# Kurigram District, Rangpur Division – Upazilas & Population

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

District · Rangpur Division 

# Kurigram District

Kurigram District is a district (zila) of Bangladesh in Rangpur Division. It had an estimated **2,309,661 people** in 2022 on 2,268 km² (about 1,019 per km²). It is divided into 9 upazilas. 811 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 375 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 2,309,661people (2022)
- 2,268km²
- 9upazilas
- 375mapped services

## How many people live in Kurigram District?

Kurigram District had an estimated **2,309,661 people** in 2022 — 13.3% of Rangpur Division, 28th of 64 districts. There are 1,114 women for every 1,000 men (above the Rangpur Division figure of 1,061). Spread over 2,268 km², that is about **1,019 people per km²**, 33rd of 64 districts.

26.7% of people are children under 15 and 8.2% are 65 or older; the median age is about 30 years (it is 30 across Rangpur Division). For every 100 people of working age (15–64) there are 54 children and older people.

0–4 ****211,005**

5–9 ****208,776**

10–14 ****196,469**

15–19 ****164,852**

20–24 ****178,684**

25–29 ****188,604**

30–34 ****180,606**

35–39 ****166,841**

40–44 ****155,277**

45–49 ****144,186**

50–54 ****129,038**

55–59 ****110,581**

60–64 ****84,873**

65–69 ****67,638**

70–74 ****51,624**

75–79 ****37,300**

80+ ****33,307**

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 Kurigram District?

Kurigram District lies in [Rangpur Division](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/), [Bangladesh](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/). It borders 4 other districts: [Gaibandha District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/gaibandha/), [Jamalpur District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/mymensingh/jamalpur/), [Lalmonirhat District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/lalmonirhat/) and [Rangpur District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/rangpur/). By area it is the 30th largest of 64 districts in Bangladesh. It covers 13.9% of [Rangpur Division](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/). The centre of Kurigram District is about 242 km in a straight line from Dhaka, the capital. It is about 45 km from Rangpur, the main town of Rangpur Division. The centre point is at 25.7905° N, 89.6951° 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 Kurigram District

Upazila Area km² Localities Services 

[Bhurungamari Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/kurigram/bhurungamari/) 230 84 23 

[Chilmari Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/kurigram/chilmari/) 244 36 40 

[Kurigram Sadar Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/kurigram/kurigram-sadar/) 274 103 86 

[Nageshwari Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/kurigram/nageshwari/) 416 133 31 

[Phulbari Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/kurigram/phulbari/) 161 68 3 

[Rajarhat Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/kurigram/rajarhat/) 163 98 7 

[Rajibpur Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/kurigram/rajibpur/) 114 26 59 

[Roumari Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/kurigram/roumari/) 200 100 114 

[Ulipur Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/kurigram/ulipur/) 465 173 12 

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 Kurigram District

Open gazetteers list **811 villages, towns and localities** in Kurigram District. The largest with a recorded population: Chilmāri (49,736) and Nageswari (49,425). Settlements here lie between about 14 m and 41 m above sea level (median 31 m).

- Abdul Hakim
- Abdul Hādi
- Adhgrām
- Agil Muhammad
- Aikumari Bhati
- Alga Char
- Ambari
- Anantapur
- Anantāpur
- Andharijbar Khamdi
- Andharijhar
- Andharijhar Khamer
- Angaria
- Antāl Nad
- Arazi Paikdanga
- Arjun
- Arjun Misra
- Arozi Bhogdānga
- Arāzi Kadamttala
- Arāzi Kumarpur
- Arāzi Newāsi
- Arāzi Palāshbāri
- Arāzi Pipulbāri
- Ashkarnagar
- Ashtamirchar
- Atharapāika
- Atiābāri
- Atmāram
- Azmata
- Azoātāri
- Badarpur
- Badijamāpur
- Bagbhandar
- Bagchar Khāmār
- Bagoar Char
- Bagoarchar
- Bagua Anantapur
- Baidapara
- Baiddatari
- Bailmān Diārkhāta
- Baje Mujrai Upanchahi
- Bajra
- Bajra Tabakpur
- Bakshi Grām
- Baladia
- Balarāmpur
- Balatari
- Baliamari
- Ballabherkhas
- Ballabhpur
- Ballabhārkhash
- Balākāndi
- Bamandanga
- Banar Khuli
- Bancharchar
- Bandaber
- Bandber
- Bangasonahat
- Banglabazar
- Baparipara Slum (Ward#3)
- Bara Khatamari
- Barabari
- Barabhita
- Baragram
- Baraibāri
- Baraikāndi
- Baralāi
- Baranari
- Baro Mahishmuri
- Barua Tabākpur
- Barābhita
- Batabari
- Baushmari
- Bausmāri
- Begamganj
- Behular Char
- Beldaha
- Beldaha Dipuhat
- Belgachha
- Belgāchha
- Beparir Hat
- Berubari
- Berubāri
- Bhabānīpur
- Bhadrapārā
- Bhadyar Bazar
- Bhagabatipur
- Bhajanpur
- Bhangamor
- Bhani Kedar
- Bhatoterchora
- Bhawal Kuri
- Bhelākopa
- Bhelāmāri
- Bherbheri
- Bhimsitla
- Bhitarband
- Bhogdanga
- Bhogdānga
- Bhonāthpur
- Bhot Hat
- Bhurungamari
- Bhurungamāri
- Bhutar Bazar
- Bhāgmāra
- Bhākuākuthi
- Bhāngamor
- Bhāngāmor
- Biddhānānda
- Bidyabāgis
- Bidyananda
- Bioyābāgish
- Bir Rahim
- Bishnaballaph
- Bishnupur
- Bisweswar
- Boailbhir
- Boldeya
- Botla
- Boālmāri
- Bullabpur
- Buraburi
- Burāburi
- Bāgdānga
- Bāhārband
- Bāidiāri
- Bāinmāri
- Bāitbāri
- Bālarhat
- Bāliāmāri
- Bālādobe
- Bālākandi
- Bālārhāt
- Bālātari
- Bāmandānga
- Bānchharam
- Bānkaray Madhupur
- Bānkāmāri
- Bānspātāri Khurd
- Bārbānda
- Bāsur Bhita
- Bātāsu Kājaldānga
- Bāwairgrām
- Chadrakhāna
- Chak Nālikati
- Chakir Pasar
- Chander Hat
- Chandipur
- Chandrakhāna
- Char Bagua
- Char Bajibpur
- Char Bajra
- Char Balarāmpur
- Char Baldia
- Char Balārhāt
- Char Bandber
- Char Baraibāri
- Char Baruitari
- Char Berubāri
- Char Bhurungamari
- Char Bhurungamāri
- Char Budahkat
- Char Bālānhat
- Char Bārabish
- Char Chowdhaghari
- Char Damalgram
- Char Dhantala
- Char Dhaurar Kuti
- Char Dighaltari
- Char Diārapara
- Char Durgapur
- Char Fakirganj
- Char Gāzi Pāra
- Char Harikesh
- Char Jadu
- Char Juān Sāntra
- Char Jātarāpur
- Char Kalākurā
- Char Kazikata
- Char Krishnapur
- Char Kumarbangibara
- Char Kāliganj
- Char Kālikāpur
- Char Kālir Ālga
- Char Kāzātkāta
- Char Lachhni
- Char Montala
- Char Mājai
- Char Mājiāli
- Char Nachani
- Char Nautia
- Char Newaji
- Char Nunkhāwa
- Char Nārāyanpur
- Char Palana
- Char Parbatipur
- Char Patrakhata
- Char Phulbāri
- Char Phākiura
- Char Saulmari
- Char Shoulmari
- Char Sitāijhār
- Char Soulmari
- Char Tilai
- Char Āirmāri
- Chardaikawa
- Chatia Bil
- Chatlakānda
- Chaturohuj
- Chhan Bandha
- Chhata Khatamari
- Chhata Mahishmari
- Chhatrapur
- Chhatrājit
- Chhinai
- Chhināi
- Chhināihāt
- Chhirir Para
- Chhutu
- Chhāt Mallikbeg
- Chhāt Modhāi
- Chiandāmari
- Chilmari
- Chilmari Union
- Chilmāri
- Chirpaiker Chhara
- Chondrakhāna
- Chākir Pasai Taluk
- Chākirpasār Patkhakpāra
- Chāktabāri
- Chānaijari
- Dakhin Tāpur Char
- Dakshin Bansjani
- Dakshin Chhat Gopalpur
- Dakshin Daldalia
- Dakshin Dhaldanga
- Dakshin Dharanibāri
- Dakshin Indragar
- Dakshin Prānpati
- Dakshin Ramkhana
- Dakshin Telai
- Dalan
- Daldalia
- Damalgrām
- Dangua Para
- Dantbhanga
- Dari Kishorpur
- Debicharan
- Debipur
- Debālaya
- Dewan Khamar
- Dhaluabari
- Dhamshreni
- Dhanarichar
- Dhani Gāgla
- Dhanigāgla
- Dhanār Char Hāt
- Dhanīrām
- Dharanibari
- Dharka
- Dharmapur
- Dhaurar Kuti
- Dhenkiārām
- Dhāmshreni
- Dhāriārhāt
- Diadanga
- Digal Haillā
- Digalkāndi
- Digar
- Digdāri Nunkhāwa
- Digrir Char
- Dina
- Dnenkrārām Khāmār
- Dongdhara
- Douti
- Dowaner Khamar
- Dudhkhoa
- Dulāler Kuthi
- Durgapur
- Durgācharan
- Durgāpur
- Durgārām
- Dāmālgrām
- Dānthbānga
- Dārichar Panchpara
- Dārikānda
- Dāser Chhara
- Dāsherhāt
- Elangjāni
- Euchhni
- Faikdanga
- Fakir Mohammad
- Fakirchhāt
- Foluyar Char
- Fulbari
- Gaijāmari
- Ganair Kuthi
- Ganar Kuthi
- Gangādās
- Ganāi
- Garek Mondal
- Garialdanga
- Gatiasyam
- Gatur Khuti
- Gazeckuthi
- Gender Alga
- Gendār Ālga
- Ghanashyāmpur
- Gharialdanga
- Ghatir Khamar
- Ghogadaha
- Ghogādaha
- Ghogār Kuthi
- Ghugumari
- Ghumāru Bhimsitla
- Goalerchar
- Goatapāra
- Gobardhanda
- Gobardhankuthi
- Gobindapur
- Gochidangg
- Gokula
- Golalari
- Golar Hat
- Golbari
- Gom Bāri
- Gopalpur
- Gopināthpur
- Gopālpur
- Gorai Raghuray
- Gorak Mondal
- Gorāi
- Gorāi Panchpir
- Gorāi Piār
- Gotapara
- Goytapara
- Goālgrām
- Gunaigachh
- Gunair Khuti
- Gunāigachhi
- Guru Krishna
- Guzimāri
- Hajir Hat
- Halokhana
- Halokhānda
- Haridānga
- Harikesh
- Harindhara
- Hariram
- Hariswar Tāluk
- Hasnabad
- Hatia
- Hatra tari
- Heldanga
- Hemer Kuthi
- Hijli
- Hijli Goppāra
- Hingul Ray
- Hokādānga
- Hājirkuthi
- Hālokhāna
- Hāria Bhabesh
- Hāru Netra
- Hāsnabād Khamār
- Hāsnābād
- Hātia Bakshi
- Hāyātkhān
- Hāzipur
- Ichākuri
- Indrāgarh
- Islabārii
- Islampur
- Jadurchar
- Jahajer Char
- Jalangārkuti
- Jamuna
- Jatrapur
- Jaykumar
- Jhagrarchar
- Jhaukuthi
- Jhunkār Char
- Jhānkuthi
- Jhāukuthi
- Jorgāchi
- Josh Sarāyā
- Jot Gobardhan
- Jot Indranarāyan
- Jot Krishnahari
- Joy Saraswati
- Joymanir Hat
- Junaidānga
- Junkir Char
- Juān Sāntra
- Jādur Char
- Jāhājer Ālga
- Jājāgir
- Jāndirkanda
- Jātrāpur
- Jāunia Char
- Kabir Mahmud

…and 411 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 Kurigram District

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

### Water

4 rivers and streams.

- Dharla River
- Grai
- Phulkumār
- Raidāk River

### Getting around

2 railway stations.

- Bhurungamāri
- Sonahāt

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 Kurigram District and the best time to visit

In Kurigram District, the warmest month is Jun (average 29 °C) and the coolest is Jan (16 °C). About 2,165 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (419 mm) and the driest Dec (4 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 16 7 

Feb 19 15 

Mar 24 41 

Apr 28 174 

May 29 286 

Jun 29 389 

Jul 29 419 

Aug 29 329 

Sep 28 323 

Oct 25 172 

Nov 21 8 

Dec 17 4 

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

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Kurigram District

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

- Hospitals23
- Banks27
- Petrol pumps13
- Hotels12
- Shopping malls4
- Schools217
- Colleges and universities44
- Cinemas3
- Pharmacies2
- Restaurants25
- Police stations5

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 Kurigram District?In Rangpur Division, Bangladesh
- What is the population of Kurigram District?2,309,661 (2022 estimate)
- What is the median age in Kurigram District?About 30 years (2022 estimate)
- What is the population density of Kurigram District?About 1,019 people per km²
- What borders Kurigram District?Gaibandha District, Jamalpur District, Lalmonirhat District and Rangpur District
- How many villages are in Kurigram District?811 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Kurigram District?Settlements lie between 14 m and 41 m
- What is the best time to visit Kurigram District?November to March
- How many hospitals are in Kurigram District?23 mapped
- How many banks are in Kurigram District?27 mapped
- How many petrol pumps are in Kurigram District?13 mapped
- What is the P-code of Kurigram District?BD5549 (OCHA common operational dataset)