Information on population, area, voters , administrative unit, education, health, infrastructure, agriculture and irrigation, fisheries, land, food, etc. of the upazila is given in the following table.
Total area of the upazila |
: |
465.28 sq km |
Number of unions |
: |
09 (nine) |
Number of municipalities |
: |
02 (two) |
Number of mouzas |
: |
392 |
Number of villages |
: |
415 |
Total population of the upazila |
: |
3,30,924 |
Number of households / households |
: |
72,260 |
Population growth rate |
: |
1.8% (annual) |
Literacy rate |
: |
47.30% |
College |
: |
14 |
Secondary school |
: |
63 |
Madrasa |
: |
30 |
Government Primary School |
: |
162 |
Other educational institutions |
: |
256 |
Commercial Bank |
: |
14 |
Post office |
: |
16 |
Upazila health center |
: |
01 |
Hospital with 31 beds |
: |
01 |
Union Health and Family Welfare Center (FWC) |
: |
03 |
Union Health and Family Welfare Center (RD) |
: |
06 |
Community Clinic |
: |
34 |
Diagnostic Center |
: |
01 |
Dakbungalow |
: |
01 |
Registered Club |
: |
6 |
Telephone exchange |
: |
02 |
Fire service |
: |
01 |
Police Station |
: |
01 |
Police Camp / Investigation Center |
: |
02 (Premtali and Kakhanhat) |
Sub-Registry Office |
: |
01 |
Union Land Office |
: |
05 |
Upazila Digital Center |
: |
01 |
Union Digital Center |
: |
09 |
Municipal Digital Center |
: |
02 |
Computer Training Center |
: |
01 (Government) |
Public Library |
: |
01 |
Non-Government Library |
: |
01 |
Number of press clubs |
: |
04 |
Number of NGOs |
: |
50 |
Sports Club |
: |
01 |
Number of parks |
: |
01 |
Paved road |
: |
269 km |
Raw road |
: |
643 km |
Rail track |
: |
19 kilometers |
Railway stations |
: |
03 |
River |
: |
02 (Padma and Mahananda) |
Number of bills |
: |
16 |
Number of ponds / dighis |
: |
5,036 |
Number of fisheries families |
: |
56 |
Number of fisheries |
: |
1,960 |
Number of registered prisons |
: |
1,954 |
Number of canals |
: |
05 |
Arable land (acres) |
: |
96,628 |
Deep tube well |
: |
619 |
Shallow tube wells |
: |
2,240 |
Number of hats and markets |
: |
26 |
Number of mosques |
: |
640 |
Number of temples |
: |
36 |
The number of churches |
: |
6 |
Number of Eidgahs |
: |
225 |
Number of cemeteries |
: |
241 |
Planning and Implementation: Cabinet Division, A2I, BCC, DoICT and BASIS