°N 89.6333°W. It has 103,061 households and total area 458.48 km2. The Brahmaputra River and Teesta River flow through Ulipur. The Upazila is bounded by Chilmari and Raomari upazilas to the south, Kurigram Sadar and Rajarhat upazilas to its north, Assam state of India to its east, and Rangpur District to its west.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Ulipur Upazila had 103,061 households and a population of 395,207. 94,559 (23.93%) were under 10 years of age. Ulipur had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 45.64%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1069 females per 1000 males. 45,933 (11.62%) lived in urban areas.[3] [4]

As of the 1991 Census of Bangladesh, Ulipur has a population of 345,205. Males constitute are 50% of the population, and females 50%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 153,939. Ulipur has an average literacy rate of 23.9% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[5]

Administration

Ulipur Upazila is divided into Ulipur Municipality and 13 union parishads: Bazra, Begumgonj, Buraburi, Daldalia, Dhamsreni, Dharanibari, Durgapur, Gunaigas, Hatia, Pandul, Shahabiar Alga, Tobockpur, and Thetrai. The union parishads are subdivided into 147 mauzas and 354 villages.

Ulipur Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 16 mahallas.

Education

See also: Education in Bangladesh. According to Banglapedia, Bakshiganj Rajibia High School, founded in 1945, Durgapur High School, Durgapur (1914), Ulipur Government Girls' High School (1909), and Ulipur M.S. High School & College (1864) are notable secondary schools.[6]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. Book: National Report . November 2023 . . 978-9844752016 . Population and Housing Census 2022 . 1 . Dhaka . 403.
  2. Web site: Bangladesh Postal Code . 21 October 2024 . Bangladesh Postal Department under the Department of Posts and Telecommunications of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology of the People's Republic of Bangladesh . Dhaka.
  3. Web site: Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Kurigram . bbs.gov.bd . Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
  4. Web site: 2011 . Community Tables: Kurigram district . bbs.gov.bd . Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
  5. Web site: November 10, 2006 . Population Census Wing, BBS.. https://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm . 2005-03-27 .
  6. Book: Hakim, Md. Abdul . 2012 . Ulipur Upazila . http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Ulipur_Upazila . Islam . Sirajul . Sirajul Islam . Jamal . Ahmed A. . Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh . Second . Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.