Gaibandha Sadar Upazila
Gaibandha Sadar is an upazila of Gaibandha District in Rangpur Division, Bangladesh.
Geography
Gaibandha Sadar is located at. It has 109,628 households and a total area of 324.05 km2.Demographics
According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Gaibandha Sadar Upazila had 131,599 households and a population of 499,196. 9.73% of the population were under 5 years of age. Gaibandha Sadar had a literacy rate of 70.30%: 73.10% for males and 67.72% for females, and a sex ratio of 93.25 males for every 100 females. 131,891 lived in urban areas.According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Gaibandha Sadar Upazila had 109,628 households and a population of 437,268. 105,798 were under 10 years of age. Gaibandha Sadar had a literacy rate of 47.50%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1,045 females per 1,000 males. 94,089 lived in urban areas.
According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Gaibandha Sadar had a population of 359,226, of whom 172,249 were aged 18 or over. Males constituted 50.6% of the population, and females 49.4%. Gaibandha Sadar had an average literacy rate of 28.2%, against the national average of 32.4%.
Administration
Gaibandha Sadar Upazila is divided into Gaibandha Municipality and 13 union parishads: Badiakhali, Ballamjhar, Boali, Ghagoa, Gidari, Kamarjani, Kholahati, Kuptola, Laxmipur, Malibari, Mollarchar, Ramchandrapur, and Shahapara. The union parishads are subdivided into 130 mauzas and 144 villages.Gaibandha Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 35 mahallas.