Gabtali is an Upazila (subdistrict) of Bogra District

Bogra District

Bogra is a northern district of Bangladesh, in the Rajshahi Division. It is called the gateway to the north Bengal. It is an industrial city where many small and mid sized industries are housed. Bogra district was a part of the ancient Pundravardhana territory and Bogra was the capital of...

 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

Gabtali is located at 24.8750°N 89.4500°E. It has 52782 units of house hold and a total area of 239.6 km² (approximately). It is famous upazila in Bangladesh. The people of this Pazila are very peaceful.

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...

, Gabtali has a population of 265926. Males constitute are 51.1% of the population, and females 48.9%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 135845. Gabtali has an average literacy rate of 24.8% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Administrative

Gabtali has 10 Unions/Wards, 106 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 213 villages.It is famous for the birth place of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman

Ziaur Rahman

President Ziaur Rahman, Bir Uttam, was a Bangladeshi politician and general, who read the declaration of Independence of Bangladesh on March 26, 1971 on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He later became the seventh President of Bangladesh from 1977 until 1981...

, Bir Uttam.