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Panchagarh Sadar – General Statistics

Union/Ward, Mauza/Mahallah and Village characteristics: The upazila consists of 1 paurashava, 10 unions, 9 wards, 75 mauzas, 32 mahallahs and 196 villages. The average population of each union/word, mauza/mahallah and village are 12,065, 2,142 and 1,170 respectively.

Items	2001	1991	Growth Rate (%)
Items	2001	1991	Decadal	Annual
Area
In Sq. Km.	347.08	347.08
In Sq. Mile	134.01	134.01

Household
Thana	47191	37232	26.75	2.40
Rural	39 276	31450	24.88	2.25
Urban	7 915	5782	36.89	3.19

Household Size (Dwelling)
Thana	4.8	5.2	(-) 7.69	0.80
Rural	4.8	5.2	(-) 7.69	0.80
Urban	4.9	5.3	(-) 7.55	0.78

Population
Both	229 237	193198	18.65	1.72
Male	118 226	99101	19.30	1.78
Female	111 011	94097	17.97	1.67
Rural
Both	190308	162305	17.25	1.60
Male	98063	82883	18.31	1.70
Female	92245	79422	16.14	1.51
Urban
Both	38929	30893	26.01	2.34
Male	20163	16218	24.32	2.20
Female	18766	14675	27.88	2.49

DENSITY
Per Sq. Km.	660	557	18.49	1.71
Per Sq. Mile	1711	1442	18.65	1.73

Sex Ratio
Thana	106	105	0.95	0.09
Rural	106	104	1.92	0.19
Urban	107	111	(-) 3.60	0.37

literacy (7 Years & Over)
Both	45.7	34.7	31.70	2.79
Male	51.0	43.8	16.44	1.53
Female	40.0	25.0	60.00	4.81

School Attendance (5 to 24 years)
Both	49931	30852	61.84	4.93
Male	26194	17622	48.64	4.04
Female	23737	13230	79.41	6.02

Urban Population (%)	16.98	15.99	6.19	0.60

Geographic unit*
Union	10	10
Mauza	83	83
Paurashava	1	1
Ward	9	3
Mahallah	32	27
* Variation in respect of village, ward & Mahallah is due to new addition.

Union/Ward, Mauza/Mahallah & Village Characteristics: Panchagarh Sadar consists of 1 paurashava, 10 unions, 9 wards, 75 mauzas, 32 mahallahs & 196 villages. The average population of each union/word, mauza/ mahallah & village are 12,065, 2,142 and 1,170 respectively.

Mauza/Mahallah distribution: The distribution of mauzas & mahallahs by size class of households:

Size Class	Household	No. of Mauza/Mahallah		Difference
Size Class	Household	2001	1991	Difference
RV 1	1 – 50	7	7	0
RV 2	51 – 200	29	32	(-) 3
RV 3	201 – 400	23	20	(+) 3
RV 4	401 – 600	16	15	(+) 1
RV 5	601 & above	32	28	(+) 5
The modal size class is 601 & above households

Village distribution: The distribution of villages by size class of population is shown below:

Size Class	Population	No. of Villages		Difference
Size Class	Population	2001	1991	Difference
V 1	Up to 250	9	6	(+) 3
V 2	251 – 750	79	81	(-) 2
V 3	751 – 1500	73	74	(-) 1
V 4	1501 –2500	28	20	(+) 8
V 5	2501 & above	7	2	(+) 5
The modal size class is 251 – 750 persons.

Housing and Household Characteristics: In the Panchagarh Sadar, there are 47,191 households. Distribution of households by type shows that there are 99.51% dwelling units, 0.22% institutional and 0.27% other units.

Household Size: The average household size (dwelling) for the upazila is 4.8 persons. For rural area the size is same i.e. 4.8 and for urban area the size is slightly larger i.e. 4.9.

Housing: Percentage distribution of main house of the households by type of structure is presented below:

Locality	Total	Main House of the Households by Type of structure
Locality	Total	Jhupri	Kacha	Semi- Paka	Paka
Thana	100.00	19.63	72.24	6.57	1.56
Rural	100.00	23.41	73.40	2.68	0.51
Urban	100.00	0.86	66.50	25.87	6.77

Housing condition of Panchagarh Sadar is predominantly kacha. It is found in the table that 19.63% households live in jhupri, 72.24% households live in kacha houses, 6.57% households live in semi-paka houses and the remaining 1.56% households live in paka houses in Panchagarh Sadar. Housing condition of urban area is better. In urban area 6.77% households live in paka houses, 25.87% households live in semi-paka houses, 66.50% households live in kacha houses and 0.86% live in jhupri as against 0.51% in paka, 2.68% in semi-paka, 73.40% in kacha and the remaining 23.41% live in jhupri respectively in rural area.

Source of Drinking Water: In Panchagarh Sadar 72.76% dwelling households drink tube-well water, 0.96% drink tap water, 1.67% drink deep tube-well water, 1.09% drink pond water and the remaining 23.52% dwelling households drink water from other sources.

Sanitation: In the upazila, 29.00% of dwelling households have sanitary latrines with 19.69% in rural area and 75.97% in urban area. A total of 27.07% of the households have non-sanitary latrines with 29.97% in rural area and 12.43% in urban area. In this upazila, 43.93% of the households have no toilet facility.

Access to Electricity: All the ten unions of the upazila have been brought under Rural Electrification Program. However, a total of 11.92% of the dwelling households reported to have electricity connection in the entire upazila.

Ownership of Agricultural Land: In Panchagarh Sadar, 53.43% of the dwelling households own and 46.57% do not own agricultural land. Percentage of ownership of agricultural land is 39.47% in urban area as against 56.20% in rural area.

Urbanization: Panchagarh paurashava is the only urban area of the Panchagarh Sadar. It consists of 9 wards, 32 mahallahs and only one adjoining mauza as other urban area which altogether occupies an area of 20.72 sq. km. The main features are shown below:

Mahallah Name (with Geo-code)	Area (Sq. km.)	House Holds	Population			Sex Ratio	Density	Literacy (7+yrs)
Mahallah Name (with Geo-code)	Area (Sq. km.)	House Holds	Both	Male	Female	Sex Ratio	Density	Literacy (7+yrs)
Panchagarh Paurashava	20.72	7831	38542	19989	18553	108	1860	61.5
Ward no.1	3.24	1232	5950	3102	2848	109	1836	70.3
200-Dokor Para (College Para)	–	465	2202	1142	1060	109	1836	70.3
440-Kayat Para	–	476	2323	1180	1143	103	–	69.3
460-Molini Bodapara	–	71	397	248	149	60	–	71.5
520- Mitha Pukur	–	220	1028	532	496	107	–	72.4
Ward no.2	0.51	968	4591	2344	2247	104	9002	51.0
480-Masjid Para	–	258	1293	669	624	107	–	64.1
680-Puraton camp	–	232	1194	610	584	96	–	56.7
720-Ramer Danga	–	478	2104	1065	1 039	103	–	38.9
Ward no.3	0.55	833	4576	2435	2141	114	8320	71.4
080-Bania Para (Uttar)	–	74	376	198	178	111	–	79.8
280-Islam Bagh	–	392	2112	1081	1031	105	–	67.2
550-Panchagarh Bazaar (New)	–	158	854	450	404	111	–	81.1
660-Raushna Bagh (Paschim)	–	209	1234	706	528	134	–	69.3
Ward no. 4	2.90	913	4378	2258	2120	106	1510	51.0
180-Chand Para (p)	–	147	713	375	338	111	–	46.2
620-Jalashi Para	–	361	1614	849	765	111	–	50.7
660-Jalashi Colony	–	405	2051	1034	1017	103	–	52.9
Ward no. 5	1.44	969	4770	2463	2 307	107	3312	52.2
400-Kamat Para	–	498	2551	1357	1194	114	–	63.2
780-Purba Raushna Bagh	–	97	475	227	248	92	–	72.8
880-Tulardanga	–	374	1744	879	865	102	–	29.0
Ward no. 6	1.07	721	3663	1912	1751	109	3423	66.2
510-Natun Basti	–	333	1786	950	836	114	–	78.3
560-Natun Basti (Khalpara)	–	288	1416	707	709	100	–	46.5
600-Dakshin Baniapara	–	100	461	255	206	124	–	75.6
Ward no. 7	4.81	613	3169	1609	1560	103	659	64.6
040-Ahmed Nagar	–	58	285	133	152	88	–	76.3
400-Kagjia Para	–	149	797	401	396	101	–	53.5
500-Purba Mill Colony (part)	–	147	748	385	363	106	–	76.8
840-Tali Para	–	259	1339	690	649	106	–	61.1
Ward no. 8	1.46	585	2803	1475	1328	111	1920	71.4
300-Islampur	–	165	837	419	418	100	–	74.7
500-Paschim Mill Colony	–	125	528	325	203	160	–	78.9
700-Puratan Panchagarh	–	295	1438	731	707	103	–	66.5
Ward no. 9	4.74	997	4642	2391	2251	106	979	57.0
270-Distilary Khal Para	–	227	1042	536	506	106	–	65.6
540-Ghatail Para(DemshiPara)	–	79	340	184	156	118	–	44.6
640-Patwari Para	–	309	1500	765	735	104	–	56.4
670-Puraton Panchagarh(Nimnagar)	–	231	1036	539	497	108	–	55.2
840-Uttar Darjipara	–	151	724	367	357	103	–	53.6
Adjoining urban area	–	84	387	174	213	82	–	55.3
841-Puratan P. Gram (Ainagar)	–	84	387	174	213	82	–	55.3
Total	20.72	7915	38929	20163	18766	107	1879	61.4

[Source: Bangladesh.gov.bd]