Tangail Sadar Upazila

Tangail Sadar is an upazila of Tangail District in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.

Geography

Tangail Sadar is located at. It has 116,922 households and total area 334.26 km². The upazila is surrounded by Kalihati Upazila on the north, Nagarpur and Delduar Upazila on the south, Kalihati and Basail upazilas on the east, and the Jamuna River on the west.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Tangail Sadar Upazila had 147,030 households and a population of 601,227. 8.04% of the population were under 5 years of age. Tangail Sadar had a literacy rate of 74.43%: 77.63% for males and 71.34% for females, and a sex ratio of 97.40 males for every 100 females. 236,657 lived in urban areas.
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Tangail Sadar Upazila had 116,922 households and a population of 521,104. 112,157 were under 10 years of age. Tangail Sadar had a literacy rate of 53.06%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1003 females per 1000 males. 167,412 lived in urban areas.

Administration

Tangail Sadar Upazila is divided into Tangail Municipality and 12 union parishads: Baghil, Danya, Gala, Gharinda, Hugra, Karatia, Katuli, Kakua, Magra, Mahamudnagar, Porabari, and Silimpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 247 mauzas and 276 villages.
Tangail Municipality is subdivided into 18 wards and 64 mahallas.