Austagram Upazila

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Austagram
অষ্টগ্রাম
Upazila
Austagram is located in Bangladesh
Austagram
Austagram
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 24°16′N 91°7.5′E / 24.267°N 91.1250°E / 24.267; 91.1250Coordinates: 24°16′N 91°7.5′E / 24.267°N 91.1250°E / 24.267; 91.1250
Country Bangladesh
DivisionDhaka Division
DistrictKishoreganj District
Area
 • Total355.53 km2 (137.27 sq mi)
Population
 (1991)
 • Total132,303
 • Density370/km2 (960/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Websiteaustagram.kishoreganj.gov.bd(in Bengali)

Austagram (Bengali: অষ্টগ্রাম) is an upazila of Kishoreganj District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1]

Geography[]

Austagram is located at

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24°16′00″N 91°07′30″E / 24.2667°N 91.1250°E / 24.2667; 91.1250. It has 21,077 households and a total area of 355.53 km2.

Demographics[]

According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Austagram had a population of 132,303, of whom 59,377 were aged 18 or over. Males constituted 51.41% of the population, and females 48.59%. Austagram had an average literacy rate of 38.2% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%.[2]

Administration[]

Austagram Upazila is divided into eight union parishads: Austagram, Bangalpara, Deoghar, Kalma, Kastul, Khayerpur Abdullahpur, Adampur and Purba Austagram. The union parishads are subdivided into 59 mauzas and 72 villages.[3]

See also[]

  • Upazilas of Bangladesh

References[]

  1. ^ Enayet Sobhan (2012), "Austagram Upazila", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
  2. ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
  3. ^ "District Statistics 2011: Kishoreganj" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.

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