Tangail Sadar Upazila

This article is about the sadar upazila. For the district, see Tangail District. For the city, see Tangail.

Tangail Sadar টাংগাইল সদর
Upazila
Entrance of Tangail Sadar
Coordinates: 24.257307°N 89.927783°E / 24.257307; 89.927783
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Dhaka
District	Tangail
Headquarters	Tangail
Area
• Total	334.26 km2 (129.06 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	521,104
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)
Website	www.tangail.gov.bd

Tangail Sadar (Bengali: টাঙ্গাইল সদর) is an upazila of Tangail District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Geography

Tangail Sadar is located at 24.2500°N 89.9167°E / 24.2500; 89.9167. It has 116,922 households and total area 334.26 km². The upazila is surrounded by Kalihati Upazila on the north, Nagarpur and Delduar Upazila on the south, Kalihati and Basail upazilas on the east, and the Jamuna River on the west.

Demographics

Religions in Tangail Sadar upazila (2011)
Religion			Percent
Islam			92.88%
Hinduism			7.09%
Other or not stated			0.03%

According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Tangail Sadar Upazila had 116,922 households and a population of 521,104. 112,157 (21.52%) were under 10 years of age. Tangail Sadar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 53.06%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1003 females per 1000 males. 167,412 (32.13%) lived in urban areas.

Administration

Tangail Sadar Upazila is divided into Tangail Municipality and 12 union parishads: Baghil, Danya, Gala, Gharinda, Hugra, Karatia, Katuli, Kakua, Magra, Mahamudnagar, Porabari, and Silimpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 247 mauzas and 276 villages.

Tangail Municipality is subdivided into 18 wards and 64 mahallas.

See also

• Union Councils of Tangail District
• Upazilas of Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh