Bhanga Upazila
Geography
Bhanga is located at 23°23′00″N 89°59′00″E / 23.3833°N 89.9833°E. It has 57,164 households and total area 215.30 km.
Demographics
As of the 2011 Bangladesh census, Bhanga upazila had 57,164 households and a population of 259,032. 62,224 (24.02%) were under 10 years of age. Bhanga had an average literacy rate of 47.01%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1067 females per 1000 males. 46,477 (17.94%) of the population lived in urban areas.
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Bhanga has a population of 214702. Males constitute 50.23% of the population, and females 49.77%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 105762. Bhanga has an average literacy rate of 25.7% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.
Administration
Bhanga Upazila is divided into Bhanga Municipality and 12 union parishads: Algi, Azimnagor, Chandra, Chumurdi, Gharua, Hamirdi, Kalamridha, Kawlibera, Manikdha, Nasirabad, Nurullagonj, and Tujerpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 136 mauzas and 206 villages.
Bhanga Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 26 mahallas.
- Upazila Chairman: S M Habibur Rahman Al Habib
- Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO):মোঃ আলমগীর হোসেন
Education
According to Banglapedia, Bhanga Pilot High School, founded in 1889, Sadardi High School (1917), and Kalamridha Govinda High School (1927), are notable secondary schools.
- Madhobpur Technical and B,M College
- Kazi Wali Ullah High School
- Kazi Mahbubullah (K.M) College
- Bhanga Mohila College
- Kazi Shamsunnesa Girls School
- Deora High School
- Bharilhat Nesaria Dakhilia Madrasa
- Syed Zanal Abdin High School
- Abdulabad High School
- Brahmondi High School
- Sunflower Ideal Academy
- Sonamoyee High School
- Sharifabad High School & college
- Munsurabad Govt. Primary School
- Maligram high School
- Pulia High School
- East Sadardi High School
- Bhanga pilot High School
- Hoglakandi Govt. Primary School.
- Tuzarpur S.A. High School
- Hamirdi Pilot High School