It is bounded by Boda and Panchagarh sadar upazilas on the north, Birganj, Khansama and Nilphamari sadar upazilas on the south, Domar upazila and West Bengal state of India on the east, Thakurgaon sadar and Boda upazilas on the west.[2]
Demographicsedit
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Debiganj has a population of 159902. Males constitute 51.02% of the population, and females 48.98%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 77660. Debiganj has an average literacy rate of 24.8% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[3]
Administrationedit
Debiganj Thana was formed in 1928 and it was turned into an upazila on 28 March 1983.[2]
The Upazila is divided into ten union parishads: Chengthi Hazradanga, Chilahati, Dandopal, Debiduba, Debiganj, Pamuli, Shaldanga, Sonahar Mollikadaha, Sundardighi, and Tepriganj. The union parishads are subdivided into 108 mauzas and 101 villages.[4]
Debiganj Alodini Government Girls High School is a secondary government high school here. It also has a reputed college. Overall Debiganj has 68 govt and non-govt high schools and 10 colleges. Some of them are -
Sonahar Girls High School
Sonahar High School
Khariza Sonahar High School
Saldanga High School
TZ High School
Debigonj Girls' High School
Debigonj Pailot High School.
Referencesedit
^ abHabib, Md Ahsan (2012). "Debiganj Upazila". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
^ ab"Debiganj Upazila - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
^. Archived from the original on 27 March 2005. Retrieved 10 November 2006.
^(PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
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