Bogra Sadar Upazila
Bogra Sadar Upazila officially Bogura Sadar Upazila is an upazila of Bogra District in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh. Bogra Thana was established in 1821 and was converted into an upazila in 1983. The upazila takes its name from the district and the Bengali word sadar. It is the subdistrict where the district headquarters, Bogra town, is located.
Geography
Bogra Sadar Upazila has a total area of. It borders Shibganj Upazila to the north, Gabtali Upazila to the east, Shajahanpur Upazila to the south, and Kahaloo Upazila to the west. The Karatoya River flows south through the upazila.Demographics
According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Bogura Sadar Upazila had 172,009 households and a population of 657,790. 7.67% of the population were under 5 years of age. Bogura Sadar had a literacy rate of 83.63%: 85.62% for males and 81.57% for females, and a sex ratio of 103.46 males for every 100 females. 446,281 lived in urban areas.According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Bogra Sadar Upazila had 131,862 households and a population of 555,014. 101,626 were under 10 years of age. Bogra Sadar had a literacy rate of 65.70%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 927 females per 1000 males. 350,397 lived in urban areas.
The boundaries of the upazila were redrawn in 2003 to create a new upazila, Shajahanpur. The combined population of the two in 2011 was 844,818, a 21.7% increase from 2001.