Hakimpur Upazila

Hakimpur Upazila is located at {{coord|25.2833|N|89.0167|E|}}. It has 22,895 households and total area 99.92 km².

Hakimpur Upazila is bounded by Nawabganj and Birampur Upazilas on the north, Nawabganj and Ghoraghat Upazila on the east, Panchbibi Upazila in Joypurhat District on the south and Hili CD Block in Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India, and Birampur Upazila on the west.{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1905_PART_A_DCHB_DAKSHIN%20DINAJPUR.pdf |title = District Census Handbook 2011 Dakshin Dinajpur | work= Map of Dakshin Dinajpur showing CD Blocks on the fourth page|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations | access-date = 8 December 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 | access-date = 8 December 2018 | archive-date = 19 January 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180119150840/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Human%20Development%20Report | url-status = dead }}

The second-largest land port of Bangladesh, Hili Land Port, is situated here.

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According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Hakimpur Upazila had 22,895 households and a population of 92,599. 19,296 (20.84%) were under 10 years of age. Hakimpur had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 54.72%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 963 females per 1000 males. 28,411 (30.68%) lived in urban areas.{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Dinajpur |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Zila_Dinajpur.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics}} Ethnic population was 3,059 (3.30%), of which Oraon were 1,868 and Santal 876.

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Hakimpur has a population of 66875. Males constitute 51.22% of the population, and females 48.78%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 35649. Hakimpur has an average literacy rate of 30.1% (7+ years), better than the national average of 32.4%..{{cite web |access-date= November 10, 2006 |url= http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm |archive-date= 2005-03-27 |title= Population Census Wing, BBS. |url-status= live }}

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Hakimpur Thana was formed in 1950 and it was turned into an upazila in 1984.

Hakimpur Upazila is divided into Hakimpur Municipality and three union parishads: Alihat, Boalder, and Khattamadobpara. The union parishads are subdivided into 69 mauzas and 83 villages.

Hakimpur Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 17 mahallas.

• Hakimpur

• Alihat
• Khottamadabpara
• Boyaldar

• Upazilas of Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh
• Hili Railway Station

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Category:Upazilas of Dinajpur District, Bangladesh

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