Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Gaibandha District


Map Courtesy: Local Governments Engineering Department (LGED) Bangladesh

Basic Information

Gaibandha District (Rangpur division) with an area of 2179.27 sq km, is bounded by kurigram and rangpur districts on the north, bogra district on the south, jamalpur, and Kurigram districts and brahmaputra river on the east, dinajpur and Rangpur districts on the west. Annual average temperature maximum 33.5 oC, minimum 10.5 oC; annual rainfall 2536 mm. Main rivers are ghaghat, karatoya, bangali and tista.

Gaibandha At a Glance

Area: 2179 Km2
Upazila Road: 599.11 Km
Union Road: 763.59 Km
Village Road: 1657.03 Km VA
1242.72 Km VB
Population: 24,30,627
Density: 1150 per Km2
Literacy: 54 %
Upazilas: 7
Union: 82
Pourashavas: 3
Primary Schools: 1257
High Schools: 353
Colleges: 75

Upazilas

Fulchari
Gaibandha Sadar
Gobindaganj
Palashbari
Sadullapur
Saghata
Sundarganj