Atwari Upazila

Atwari is located at {{coord|26.3083|N|88.4583|E|}}. It has 32,045 households and total area 209.92 km².

Atwari upazila is bounded by Chopra CD block in Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India, on a portion of the north, Boda Upazila on a portion of the north and on the east, Thakurgaon Sadar and Baliadangi upazilas on the south and Islampur CD block in Uttar Dinajpur district, on the west.{{Cite Banglapedia|article=Atwari Upazila}}{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1904_PART_A_DCHB_UTTAR%20DINAJPUR.pdf |title = District Census Handbook Uttar Dinajpur, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Map of Uttar Dinajpur district on the fifth page |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal | accessdate = 6 January 2018 }}{{cite web| url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Human%20Development%20Report |title = District Human Development Report | work= Uttar Dinajpur. Page 14: Map showing locational setting of Uttar Dinajpur district (includes Dakshin Dinajpur district)|publisher= Department of Planning, Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal | accessdate = 6 January 2019 }}

Atwari has 3 rivers.

• Tangon River
• Nagar River
• Pathraj River

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According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Atwari Upazila had 32,045 households and a population of 133,650. 31,033 (23.22%) were under 10 years of age. Atwari had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 59.81%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1003 females per 1000 males. 11,274 (8.44%) lived in urban areas.{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Panchagarh |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Zila_Panchagarh.pdf |website= |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics}}{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Community Tables: Panchagarh district |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCen2011/COMMUNITY_Panchagarh.pdf |website= |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics}}

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Atwari has a population of 103,906. Males constitute 51.42% of the population, and females 48.58%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 52,469. Atwari has an average literacy rate of 37.8% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.{{cite web | accessdate = November 10, 2006 | url = http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archivedate = 27 March 2005 | title = Population Census Wing, BBS.}}

UNO: Md. Shafiul Mazlubin Rahman.{{Cite web |title=Uno Atwari |url=https://atwari.panchagarh.gov.bd/en/site/officer_list/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%83-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8 |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=}}

Atwari Upazila is divided into six union parishads: Alowakhowa, Balarampur, Dhamor, Mirzapur, Radhanagar, and Toria. The union parishads are subdivided into 62 mauzas and 64 villages.

• Abdur Rahman (1937–2005), actor
• Naimuzzaman Bhuiyan (born 1973), politician
• Sarjis Alam (born 1998), July Revolution activist
• Mirza family of Atwari
• Mirza Ghulam Hafiz (1920–2000), lawyer, statesman and philanthropist
• Mirza Ruhul Amin (1921–1997), government minister
• Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir (born 1948), Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Tourism

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

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