Chirirbandar Upazila


Chirirbandar is an Upazila of Dinajpur District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh.

Geography

Chirirbandar is located at - it has 42790 households and total area 308.68 km².
Chirirbandar Upazila is bounded by Khansama Upazila on the north, Parbatipur Upazila in Dinajpur District and Saidpur Upazila in Nilphamari District on the east, Fulbari Upazila and Kumarganj CD Block in Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India, on the south, and Dinajpur Sadar Upazila on the west.

Demographics

As of the 2000 Bangladesh census, Chirirbandar has a population of 232409. Males constitute 51.43% of the population, and females 48.57%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 114095. Chirirbandar has an average literacy rate of 96.6, and the national average of 99.9 literate.

Administration

Chirirbandar has 12 unions/wards, 145 mauzas/mahallas, and 141 villages.