Raninagar Upazila
Raninagar Upazila is an Upazila of Naogaon District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Geography
Raninagar is located at. It has 45,637 households and total area 258.32 km2.The upazila is bounded by Naogaon Sadar Upazila and Adamdighi Upazila of Bogra District on the north, Atrai upazila on the south, Nandigram Upazila of Bogra District and Singra Upazila of Natore district on the east and Manda upazila on the west.
Demographics
According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Raninagar Upazila had 52,205 households and a population of 192,226. 7.66% of the population were under 5 years of age. Raninagar had a literacy rate of 70.44%: 73.61% for males and 67.47% for females, and a sex ratio of 94.98 males for every 100 females. 14,362 lived in urban areas.According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Raninagar Upazila had 45,637 households and a population of 184,778. 37,183 were under 10 years of age. Raninagar had a literacy rate of 46.04%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1017 females per 1000 males. 6,808 lived in urban areas.
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Raninagar has a population of 158244. Males constituted 50.94% of the population, and females 49.06%. This Upazila's eighteen up population was 79,136. Raninagar had an average literacy rate of 28.4%, and the national average of 32.4% literate.
Administration
Raninagar, primarily formed as a Thana in 1916, was turned into an upazila in 1983.The upazila is divided into eight union parishads: Bargachha, Ekdala, Gona, Kaligram, Kashimpur, Mirat, Parail, and Raninagar. The union parishads are subdivided into 188 mauzas and 174 villages.