Sariakandi is an Upazila 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

Sariakandi is located at 24.8833°N 89.5667°E . It has 46406 units of house hold and a total area of 432.55 km² (approximately).

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...

, Sariakandi has a population of 229563. Males constitute are 50.93% of the population, and females 49.07%. This upazila's eighteen up population is 113673. Sariakandi has an average literacy rate of 22.1% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.