Nalitabari Upazila

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| official_name = Nalitabari

| native_name = নালিতাবাড়ী

| settlement_type = Upazila

| image_skyline = Nalitabari Shahid Minar.JPG

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| image_caption = Nalitabari Shahid Minar

| image_map = Nalitabari in Mymensingh division (Bangladesh).svg

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Bangladesh}}

| subdivision_type1 = Division

| subdivision_name1 = Mymensingh Division

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Sherpur District

| area_total_km2 = 327.60

| population_total = 271933

| 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=401}}

| population_density_km2 = auto

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 2110 (Latifpur)

| postal2_code_type = Postal code

| postal2_code = 2111 (Hatibandha)

| area_code = 0931{{Cite web |url=https://en.chahaoba.com/Bangladesh |title=Bangladesh Area Code |date=18 October 2024 |publisher=Chahaoba.com |location=China}}

| website = {{URL|nalitabari.sherpur.gov.bd}}

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| timezone = BST

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Nalitabari ({{langx|bn|নালিতাবাড়ি}}) is an upazila of Sherpur District{{citation

|author=Joti Poddar

|chapter=Nalitabari Upazila

|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Nalitabari_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 Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

Geography

Nalitabari is located at {{coord|25.0833|N|90.1954|E|}}. It has 64,805 households and a total area of 327.60 km2. It is bounded by the Meghalaya state of India on the north, the Sherpur Sadar and Nakla upazilas on the south, the Haluaghat Upazila of Mymensingh District on the east, and the Jhenaigati upazila on the west.

Taragonj bajar is the main populated place in the upazila. Quality hotels and shops are also found here.

Demographics

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According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Nalitabari Upazila had 64,805 households and a population of 251,361. 64,411 (25.62%) were under 10 years of age. Nalitabari had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 39.01%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1017 females per 1000 males. 27,142 (10.80%) lived in urban areas. Ethnic population is 7,128 (2.84%), of which 3,447 are Garo, 1,776 Barman, 317 Koch and 1,588 others.{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Community Tables: Sherpur district |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCen2011/Com_Sherpur.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd}}{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Sherpur |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Zila_%20Sherpur.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics}}

Par the 2001 Bangladesh census, Nalitabari had a population of 252935; males 128963, females 123,972; Muslim 237897, Hindu 10355, Christian 4252, Christian 16 and others 415. Indigenous communities such as garo, hajong, Hodi, Mandai and Koch belong to this upazila.

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Nalitabari had a population of 226332. Males constituted 50.75% of the population, and females 49.25%. This Upazila's eighteen up population was 103043. Nalitabari had an average literacy rate of 19.5% (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

Nalitabari, primarily formed as a Thana, was turned into an upazila in 1983.

Nalitabari Upazila is divided into Nalitabari Municipality and 12 union parishads: Bagber, Juganiya, Kakorkandhi, Koloshpar, Morichpuran, Nalitabari, Nayabil, Nonni, Puragau, Rajnogor, Ramchondrokura, and Rupnarayankura. The union parishads are subdivided into 108 mauzas and 140 villages.

Nalitabari Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 17 mahallas.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Sherpur.pdf |url-status=dead |title=District Statistics 2011: Sherpur |author= |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113185411/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Sherpur.pdf |archive-date=13 November 2014 |access-date=14 July 2014}}

See also

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