Gaurnadi is an Upazila of Barisal District

Barisal District

Barisal is a district in southern Bangladesh. It is also the headquarters of Barisal Division.-Geography and climate:Latitude: 22.75, Longitude: 90.36, Altitude: 4....

 in the Division of Barisal

Barisal Division

Barisal Division is located in south-central Bangladesh, with an area of 13,644.85 km2, and with a population of 8,147,000 at the 2011 Census . It is bounded by Dhaka division on the north, the Bay of Bengal on the south, Chittagong division on the east and Khulna division on the west...

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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

Gaurnadi is located at 22.9736°N 90.2306°E . It has 37,047 units of household and total area 144.18 km².

Demographics

As of the 2001 Bangladesh census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Gaurnadi has a population of 180,219. Males constitute are 51.03% of the population, and females 48.97%. Gaurnadi has an average literacy rate of 59.4% (7+ years).

Administrative

Gaurnadi has one town (Gaurnadi) and 7 unions. The unions are further subdivided into 128 mouzas containing 130 villages. The unions are:

• Khanjapur
• Barthi
• Chandshi
• Mahilara
• Nalchira
• Batajore
• Sarikal

See also

• Gournadi
• Upazilas of Bangladesh
  Upazilas of Bangladesh
  ||The districts of Bangladesh are divided into subdistricts called Upazila Parishad , or Thana . Upazilas are similar to the county subdivisions found in some Western countries....
  
  
• Districts of Bangladesh
  Districts of Bangladesh
  The divisions of Bangladesh are divided into 64 districts, or zila . The districts are further subdivided into 493 sub-districts, or upazila ....
  
  
• Divisions of Bangladesh
  Divisions of Bangladesh
  ||Bangladesh is divided into seven major administrative regions called divisions . Each division is named after the major city within its jurisdiction that serves as the administrative capital of that division:...