Goalanda Upazila

Goalanda is an upazila of Rajbari District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Geography

Goalanda is located at. It has 24,613 housing units and has a total area of 121.82 km².

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Goalanda Upazila had 31,230 households and a population of 128,796. 9.47% of the population were under 5 years of age. Goalanda had a literacy rate of 67.52%: 69.47% for males and 65.73% for females, and a sex ratio of 93.21 males for every 100 females. 26,642 lived in urban areas.
As of the 2011 [Bangladesh census|2011 Census of Bangladesh], Goalanda upazila had 24,613 households and a population of 112,732. 26,622 were under 10 years of age. Goalanda had an average literacy rate of 40.3%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1053 females per 1000 males. 30,190 of the population lived in urban areas.
Goalanda had a population of 91,675 in the 1991 Bangladesh census. Males constitute 52.1% of the population, and females 47.9%. The population aged over eighteen was 44,854. Goalandaghat has an average literacy rate of 20.5%, compared to the national average of 32.4%.

Administration

Goalanda Upazila is divided into Goalanda Municipality and four union parishads: Chotovakla, Debugram, Doulatdia, and Uzancar. The union parishads are subdivided into 56 mauzas and 152 villages.
Goalanda Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 45 mahallas.