Bagmara Upazila

Bagmara is an Upazila of Rajshahi District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.GeographyBagmara is located at. It has 57675 households and total area 363.3 km².DemographicsAs of the 2011 Bangladesh census, Bagmara has a population of 354664. Males constitute 49.99% of the population, and females 50.01%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 239645. Bagmara has an average literacy rate of 46.3% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.AdministrationBagmara has 16 Unions/Wards, 295 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 362 villages. The unions of Bagmara thana are: 1. Shuvodanga 2. Basupara 3. Auchpara 4. Govindpara 5. Gonipur 6. Sonadanga 7. Jugipara 8. Nordash 9. Kacarikuolipara 10. Maria 11. Sreepur 12. Dippur 13. Borobihanoli 14. Hamirkutssa 15. Jhikra and 16. Ghoalkandi.Also Bagmara has 2 powroshova. 1 Taherpur powroshova & 2. Bhawanigong powroshovaNotable residents Abdus Sattar Mondal was Member of Parliament twice for constituencies encompassing Bagmara Upazila.Md. Fuad Hassan is Assistant Professor of Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh coming from Bagmara Upazila. Md. Ashadul Islam was a social worker and philanthropist. He was the project manager of SSFP commonly known as 'Surjer Hasi Clinic' sponsored by USAID. He was also the founder president of JTS in Bagmara.