Lalmonirhat Sadar Upazila

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| official_name = Lalmonirhat Sadar

| native_name = লালমনিরহাট সদর

| settlement_type = Upazila

| image_skyline = Lost Mosque in Bangladesh 1.jpg

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| image_caption = Majader Ara, possibly the oldest mosque in South Asia

| image_map = Lalmonirhat Sadar in Rangpur division (Bangladesh).svg

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| subdivision_type = Country

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| subdivision_type1 = Division

| subdivision_type2 = District

| seat_type = Headquarters

| subdivision_name1 = Rangpur

| subdivision_name2 = Lalmonirhat

| seat = Lalmonirhat

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| area_total_km2 = 263.83

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| population_total = 373470

| 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=403}}

| population_density_km2 = auto

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 5500{{Cite web |url=https://bdpost.portal.gov.bd/site/page/8aba9cff-d9ee-42eb-a4e0-09e6f676b0a6 |title=Bangladesh Postal Code |date=21 October 2024 |publisher=Bangladesh Postal Department under the Department of Posts and Telecommunications of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology of the People's Republic of Bangladesh |location=Dhaka}}

| area_code = 0591{{Cite web |url=https://en.chahaoba.com/Bangladesh |title=Bangladesh Area Code |date=18 October 2024 |publisher=Chahaoba.com |location=China}}

| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930055308/http://www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/lalmonirhat/LalmonirhatSadar.gif Official Map of Lalmonirhat Sadar]

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Lalmonirhat Sadar ({{langx|bn|লালমনিরহাট সদর}}) is an upazila of Lalmonirhat District{{cite book

|author=Tanzimul Nayan

|chapter=Lalmonirhat Sadar Upazila

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

|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |editor=Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh |year=2012 |edition=Second}} in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh. Its headquarters are in Lalmonirhat.

Geography

Lalmonirhat Sadar is located at {{coord|25.9153|N|89.4500|E|}}. It has a total area of 263.83 km². Teesta River flows inside this upazila.

Demographics

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|1981 |212

|1991 |261

|2001 |289

|2011 |333

|2022 |373

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According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Lalmonirhat Sadar Upazila had 79,147 households and a population of 333,166. 78,228 (23.48%) were under 10 years of age. Lalmonirhat Sadar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 47.37%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 998 females per 1000 males. 60,322 (18.11%) lived in urban areas.{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Lalmonirhat |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Zila_Lalmonirhat.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics}}{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Community Tables: Lalmonirhat district |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCen2011/Lalmonirhat.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics}}

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Lalmonirhat Sadar has a population of 260876. Males constitute are 51.52% of the population, and females 48.48%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 131281. Lalmonirhat Sadar has an average literacy rate of 27.7% (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 = http://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

Lalmonirhat Sadar Upazila is divided into Lalmonirhat Municipality and nine union parishads: Barobari, Gokunda, Harati, Khuniagachh, Kulaghat, Mogolhat, Mohendranagar, Panchagram, and Rajpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 117 mauzas and 173 villages.

Lalmonirhat Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 64 mahallas.

Education

There are 19 colleges in the upazila. They include honors level Lalmonirhat Government College.{{cite web |url=http://www.moedu.gov.bd/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=500&Itemid=400 |title=List of Institutions |author= |website=Ministry of Education |access-date=July 15, 2014}}

References

Category:Upazilas of Lalmonirhat District