Dhanbari Upazila

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| native_name = ধনবাড়ী

| settlement_type = Upazila

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| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name1 = Dhaka

| subdivision_name2 = Tangail

| seat_type = Headquarters

| seat = Dhanbari

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| area_total_km2 = 133.75

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| population_total = 189129

| population_as_of = 2022

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Dhanbari ({{langx|bn|ধনবাড়ী}}) is an Upazila under Tangail District in the Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. It was established when former Madhupur Upazila was split into two Upazilas in 2006. The then prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia laid the foundation of this newly formed Dhanbari Upazila by the efforts of Fakir Mahbub Anam Swapan, Member of the National Executive Committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

Demographics

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According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Dhanbari Upazila had 45,948 households and a population of 176,068. 36,851 (20.93%) were under 10 years of age. Dhanbari had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 44.00%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1051 females per 1000 males. 36,125 (20.52%) lived in urban areas.{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Tangail |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Zila_Tangail.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics}}{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Community Tables: Tangail district |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCen2011/C_Tangail.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics}}

Administration

Dhanbari Upazila is divided into Dhanbari Municipality and seven union parishads: Baniajan, Birtara, Bolibhadra, Dhopakhali, Jodunathpur, Musuddi, and Paiska. The union parishads are subdivided into 103 mauzas and 132 villages.

Dhanbari Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 25 mahallas.

Education

There are seven colleges in the upazila: Asya Hasan Ali Mohila Degree College, Bhai Ghat Ideal College, Dhanbari College, Mushuddi Razia College, Norilla College, Panchpotol Degree College, and Ukhariabari College.{{cite web |url=http://shed.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/shed.portal.gov.bd/npfblock//college.xls |title=List of Colleges |author= |website=Department of Secondary and Higher Education |access-date=6 September 2020}}

According to Banglapedia, Govt. Dhanbari Nawab Institution, founded in 1910, Paiska High School (1960), and Pankata Islamia Secondary School (1943) are notable secondary schools.{{citation

|author=Sajida Begum

|chapter=Dhanbari Upazila

|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Dhanbari_Upazila

|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |editor=Sirajul Islam |editor2=Ahmed A. Jamal |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh |year=2012 |edition=Second}}

Notable people

References

Category:Upazilas of Tangail District