Official Name: | Lalmonirhat Sadar |
Native Name: | লালমনিরহাট সদর |
Settlement Type: | Upazila |
Coordinates: | 25°N 89°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bangladesh |
Subdivision Type1: | Division |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Seat Type: | Headquarters |
Subdivision Name1: | Rangpur |
Subdivision Name2: | Lalmonirhat |
Seat: | Lalmonirhat |
Area Total Km2: | 263.83 |
Population Total: | 333166 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Website: | Official Map of Lalmonirhat Sadar |
Timezone: | BST |
Utc Offset: | +6 |
Lalmonirhat Sadar (Bengali: লালমনিরহাট সদর) is an upazila of Lalmonirhat District[1] in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh. Its headquarters are in Lalmonirhat.
Lalmonirhat Sadar is located at 25.9153°N 89.45°W. It has a total area of 263.83 km2. Teesta River flows inside this upazila.
According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Lalmonirhat Sadar Upazila had 79,147 households and a population of 333,166. 78,228 (23.48%) were under 10 years of age. Lalmonirhat Sadar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 47.37%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 998 females per 1000 males. 60,322 (18.11%) lived in urban areas.[2] [3]
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Lalmonirhat Sadar has a population of 260876. Males constitute are 51.52% of the population, and females 48.48%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 131281. Lalmonirhat Sadar has an average literacy rate of 27.7% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[4]
Lalmonirhat Sadar Upazila is divided into Lalmonirhat Municipality and nine union parishads: Barobari, Gokunda, Harati, Khuniagachh, Kulaghat, Mogolhat, Mohendranagar, Panchagram, and Rajpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 117 mauzas and 173 villages.
Lalmonirhat Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 64 mahallas.
See also: Education in Bangladesh. There are 19 colleges in the upazila. They include honors level Lalmonirhat Government College.[1] [5]