Kamarkhanda Upazila
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| official_name = Kamarkhanda
| native_name = কামারখন্দ
| settlement_type = Upazila of Bangladesh
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| image_caption = Jamtoil Rail Station
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| map_caption = Location of Sirajganj District in Bangladesh
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| subdivision_type1 = Division
| subdivision_type2 = District
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| subdivision_name1 = Rajshahi
| subdivision_name2 = Sirajganj
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| area_total_km2 = 90.80
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| population_total = 154386
| population_as_of = 2022
| population_footnotes = {{Cite book |url=https://bbs.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/bbs.portal.gov.bd/page/b343a8b4_956b_45ca_872f_4cf9b2f1a6e0/2024-01-31-15-51-b53c55dd692233ae401ba013060b9cbb.pdf |title=National Report |date=November 2023 |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |isbn=978-9844752016 |series=Population and Housing Census 2022 |volume=1 |location=Dhaka |pages=402}}
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| postal_code_type = Postal code
| website = [http://www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/sirajganj/Kamarkhanda.gif Official Map of Kamarkhanda]
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| timezone = BST
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Kamarkhanda ({{langx|bn|কামারখন্দ}}) is an upazila, or sub-district of Sirajganj District, located in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh.{{Cite Banglapedia|last=Parveen|first=Sufia|article=Kamarkhanda Upazila}}
Geography
Kamarkhanda is located at {{coord|24.3667|N|89.7042|E|}}. It has 31,961 households and total area 90.80 km2. It is bounded by Sherpur and Dhunat upazilas of Bogra district on the north, Ullahpara and Belkuchi upazilas on the south, Sirajganj Sadar and Belkuchi upazilas on the east, Tarash upazila on the west.
Demographics
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According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Kamarkhanda Upazila had 31,961 households and a population of 138,645. 33,769 (24.36%) were under 10 years of age. Kamarkhanda had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 46.24%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1027 females per 1000 males. 9,913 (7.15%) lived in urban areas.{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Sirajganj |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Zila_Sirajganj.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics}}{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Community Tables: Sirajganj district |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCen2011/Sirajganj.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics}}
According to the 2001 Bangladesh census, Kamarkhanda has a population of 2,67,522; males constituted 137574 of the population, females 129948.
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kamarkhanda has a population of 105,997. Males constitute 51.81% of the population, and females 48.19%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 51,649. Kamarkhanda has an average literacy rate of 26.2% (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 = 2005-03-27 | title = Population Census Wing, BBS.}}
Administration
Raiganj Thana was formed in 1937 and it was turned into an upazila in 1984.{{Cite Banglapedia|last=Khan|first=Monayem|article=Raiganj Upazila}}
Kamarkhanda Upazila is divided into four union parishads: Bhadraghat, Jamtail, Jhawail, and Roydaulatpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 55 mauzas and 93 villages.
See also
References
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{{Sirajganj District}}
{{Upazilas of Rajshahi Division}}