Nikli Upazila


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

Geography

Nikli is located at. It has 30,450 households and total area 214.39 km2.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Nikli Upazila had 33,773 households and a population of 145,887. 11.83% of the population were under 5 years of age. Nikli had a literacy rate of 59.28%: 60.19% for males and 58.42% for females, and a sex ratio of 96.71 males for every 100 females. 49,924 lived in urban areas.
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Nikli Upazila had 30,450 households and a population of 133,729. 39,457 were under 10 years of age. Nikli had a literacy rate of 28.87%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 996 females per 1000 males. 18,924 lived in urban areas.
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Nikli has a population of 110,912. Males constitute 50.16% of the population, and females 49.84%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 54,437. Nikli has an average literacy rate of 12.6%, and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Administration

Nikli Upazila is divided into seven union parishads: Chatir Char, Dampara, Gurai, Jaraitala, Karpasha, Nikli, and Singpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 46 mauzas and 125 villages.