Austagram Upazila


Austagram is an upazila of Kishoreganj District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Geography

Austagram is located at. It has 31,129 households and a total area of 355.53 km.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Austagram Upazila had 33,898 households and a population of 151,238. 12.03% of the population were under 5 years of age. Austagram had a literacy rate of 60.86%: 61.71% for males and 60.09% for females, and a sex ratio of 90.97 males for every 100 females. 26,536 lived in urban areas.
UnionMuslimHinduOthers
1no. Deoghar Union19,7792701
2no. Kastal Union13,8481,2591
3no. Austagram Union19,1702,0091
4no. Bangalpara Union12,6762,8293
5no. Kalma Union3,8557,4651
6no. Adampur Union19,6413,1234
7no. Khayerpur-Abdullapur Union28,54577211
8no. Purba Austagram Union13,6542,3201

? Muslim majority ? Hindu majority
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Austagram Upazila had 31,129 households and a population of 152,523. 47,914 were under 10 years of age. Austagram had a literacy rate of 32.03%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1026 females per 1000 males. 17,400 lived in urban areas.
According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Austagram had a population of 132,303, of whom 59,377 were aged 18 or over. Males constituted 51.41% of the population, and females 48.59%. Austagram had an average literacy rate of 18.2%, against the national average of 32.4%.

Administration

Austagram Upazila is divided into eight union parishads: Deoghar Union, Kastul Union, Austagram Sadar Union, Bangalpara Union, Kalma Union, Adampur Union, Khayerpur-Abdullapur Union and Purba Austagram Union. The union parishads are subdivided into 59 mauzas and 72 villages.

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