Badalgachhi Upazila


Badalgacchi Upazila is a Upazila of Naogaon District under Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh.
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Geography

Badalgacchi is located at. It consists of 54,001 households and has a total area of.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Badalgachhi Upazila had 59,358 households and a population of 206,557. 7.47% of the population were under 5 years of age. Badalgachhi had a literacy rate of 69.82%: 72.17% for males and 67.60% for females, and a sex ratio of 95.39 males for every 100 females. 12,856 lived in urban areas. Ethnic population was 8377, of which Munda were 3,640 and Oraon were 2,699.
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Badalgachhi Upazila had 54,001 households and a population of 201,342. 36,957 were under 10 years of age. Badalgachhi had a literacy rate of 49.55%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1002 females per 1000 males. 6,357 lived in urban areas. Ethnic population was 10,799, of which Oraon were 3,661.
In 1991, the population of Badalgacchia was 176,010. Males constitute 51.34% of the population, and females account for 48.66%. Badalgachi has an average literacy rate of 28.4% for persons seven years and older, which is below the national average of 32.4%.

Points of interest

Somapura Mahavihara is situated in Paharpur village.

Administration

Badalgachhi, formed as a thana in 1807, was converted into an upazila in 1983.
The upazila is divided into eight union parishads: Adhaipur, Badalgachhi, Balubhara, Bilasbari, Kola, Mathurapur, Mithapur, and Paharpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 247 mauzas and 238 villages.