Bholahat is an Upazila of Nawabganj District

Nawabganj District

Chapai Nawabganj is a district in Northern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Rajshahi Division. Originally it was a subdivision under Malda district. In 1947, this was severed from Malda and was given to East Pakistan as a sub-division of Rajshahi district...

 in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

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Geography

Bholahat is located at 24.9389°N 88.2028°E. It has 12,993 units of house hold and total area 123.52 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census

1991 Bangladesh census

In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age distribution, marital status, economically active...

, Bholahat has a population of 70507. Males constitute are 49.64% of the population, and females 50.36%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 34281. Bholahat has an average literacy rate of 26.5% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.