Pabna Sadar Upazila Explained

Official Name:Pabna Sadar
Native Name:পাবনা সদর
Settlement Type:Upazila
Coordinates:24°N 89°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Bangladesh
Subdivision Type1:Division
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name1:Rajshahi
Subdivision Name2:Pabna
Seat Type:Headquarters
Seat:Pabna
Area Total Km2:439.30
Population Total:711588
Population As Of:2022
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Density Km2:auto
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:6600[2]
Area Code:0731[3]
Website:Sadar.gif Official Map of Pabna Sadar
Timezone:BST
Utc Offset:+6

Pabna Sadar (bn|পাবনা সদর) is an upazila of Pabna District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Geography

Pabna Sadar is located at 24.0042°N 89.25°W. It has 74,517 households and the total area is 439.30 km2.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Pabna Sadar Upazila had 138,839 households and a population of 590,914. 127,033 (21.50%) were under 10 years of age. Pabna Sadar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 51.43%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 990 females per 1000 males. 144,442 (24.44%) lived in urban areas.[4] [5]

At of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Pabna Sadar had a population of 431,513. Males constituted 51.76% of the population, and females 48.24%. Pabna Sadar had an average literacy rate of 29.1% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. [6]

Administration

Pabna Sadar Upazila is divided into Pabna town and ten union parishads:

The union parishads are subdivided into 259 mauzas and 291 villages.

Pabna Municipality is subdivided into 15 wards and 46 mahallas.[7]

Chairman: Mosharrof Hossain

Vice Chairman:

Woman Vice Chairman:

Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO): Salma Khatun https://web.archive.org/web/20120226125127/http://www.moestab.gov.bd/pmis/Forms/unolist.php

References

  1. Book: National Report . November 2023 . . 978-9844752016 . Population and Housing Census 2022 . 1 . Dhaka . 402.
  2. Web site: Bangladesh Postal Code . 21 October 2024 . Bangladesh Postal Department under the Department of Posts and Telecommunications of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology of the People's Republic of Bangladesh . Dhaka.
  3. Web site: Bangladesh Area Code . 18 October 2024 . Chahaoba.com . China.
  4. Web site: Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Pabna . bbs.gov.bd . Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
  5. Web site: 2011 . Community Tables: Pabna district . bbs.gov.bd . Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
  6. Web site: November 10, 2006 . Population Census Wing, BBS.. http://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm . 2005-03-27 .
  7. Web site: District Statistics 2011: Pabna . . Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics . PDF . 14 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141113185856/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Pabna.pdf . 13 November 2014.