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Nachol Upazila
Nachole (Bengali: নাচোল) is an upazila of Chapai Nawabganj District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Geography

Nachole is located at 24°43′45″N 88°25′10″E / 24.7292°N 88.4194°E / 24.7292; 88.4194. It has 32,922 households and total area 283.67 km.

Nachole Upazila is bounded by Gomostapur Upazila on the north-west, Niamatpur Upazila in Naogaon District, on the north-east, Tanore Upazila in Rajshahi District on the south-east and Chapai Nawabganj Sadar Upazila on the south west.

Demographics

Religions in Nachole upazila (2011)
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 88.80%
Hinduism
 
 8.46%
Christianity
 
 1.41%
Other (tribal religion)
 
 1.33%

According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Nachole Upazila had 32,922 households and a population of 146,627. 32,453 (22.13%) were under 10 years of age. Nachole had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 45.47%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1011 females per 1000 males. 17,364 (11.84%) lived in urban areas. Ethnic population was 7,870 (5.37%), of which Santal were 3,785 and Barman 1,351.

Administration

Nachol Upazila is divided into Nachol Municipality and four union parishads: Fatehpur, Kosba, Nachol, and Nezampur. The union parishads are subdivided into 201 mauzas and 191 villages.

Unions of Nachole:

Name of Union Area (acre) Male Population Female Population
Kosba 15183 16463 16686
Fatehpur 18279 16715 16465
Nachole 15186 17300 17637
Nijampur 18489 13836 14161

Nachol Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 10 mahallas.

The first elected mayor of the municipality was Abdul Malek Chowdhury (2010-2015). At present, the mayor is Abdur Rashid Khan Jhalu.

Education

Nachole Upazila has an average literacy rate of 45.5% (7+ years). It has 7 college (including 1 government college), 3 technical college, 34 secondary school(including 1 government school), 77 primary school and 18 madrasa.

Nachole Government College

See also

References

  1. ^ Mazharul Islam Taru (2012), "Nachole Upazila", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2017-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Nachole Upazila". Banglapedia. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Chapai Nawabganj" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
  5. ^ "Community Tables: Chapai Nawabganj district" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2011.
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2017-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2017-01-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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