Baliakandi Upazila

Baliakandi (Bengali: বালিয়াকান্দি) is an Upazila of Rajbari District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Baliakandi বালিয়াকান্দি
Upazila
Baliakandi Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 23°38.1′N 89°33′E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Dhaka Division
District	Rajbari District
Area
• Total	242.53 km^2 (93.64 sq mi)
Population  (1991)
• Total	163,191
• Density	670/km^2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)
Postal code	7730
Website	Upazila Portal

Geography

Baliakandi is located at 23.6352457°N 89.5495388°E. It has 28668 households and total area 242.53 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Baliakandi has a population of 163191. Males constitute 51.45% of the population, and females 48.55%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 80752. Baliakandi has an average literacy rate of 26.4% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[1]

Administration

Baliakandi Upazila is divided into seven union parishads: Baharpur, Baliakandi, Islampur, Jamalpur, Jangal, Narua, and Nawabpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 149 mauzas and 258 villages.[2]

See also

• Upazilas of Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh
• Rajdharpur
• Baliakandi (Town)

References

1. "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
2. "District Statistics 2011: Rajbari" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.