Gopalganj, Bangladesh

Gopalganj

গোপালগঞ্জ
Gopalganj গোপালগঞ্জ
City and Municipality
	Gopalganj Gopalganj
	Coordinates: 23°01′N 89°49′E / 23.01°N 89.82°E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Dhaka
District	Gopalganj
Upazila	Gopalganj Sadar
Area
• Total	16.9 km2 (6.5 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	51,346
• Density	3,000/km2 (7,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)

Gopalganj is a city in Gopalganj District in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh.^[2] Spanning an area of 6.5 sq mi (16.9 km²), the city serves as the headquarters of Gopalganj District and Gopalganj Sadar Upazila.

Demographics

Religions in Gopalganj (2011)^[1]
Religion			Percent
Islam			73.53%
Hinduism			23.89%
Christianity			2.52%
Other or not stated			0.06%

At the 2011 census, Gopalganj Paurashava had 11,600 households and a population of 51,346. 10,445 (20.34%) were under 10 years of age. Gopalganj had a sex ratio of 947 females per 1,000 males and a literacy rate of 78.62%.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Community Tables: Gopalganj district" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2011.
^ "NGA GeoNames Database". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 2017-03-18. Retrieved 2008-07-14.

External links

Gopalganj – Banglapedia

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[community-1] "Community Tables: Gopalganj district" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2011.

[2] "NGA GeoNames Database". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 2017-03-18. Retrieved 2008-07-14.

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