Palash Upazila

Palash
পলাশ
Upazila
Palash

Location in Bangladesh

Coordinates: 23°57′N 90°37.5′E / 23.950°N 90.6250°E / 23.950; 90.6250Coordinates: 23°57′N 90°37.5′E / 23.950°N 90.6250°E / 23.950; 90.6250
Country  Bangladesh
Division Dhaka Division
District Narsingdi District
Area
 • Total 94.43 km2 (36.46 sq mi)
Population (1991)
 • Total 174,040
 • Density 1,800/km2 (4,800/sq mi)
Time zone BST (UTC+6)
Website Official Map of Palash

Palash (Bengali: পলাশ) is an Upazila of Narsingdi District[1] in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Geography

Palash is located at 23°57′00″N 90°37′30″E / 23.9500°N 90.6250°E / 23.9500; 90.6250 . It has 31350 households and total area 94.43 km².

Demographics

According to the official 1991 census, Palash had a population of 174,040. Males constitute 53.4% of the population, and females 46.6%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 89627. Palash has an average literacy rate of 88.6% [2] By 2011 that population had grown to 212,612, consisting of 46,780 households.[3]

Administration

Palash is divided into: 5 Unions/Wards 64 Mauzas/Mahallas 98 villages. This Upazila has a great contribution on the economical and educational aria of Bangladesh. Palash has 22 primary school, 20 high school, 16 colleges, and 2 university. It is one of the richest Upazila in Bangladesh. It has been called the industrial motherland for its strong industrial infrastructure. 28% of industrial product and its raw material of Bangladesh comes from Palash.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Md. Iftekhar Uddin Bhuiyan (2012), "Palash Upazila", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal, Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
  2. ↑ "Population Census Wing, BBS.". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
  3. ↑ "Census 2011". Bangladesh. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.


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