# Gopalganj District, Dhaka Division – Upazilas & Population

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/dhaka/gopalganj/

District · Dhaka Division 

# Gopalganj District

Gopalganj District is a district (zila) of Bangladesh in Dhaka Division. It had an estimated **1,123,453 people** in 2022 on 1,486 km² (about 756 per km²). It is divided into 5 upazilas. 585 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 226 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 1,123,453people (2022)
- 1,486km²
- 5upazilas
- 226mapped services

## How many people live in Gopalganj District?

Gopalganj District had an estimated **1,123,453 people** in 2022 — 2.4% of Dhaka Division, 53rd of 64 districts. There are 1,093 women for every 1,000 men (above the Dhaka Division figure of 960). Spread over 1,486 km², that is about **756 people per km²**, 54th of 64 districts.

27.6% of people are children under 15 and 9.0% are 65 or older; the median age is about 29 years (it is 28 across Dhaka Division). For every 100 people of working age (15–64) there are 58 children and older people.

0–4 ****98,296**

5–9 ****104,086**

10–14 ****107,382**

15–19 ****93,315**

20–24 ****86,604**

25–29 ****82,405**

30–34 ****79,612**

35–39 ****75,412**

40–44 ****68,888**

45–49 ****68,559**

50–54 ****58,421**

55–59 ****54,843**

60–64 ****43,968**

65–69 ****42,479**

70–74 ****23,502**

75–79 ****21,714**

80+ ****13,967**

Source: [UNFPA and US Census Bureau (USCB) via OCHA HDX, population 2022 (COD-PS, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ps-bgd).

## Where is Gopalganj District?

Gopalganj District lies in [Dhaka Division](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/dhaka/), [Bangladesh](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/). It borders 6 other districts: [Bagerhat District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/khulna/bagerhat/), [Barishal District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/barishal/barishal/), [Faridpur District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/dhaka/faridpur/), [Madaripur District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/dhaka/madaripur/), [Narail District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/khulna/narail/) and [Pirojpur District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/barishal/pirojpur/). By area it is the 45th largest of 64 districts in Bangladesh. It covers 7.3% of [Dhaka Division](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/dhaka/). The centre of Gopalganj District is about 85 km in a straight line from Dhaka, the capital. The centre point is at 23.1048° N, 89.8992° E.

Source: [Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-bgd).

## Upazilas of Gopalganj District

Upazila People per km² Area km² Localities Services 

[Gopalganj Sadar Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/dhaka/gopalganj/gopalganj-sadar/) 351,296 917 383 142 95 

[Muksudpur Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/dhaka/gopalganj/muksudpur/) 275,758 887 311 211 46 

[Kotalipara Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/dhaka/gopalganj/kotalipara/) 222,334 603 369 75 19 

[Kashiani Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/dhaka/gopalganj/kashiani/) 176,835 607 292 167 51 

[Tungipara Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/dhaka/gopalganj/tungipara/) 97,230 740 131 10 15 

Source: [Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-bgd); [UNFPA and US Census Bureau (USCB) via OCHA HDX, population 2022 (COD-PS, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ps-bgd).

## Villages and localities in Gopalganj District

Open gazetteers list **585 villages, towns and localities** in Gopalganj District. The largest with a recorded population: Tungipara (114,482). Settlements here lie between about 2 m and 15 m above sea level (median 8 m).

- Acharpāra Aruākāndi
- Adampur
- Alipur
- Amdākua
- Amuria
- Andharpāra
- Andhārkota
- Andhārmān
- Arjundaha
- Arkāndi
- Arua Kānsur
- Aruākāndi
- Asutia
- Athaldia
- Bade Khāga
- Bagāil
- Bahalbāria
- Bahugrām
- Baikunthāpur
- Bairpara
- Bajara
- Baliākāndi
- Balnārāyan
- Balsi
- Balākari
- Banagrām
- Banbāri
- Banga Damdama
- Baniār Char
- Baniāria
- Banyahāti
- Bara Bahirbhāg
- Bara Banagrām
- Bara Bhātral
- Bara Bāhāra
- Bara Damrāsul
- Bara Dighalia
- Bara Dumaria
- Bara Gopināthpur
- Bara Parulia
- Bara Pokta
- Bara Sripur
- Bara Sātpār
- Bara Tārāil
- Baradia
- Baraihāt
- Barap Bhitā
- Barni
- Barunāpot
- Barāsur
- Basantamandal
- Bashbaria
- Batbāri
- Bergrām
- Betbhita
- Betbāri
- Betgrām
- Bethuri
- Betmanda
- Betāngi
- Bhabānipur
- Bhattāchārjyakāndi
- Bhennābāria
- Bhulbāria
- Bhulāpāra
- Bhumsāra
- Bhābrāsur
- Bhādulia
- Bhātiāpāra
- Bhāttai Dhoba
- Bidh Bāsuria
- Bidyādhar
- Bijaypāsa
- Bil Bājunia
- Bil Iswardi
- Bil Nischintapur
- Binnabāri
- Birudola
- Bishnupur
- Biswambhardi
- Biswanāthpur
- Bizamerkānd
- Borasi
- Boultali
- Boālia
- Budhpāsa
- Bukrāil
- Burua
- Buruz Mājhigāti
- Byaspur
- Bāaikhola
- Bādusa
- Bāghdi
- Bāghādia
- Bāgia
- Bāgjhara
- Bāgjhāpa
- Bāgājuri
- Bāgāt
- Bāhirbhāg
- Bāhlāri
- Bāirpāra
- Bāje Phukura
- Bājunia
- Bālugrām
- Bāmanbarara
- Bāmandānga
- Bāmangāti
- Bāndhābāri
- Bārkhāndi
- Bāsudebpur
- Bāsuria
- Bātikāmāri
- Bāurgati
- Cattadānga
- Chaitarbāri
- Chak Ambāri
- Chak Bandadoa
- Chak Mājhigāti
- Chak Pukuria
- Chalbai khān
- Chamta
- Chandia Dhighalia
- Chandra Dighalia
- Chandāldi
- Char Kaloa
- Char Khāgrābaria
- Charkhāli
- Chhota Banagrām
- Chhota Bhātra
- Chhota Bukrāil
- Chhota Bāhirbhāg
- Chhota Bāhāra
- Chhota Dighalia
- Chhota Domrāsur
- Chhota Gopinathpur
- Chhota Khānkāndi
- Chhota Pokta
- Chhota Pārulia
- Chhota Sitārāmpur
- Chhota Sātpār
- Chhota Tārāil
- Chilarpār
- Chithaliā
- Chorkhāli
- Chāndrā Khola
- Chāocha
- Chāpta Khairsākhāri
- Chāpta Khālisākhāli
- Dahar Durgāpur
- Dahisara
- Dakhalduār
- Dari Pādmabila
- Dasherhat
- Debatra
- Demākuri
- Deogrām
- Deopura
- Deosur
- Dhabālia
- Dhakpar
- Dhalasri
- Dhalgrām
- Dharenda
- Dharmarāyerbāri
- Dhopra
- Dhopādi
- Dhopākāndi
- Dhopāpāra
- Dhorār
- Dhākpāra
- Dhānkora
- Dhārābāsāil
- Digargāti
- Dignagar
- Digrarpār
- Distāil
- Dobila
- Duaridanga
- Dubasi
- Dubiāsur
- Dulaitala
- Dumaria
- Dumdia
- Durgāpur
- Dālina
- Dāria
- Dāserhāt
- Dāstān
- East Bhākuri
- East Naokhanda
- Elhārkelia
- Fulhāra
- Gachāpāra
- Gandiāsur
- Gangli Bil
- Gangārāmpur
- Gashgāt
- Gaurināthdi
- Gazāria
- Gerākhola
- Ghar Bharpāra
- Ghar Jazira
- Gharādānga
- Ghataigail
- Ghazer Char
- Gheohugolla
- Ghinaspur
- Ghonshi
- Ghonāpāra
- Ghorādāir
- Ghoshkāndi
- Ghosālkāndi
- Ghugalia
- Gimādānga
- Gobindapur
- Gobra
- Goderanka
- Gohāla
- Golabaria
- Golābāria
- Gopalganj
- Gopalpur
- Gopinathpur
- Gopināthpur
- Gopālganj
- Gopālpur
- Goālar Char
- Goālgrām
- Gritakāndi
- Gunahar
- Guptagāti
- Gāendār
- Gāniāri
- Gāralgāti
- Halbāri
- Haldānga
- Haridāspur
- Harinahāti
- Harir Char
- Hazrabār
- Hijli
- Hirankāndi
- Hirān
- Hoglādānga
- Hoglākāndi
- Husiargāti
- Hāisur
- Hātbāria
- Hātikhāda
- Hātiāra
- Hātiāra Bhulbāria
- Hāturia
- Hāzrābari
- Hāzrābāri
- Hāzrāgāti
- Iankār Char
- Ichhākhāli
- Induhāti
- Jagatpatti
- Jalirpār
- Jangal Mukundapur
- Jaynagar
- Jayrāmpatti
- Jhutigrām
- Jhākar
- Jikābāri
- Jirātali
- Jogācha
- Jonāranka
- Jonāsur
- Jotkura
- Jāila
- Jāmula
- Jānbāg
- Jātia
- Jātrābāri
- Jāygir Arpāra
- Kadambāri
- Kadampur
- Kagdānga
- Kahaldia
- Kalasi
- Kalia
- Kalna
- Kalpur
- Kalābāri
- Kamalāpur
- Kansur
- Kaoāldia
- Karigrām
- Karpāra
- Kashiani
- Kasundi
- Katurākāndi
- Kazitola
- Kendua
- Keralkopa
- Khagradānga
- Khalisākāndi
- Kharāliāsinga
- Khatiāgar
- Khelna
- Khondakārkāndi
- Khorat
- Khord Dubiāsur
- Khāgbāri
- Khāgrābaria
- Khāgāil
- Khālia
- Khālkula
- Khāndārpār
- Khānerhāt
- Khānpura
- Khānārbar
- Khās Bāghādia
- Khātra
- Konāgram
- Korārkāti
- Kotalipara
- Kotwālīpāra
- Krishna Khola
- Krishnapur
- Krishnapur Bhramarbila
- Krishnādia
- Kulatia
- Kulākona
- Kumāria
- Kunjaban
- Kurālia
- Kusala
- Kusli
- Kuādānga
- Kāfrā
- Kāfulābāri
- Kāgdi
- Kājulia
- Kālibhita
- Kālinagar
- Kāmārol
- Kāndi
- Kāndi Tilchhara
- Kānthālbāri
- Kānuria
- Kāsiāni
- Kāsālia
- Kāti
- Kātārpāri
- Kāunia
- Lakhair Char
- Lakshmipur
- Latifpur
- Lohāchura
- Lohāir
- Madhupur
- Madhya Banagrām
- Mahanag
- Mahespur
- Mahishapora
- Mahishtali
- Mahārājpur
- Mahātali
- Majhigati
- Majra
- Mandalgāti
- Mary Gopināthpur
- Mathbāri Sutail
- Milik Srirāmpur
- Miānjirkāndi
- Mobārakkāndi
- Mochna
- Mochra
- Muksudpur
- Muksūdpur
- Mullakāndi
- Munirkāndi
- Munsh Kaligram
- Munshi Nārāyanpur
- Muqimpur Mānikhār
- Muriājhora
- Māchhiāra
- Māchhpāra
- Māhmudpur
- Māijkāndi
- Mājhbāri
- Mājhigati
- Mājhigāti
- Māldia
- Mālengāpāra
- Mālibāta
- Māndra
- Māndārbāri
- Mānikdaha
- Mānikhār
- Māthābhānga Gopālpur
- Mātla Gopināthpur
- Nagar Sundardi
- Nahatta
- Nalkona
- Nalua

…and 185 more.

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

## Landscape and landmarks of Gopalganj District

Named natural and historic features inside Gopalganj District, from the GeoNames gazetteer.

### Water

4 rivers and streams.

- Bārāsia River
- Bāsarāter Khāl
- Madhumati River
- Talibhitār Khāl

### Getting around

1 railway station.

- Kasiāni Railway Station

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/).

Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate.

## Weather in Gopalganj District and the best time to visit

In Gopalganj District, the warmest month is Apr (average 30 °C) and the coolest is Jan (18 °C). About 2,071 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (435 mm) and the driest Jan (9 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **November to March**.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 18 9 

Feb 22 21 

Mar 27 40 

Apr 30 104 

May 30 235 

Jun 29 339 

Jul 28 435 

Aug 28 361 

Sep 28 278 

Oct 26 194 

Nov 22 38 

Dec 19 16 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Gopalganj District

Places mapped inside Gopalganj District in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations.

- Hospitals25
- Banks13
- ATMs3
- Petrol pumps8
- Hotels6
- Shopping malls7
- Schools64
- Colleges and universities44
- Cinemas1
- Pharmacies16
- Restaurants29
- Police stations5
- Dental clinics5

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown.

## Quick answers

- Where is Gopalganj District?In Dhaka Division, Bangladesh
- What is the population of Gopalganj District?1,123,453 (2022 estimate)
- What is the median age in Gopalganj District?About 29 years (2022 estimate)
- What is the population density of Gopalganj District?About 756 people per km²
- What borders Gopalganj District?Bagerhat District, Barishal District, Faridpur District, Madaripur District, Narail District and Pirojpur District
- How many villages are in Gopalganj District?585 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Gopalganj District?Settlements lie between 2 m and 15 m
- What is the best time to visit Gopalganj District?November to March
- How many hospitals are in Gopalganj District?25 mapped
- How many banks are in Gopalganj District?13 mapped
- How many ATMs are in Gopalganj District?3 mapped
- How many petrol pumps are in Gopalganj District?8 mapped
- What is the P-code of Gopalganj District?BD3035 (OCHA common operational dataset)