Atwari Upazila
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Geography
Atwari is located at Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. It has 32,045 households and total area 209.92 km2.
Atwari upazila is bounded by Chopra CD block in Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India, on a portion of the north, Boda Upazila on a portion of the north and on the east, Thakurgaon Sadar and Baliadangi upazilas on the south and Islampur CD block in Uttar Dinajpur district, on the west.[1][2][3]
River
Atwari has 3 rivers.
- Tangon River
- Nagar River
- Pathraj River
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Atwari Upazila had 32,045 households and a population of 133,650. 31,033 (23.22%) were under 10 years of age. Atwari had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 59.81%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1003 females per 1000 males. 11,274 (8.44%) lived in urban areas.[5][6]
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Atwari has a population of 103,906. Males constitute 51.42% of the population, and females 48.58%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 52,469. Atwari has an average literacy rate of 37.8% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[7]
Administration
UNO: Md. Shafiul Mazlubin Rahman.[8]
Atwari Upazila is divided into six union parishads: Alowakhowa, Balarampur, Dhamor, Mirzapur, Radhanagar, and Toria. The union parishads are subdivided into 62 mauzas and 64 villages.[5]
Notable people
- Abdur Rahman (1937–2005), actor
- Naimuzzaman Bhuiyan (born 1973), politician
- Sarjis Alam (born 1998), July Revolution activist
- Mirza family of Atwari
- Mirza Ghulam Hafiz (1920–2000), lawyer, statesman and philanthropist
- Mirza Ruhul Amin (1921–1997), government minister
- Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir (born 1948), Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Tourism
See also
References
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