# Gaibandha District, Rangpur Division – Upazilas & Population

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/gaibandha/

District · Rangpur Division 

# Gaibandha District

Gaibandha District is a district (zila) of Bangladesh in Rangpur Division. It had an estimated **2,545,669 people** in 2022 on 2,150 km² (about 1,184 per km²). Its main town is Gaibandha. It is divided into 7 upazilas. 1,117 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 268 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 2,545,669people (2022)
- 2,150km²
- 7upazilas
- 268mapped services

## How many people live in Gaibandha District?

Gaibandha District had an estimated **2,545,669 people** in 2022 — 14.7% of Rangpur Division, 22nd of 64 districts. There are 1,106 women for every 1,000 men (above the Rangpur Division figure of 1,061). Spread over 2,150 km², that is about **1,184 people per km²**, 22nd of 64 districts.

26.2% of people are children under 15 and 7.9% are 65 or older; the median age is about 31 years (it is 30 across Rangpur Division). For every 100 people of working age (15–64) there are 52 children and older people.

0–4 ****228,798**

5–9 ****231,471**

10–14 ****207,798**

15–19 ****174,281**

20–24 ****195,556**

25–29 ****212,654**

30–34 ****201,910**

35–39 ****191,375**

40–44 ****170,696**

45–49 ****161,696**

50–54 ****143,923**

55–59 ****126,940**

60–64 ****98,118**

65–69 ****77,745**

70–74 ****55,111**

75–79 ****37,307**

80+ ****30,290**

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 Gaibandha District?

Gaibandha District lies in [Rangpur Division](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/), [Bangladesh](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/). It borders 6 other districts: [Bogura District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rajshahi/bogura/), [Dinajpur District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/dinajpur/), [Jamalpur District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/mymensingh/jamalpur/), [Joypurhat District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rajshahi/joypurhat/), [Kurigram District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/kurigram/) and [Rangpur District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/rangpur/). By area it is the 31st largest of 64 districts in Bangladesh. It covers 13.2% of [Rangpur Division](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/). The centre of Gaibandha District is about 199 km in a straight line from Dhaka, the capital. It is about 56 km from Rangpur, the main town of Rangpur Division. The centre point is at 25.2983° N, 89.5054° 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 Gaibandha District

Upazila Area km² Localities Services 

[Fulchhari Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/gaibandha/fulchhari/) 311 45 4 

[Gaibandha Sadar Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/gaibandha/gaibandha-sadar/) 324 135 53 

[Gobindaganj Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/gaibandha/gobindaganj/) 462 436 125 

[Palashbari Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/gaibandha/palashbari/) 186 174 46 

[Sadullapur Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/gaibandha/sadullapur/) 229 159 14 

[Saghata Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/gaibandha/saghata/) 233 124 12 

[Sundarganj Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/gaibandha/sundarganj/) 406 116 14 

Source: [Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-bgd); [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

## Villages and localities in Gaibandha District

Open gazetteers list **1,117 villages, towns and localities** in Gaibandha District. Settlements here lie between about 11 m and 31 m above sea level (median 26 m).

- Abhirāmpur
- Akbarpur
- Akhladpur
- Alarta
- Aligram
- Alinagar
- Alipur
- Ambagan
- Ambar
- Amgram
- Amlagachhi
- Anandabari
- Anandapur
- Anantapur
- Andura
- Arazi Bādīnāpāra
- Arazi Chhatragachhar
- Arazi Sāhāpur
- Arifkhan Basudebpur
- Arāzi Beshurpāra
- Arāzi Khalsi
- Ashkur
- Ashōin
- Asmatpur
- Atgharia
- Babanpur
- Bachhihāti
- Badhakrishnapur
- Badiakhali
- Badlāgāri
- Bagdaha
- Bagjana
- Bagulāgāri
- Baguria
- Bahadurpur
- Bahman Doba
- Bahādurpur
- Baidyanāth
- Bairāgir Hāt
- Baishnabdas
- Bajra Haldia
- Bakatari
- Bakchar
- Bakchi
- Bakshiganj
- Balarampur
- Baliarber
- Ballamjhar
- Balua
- Balārām
- Bamandanga
- Banagrām
- Bandarear
- Bangerpāra
- Bangram
- Baniarjan
- Banihali
- Banskata
- Bara Badnāpāra
- Bara Chhotragachha
- Bara Chāpar
- Bara Chāpar Hāt
- Bara Daudpur
- Bara Durgapur
- Bara Gayāspur
- Bara Ghorabandha
- Bara Gopalpur
- Bara Harinmari
- Bara Jamalpur
- Bara Kayitpur
- Bara Mohanandapur
- Bara Shimultala
- Bara Sohāgi
- Bara Sātail Bātail
- Barabaldia
- Barabāri
- Baradaha
- Baraipara
- Baratikari
- Baratta
- Bardhankuti
- Barisai
- Barisal
- Barna Akub
- Baro Boālia
- Baro Gabindapur
- Baroipara Sultanpur
- Barsha
- Baruipara
- Basantapāra
- Bat kamari
- Batahōta
- Battala
- Baulia
- Bazey Chithulla
- Beguni
- Bekatari
- Belka
- Belka Nowāgganj
- Beltali
- Beltali Balua
- Bengulia
- Bera
- Bera Bishulia
- Bera Buiruk
- Bera Majancha
- Beradanga
- Betgāra
- Betkapa
- Betāra
- Beurgram
- Bhabanipur
- Bhabānipur
- Bhag Garib
- Bhagabatipur
- Bhagabānpur
- Bhagawanpur
- Bhagner Khamar
- Bhangamor
- Bhangarmor
- Bharatkhali
- Bharatkhāli
- Bhatal Barail
- Bhatgram
- Bhati Kapasia
- Bhatpara
- Bhelaray
- Bhelāmāri
- Bhita Shākhail
- Bhogabanpur
- Bhola Khopa
- Bhāg Gopāl
- Bhāg Kāzi
- Bhāngābāri
- Bhāngāmur
- Bihigoon
- Bil
- Bil Urni
- Birahimpur
- Birat
- Birhampur
- Bishnatāri
- Bishnupur
- Bishra
- Bishramgachhi
- Bishrupur
- Bishubāri
- Bislia
- Bispākair
- Biswanāthpur
- Boaldaha
- Boali
- Boalia
- Boalia Khamar
- Bochagari
- Boilgrām
- Bollamjhar
- Bonarpara
- Bonārpāra
- Bora Khodāpur
- Borahāta
- Borotra
- Boulerpara
- Buchādaha
- Bujruk Boālia
- Burail
- Burangi
- Burikāndi
- Burāburi
- Butimāri
- Buznik
- Buzruk Barkatpur
- Buzruk Bishnapur
- Buzruk Jamalpur
- Buzruk Mujaitpur
- Buzruk Pakuria
- Buzruk Patanosa
- Buzruk Rasulpur
- Buzruk Ruhea
- Buzrukpara
- Bādināpāra
- Bādiākhali
- Bāgerbhita
- Bāhirdanga
- Bāilla
- Bājitnagai
- Bājniāpara
- Bāliādānga
- Bālua
- Bālubhara
- Bālupāra
- Bālābāmni
- Bāmandānga
- Bāmanhāzra
- Bāmankuri
- Bāneswar
- Bānshāta
- Bārakona
- Bārapāika
- Bārna
- Bārna Chandra
- Bāsudebpur
- Bāsāpāra
- Bāusta
- Bāzārpāra
- Bōnihara
- Chak Barul
- Chak Bhagabanpur
- Chak Burail
- Chak Datia
- Chak Durgapur
- Chak Gayeshpur
- Chak Gobindaganj
- Chak Gobindapur
- Chak Kochmuri
- Chak Kāzi
- Chak Mamrajpur
- Chak Mākra
- Chak Mānikpur
- Chak Nuddi
- Chak Shalaipur
- Chak Shibpur
- Chak Singhadāngo
- Chakbala
- Chakchaka
- Chakdana
- Chakia
- Chakuli
- Chalk Kuchmuri
- Chalua
- Chalārpār
- Chand Karim
- Chandanpa
- Chandia
- Chandiapur
- Chandidpur
- Chandipur
- Chandpur
- Chandpur Singa
- Chandra
- Chapadaha
- Char Pārul
- Charaktala
- Chasakpāra
- Chautpur
- Cherenga
- Cherōgāri
- Chhaigar Gobindapur
- Chhandiapur
- Chhania
- Chhaparhati
- Chhargharia
- Chhatragram
- Chhaygharia
- Chhayghatia
- Chheta Narichāgāri
- Chhota Abhirāmpur
- Chhota Bahagabanpur
- Chhota Dulgapur
- Chhota Gayeshpur
- Chhota Jāmālpur
- Chhota Narayanpur
- Chhota Shimultala
- Chhota Sohāgi
- Chhota Sātail Bātail
- Chhāoāldaha
- Chiargrām
- Chikni
- Chilmanpāra
- Chinipatol
- Chithalia
- Chiārgrām
- Cholitadaha
- Choudhurypara
- Chunia Kandi
- Chāchia
- Chāchia Mirganj
- Chālita
- Chāndpur
- Chāndpāra
- Chāplāpāra
- Chāpriganj
- Chāprāpāra
- Chāritābāri
- Dahaband
- Dahabanda
- Daihāra
- Dakerpara
- Dakhin Chhaygharia
- Dakhin Solāgāri
- Dakshin Analertari
- Dakshin Bāmanjol
- Dakshin Chak Daria
- Dakshin Ghāgua
- Dakshin Lakshmipur
- Dakshin Sonatala
- Dakshin Sripur
- Daksin Dhonadanga
- Daldalia
- Damadarpur
- Damodorpur
- Darbast
- Darbasta
- Dargāhpāra
- Dari Jamalpur
- Dariapur
- Daripara
- Darlapur
- Dashnāla
- Daudpur
- Daulatpur
- Dayarpara
- Debipur
- Deofāla
- Deogoon
- Dhanarpara
- Dhanaruha
- Dhanghara
- Dhankhania
- Dhankuti
- Dhaperhat
- Dharai
- Dharma
- Dharmapur
- Dharmopur
- Dholbanga
- Dhopadanga
- Dhutichora
- Dhuturbāri
- Dhānail
- Dhāoāchila
- Dhārāikāndi
- Digalkandi
- Digdari
- Digdāir
- Dighat Kāndi
- Dighir Hai
- Dighli Phulbāri
- Dilālpur
- Dimla Padumsahar
- Dobpur
- Dogāria
- Dohichuro
- Domargāchha
- Domgari
- Dubingari
- Dublagāri
- Dublāgāri
- Dudia
- Dumaidari
- Dundia
- Durgapur
- Durghāpur
- Durgāpur
- Dākhia
- Dākni
- Dālimgāri
- Dāmadarpur
- Dāmgāchha
- Dārāchpāra
- Dāspāra
- Dāuderpāra
- Ekrampur
- Enāyetpur
- Erendabari
- Fakirpāra
- Faridpur
- Farkandapur
- Fatehpur
- Fatekhān
- Fatullāhpur
- Fazlupur
- Fechhka
- Fulbari
- Fulchhari
- Fulchhari Union
- Fāsitola
- Gaibandha
- Gajiapara
- Gajāria
- Gamrāgāri
- Ganakpara
- Gandharbhabāri
- Ganespur
- Ganganarayanpur
- Gangār Hāt
- Garanata
- Gareya
- Gayeshpur
- Gayespur
- Gazaria
- Ghagoa
- Ghoga
- Ghorāmāra
- Ghos para
- Ghosaipur
- Ghuridaha
- Gidari
- Giripāra
- Gizldharipur

…and 717 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 Gaibandha District

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

### Water

6 rivers and streams.

- Banjāni
- Dud Kumar Nadi
- Ghāghāt River
- Kātā Khāli
- Manas River
- Tīsta River

### Forests and nature

1 garden.

- Betel Garden

### Getting around

5 railway stations.

- Bharatkhāli
- Bonārpāra Junction
- Bādiākhāli Road
- Bāmandānga Railroad Station
- Tīstamukh Ghāt

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 Gaibandha District and the best time to visit

In Gaibandha District, the warmest month is May (average 30 °C) and the coolest is Jan (17 °C). About 1,968 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (388 mm) and the driest Dec (3 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 17 7 

Feb 21 12 

Mar 26 31 

Apr 30 125 

May 30 242 

Jun 30 345 

Jul 29 388 

Aug 29 317 

Sep 28 319 

Oct 26 171 

Nov 22 7 

Dec 18 3 

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

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Gaibandha District

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

- Hospitals30
- Banks30
- Petrol pumps10
- Hotels8
- Shopping malls9
- Schools86
- Colleges and universities35
- Cinemas2
- Pharmacies25
- Restaurants25
- Police stations6
- Dental clinics2

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 Gaibandha District?In Rangpur Division, Bangladesh
- What is the population of Gaibandha District?2,545,669 (2022 estimate)
- What is the median age in Gaibandha District?About 31 years (2022 estimate)
- What is the population density of Gaibandha District?About 1,184 people per km²
- What borders Gaibandha District?Bogura District, Dinajpur District, Jamalpur District, Joypurhat District, Kurigram District and Rangpur District
- How many villages are in Gaibandha District?1,117 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Gaibandha District?Settlements lie between 11 m and 31 m
- What is the best time to visit Gaibandha District?November to March
- How many hospitals are in Gaibandha District?30 mapped
- How many banks are in Gaibandha District?30 mapped
- How many petrol pumps are in Gaibandha District?10 mapped
- What is the P-code of Gaibandha District?BD5532 (OCHA common operational dataset)