- Source: Bhurungamari Upazila
Bhurungamari (Bengali: ভুরুঙ্গামারী) is the northernmost upazila of Kurigram District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh.
Geography
Bhurungamari is located at 26.1250°N 89.6833°E / 26.1250; 89.6833. It has 57,005 households and total area 236.26 km2.
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Bhurungamari Upazila had 57,005 households and a population of 231,538. 54,360 (23.48%) were under 10 years of age. Bhurungamari had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 39.57%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1040 females per 1000 males. 29,683 (12.82%) lived in urban areas.
As of the 1991 Census of Bangladesh, Bhurungamari has a population of 176,822. Males constitute are 50.38% of the population, and females 49.62%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 88,435. Bhurungamari has an average literacy rate of 19.5% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.
Administration
Bhurungamari Upazila is divided into ten union parishads: Andharijhar, Bhurungamari, Boldia, Bangasonahat, Char Bhurungamari, Joymarirhat, Paiker Chhara, Pathardubi, Shilkhuri, and Tilai. The union parishads are subdivided into 70 mauzas and 126 villages.
Transport
= Railway links
=During the British era, there was a railway line linking Assam with Bengal that passed through Bhurngamari. The rail link was closed after the partition of India in 1947. Possibilities of resumption of traffic through the Bhurugamari-Sonahat section was discussed when the resumption of rail traffic between India and Pakistan took place in 1955.
Note: The map alongside presents the position as it stands today (2020). The international border was not there when the railways were first laid in the area in the 19th-20th century. It came up in 1947. Since then, it has been an effort to live up to the new realities. The map is 'interactive' (the larger version) - it means that all the places shown in the map are linked in the full screen map.
= Developments
=An inland port has been set up at Sonahat.
In 2018, the existing road bridge across the Dudhkumar River was found to be weak and a new bridge was sanctioned, along with a new highway. The Kurigram (Daserhat)-Nageshwari-Bhurungamari-Sonahat Land port road is to be converted to a national highway.
See also
Upazilas of Bangladesh
Districts of Bangladesh
Divisions of Bangladesh
References
External links
Hossain, Md Kamal (2012). "Bhurungamari Upazila". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.