Gurudaspur Upazila

Gurudaspur (Bengali: গুরুদাসপুর) is an upazila of Natore District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Gurudaspur গুরুদাসপুর
Upazila
Gurudaspur Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 24°22′N 89°15′E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Rajshahi Division
District	Natore District
Area
• Total	199.4 km^2 (77.0 sq mi)
Population  (1991)
• Total	173,276
• Density	870/km^2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)
Website	Official Map of Gurudaspur

Geography

Gurudaspur Upazila area 199.40 km², located in between 24°18' and 24°27' north latitudes and in between 88°04' and 89°19' east longitudes. It is bounded by Singra and Tarash upazilas on the north, Baraigram upazila on the south, Tarash and Chatmohar upazilas on the east, Natore Sadar Upazila on the west. It has 32851 households.

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Gurudaspur has a population of 173276. Males constitute 50.72% of the population, and females 49.28%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 87290. Gurudaspur has an average literacy rate of 23.4% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[1]

Points of interest

Museum at village Khubjipur (1978), Chalan Beel Museum, Mosque at village Palshura Patpara, Mughal Mosque at village Piplar, Kusumhati Mosque (Sultanate period), Chapila Shahi Mosque, Gopinathpur Jami Mosque.

Administration

Gurudaspur Thana was formed in 1917 and it was turned into an upazila in 1984.

Gurudaspur Upazila is divided into Gurudaspur Municipality and six union parishads: Biaghat, Chapila, Dharabarisha, Khubjipur, Moshinda, and Nazirpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 104 mauzas and 110 villages.[2]

Gurudaspur Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 18 mahallas.[2]

Upazila
Municipality	Union	Mouza	Village	Population		Density (per km^2)	Literacy rate (%)
1	6	104	108	Urban	Rural	974	Urban	Rural
				165118	29110		46	32.9

Municipality
Area (km^2)	Ward	Mahalla	Population	Density (per km^2)	Literacy rate (%)
13.60	9	18	29110	2142	46.0

Union
Name of union and GO code	Area (acre)	Population		Literacy rate (%)
		Male	Female
Khubjipur 60	5199	8423	8180	37.77
Chapila 27	8768	16339	15567	34.77
Dharabarisha 40	7894	14811	14583	32.11
Nazirpur 81	10678	18945	18072	33.83
Biaghat 13	10984	10649	10416	28.89
Moshinda 67	5769	14826	14307	30.71

Source Bangladesh Population Census 2001, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

See also

• Upazilas of Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh

References

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

External links

• Md Entaj Uddin (2012). "Gurudaspur Upazila". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.

References Bangladesh Population Census 2001, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics; Cultural survey report of Gurudaspur Upazila 2007.