# Nilphamari District, Rangpur Division – Upazilas & Population

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

District · Rangpur Division 

# Nilphamari District

Nilphamari District is a district (zila) of Bangladesh in Rangpur Division. It had an estimated **2,076,058 people** in 2022 on 1,596 km² (about 1,301 per km²). Its main town is Nilphamari. It is divided into 6 upazilas. 636 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 414 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 2,076,058people (2022)
- 1,596km²
- 6upazilas
- 414mapped services

## How many people live in Nilphamari District?

Nilphamari District had an estimated **2,076,058 people** in 2022 — 12.0% of Rangpur Division, 33rd of 64 districts. There are 1,038 women for every 1,000 men (below the Rangpur Division figure of 1,061). Spread over 1,596 km², that is about **1,301 people per km²**, 14th of 64 districts.

27.7% of people are children under 15 and 6.6% are 65 or older; the median age is about 29 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 ****194,398**

5–9 ****197,584**

10–14 ****182,654**

15–19 ****171,071**

20–24 ****166,042**

25–29 ****168,207**

30–34 ****161,460**

35–39 ****154,045**

40–44 ****136,343**

45–49 ****129,003**

50–54 ****109,714**

55–59 ****95,816**

60–64 ****72,315**

65–69 ****55,614**

70–74 ****37,652**

75–79 ****24,724**

80+ ****19,416**

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 Nilphamari District?

Nilphamari District lies in [Rangpur Division](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/), [Bangladesh](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/). It borders 4 other districts: [Dinajpur District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/dinajpur/), [Lalmonirhat District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/lalmonirhat/), [Panchagarh District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/panchagarh/) and [Rangpur District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/rangpur/). By area it is the 42nd largest of 64 districts in Bangladesh. It covers 9.8% of [Rangpur Division](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/). The centre of Nilphamari District is about 297 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 26.0256° N, 88.9301° 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 Nilphamari District

Upazila People per km² Area km² Localities Services 

[Nilphamari Sadar Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/nilphamari/nilphamari-sadar/) 491,704 1,315 374 149 178 

[Jaldhaka Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/nilphamari/jaldhaka/) 410,608 1,333 308 125 14 

[Dimla Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/nilphamari/dimla/) 349,456 1,049 333 135 40 

[Saidpur Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/nilphamari/saidpur/) 289,940 2,382 122 51 135 

[Domar Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/nilphamari/domar/) 278,137 1,106 251 124 37 

[Kishoreganj Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/rangpur/nilphamari/kishoreganj/) 256,213 1,231 208 71 10 

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 Nilphamari District

Open gazetteers list **636 villages, towns and localities** in Nilphamari District. The largest with a recorded population: Saidpur (199,422). Settlements here lie between about 32 m and 71 m above sea level (median 53 m).

- Aisdhāl
- Akashkori
- Akashkuri
- Akelpur
- Akhra
- Akkelpur
- Alshiapara
- Amarkhāna
- Ambāri
- Amrulbari
- Arazi Kismat Chaora
- Arazi Kothalia
- Arazi Pāthānpāra
- Arazikanial Khata
- Arzi Dalua
- Arāzi Chāndkhāna
- Arāzi Deshibāri
- Arāzi Kuchiamor
- Atgharipāra
- Atiābāri
- Awaldāngi
- Babrijhār
- Bachuniopara
- Badi
- Bagar Jikabāri
- Bagulāgari
- Bagulāgār
- Bagulāgāri
- Bahagili
- Baispukur
- Baitpāra
- Baje Dumuria
- Bajitpāra
- Bakshiganj
- Bakshir Kamāt
- Balagram
- Balagrām
- Balapara
- Balapāra
- Bamandanga
- Bamunia
- Bandar Kharibāri
- Bangalipur
- Baniapara
- Baniatāri
- Baniā
- Bara Dumuria
- Bara Kamat
- Bara Rauta
- Bara Sangalshi
- Barabhita
- Barabisa
- Barabāri
- Baradāha
- Baragācha
- Baragācha Jor
- Barahita
- Barakhankikharija
- Bargharitari
- Barobira
- Barua
- Barā Dalua
- Barāgacha
- Barāgācha
- Basatpāra
- Batlāgāri
- Bechitaripāra
- Bechuniapāra
- Bedgara
- Bedgāra
- Bengmāri
- Beradanga
- Beruband
- Berubanda
- Berādānga
- Berākuthi
- Bhabenchur
- Bhagdabāri
- Bhagdābri
- Bherbheri
- Bhogdabari
- Bhogdābri
- Bhujaripāra
- Bhujāripāra
- Bhutar Hāt
- Binyākuri
- Bishmuri
- Bismuri
- Boragari
- Botlagari
- Botlāgāri
- Brahmmattar
- Buglāgāri
- Bujāripāra
- Bulaichandi
- Burāli
- Bāfla
- Bāgdogra
- Bāgdokra
- Bāhamandaitāri
- Bāhmania
- Bāhmanpāra
- Bāhāgili
- Bāhālipāra
- Bālāpāra
- Bāniapāra
- Bāona Bāoni
- Bārai Sālpara
- Bārakhankikharija
- Bāri Madhupur
- Bārāisālpāra
- Bāshdaha
- Bāsudpāra
- Chak Dubulia
- Chak Dubālia
- Chandanpāt
- Chandkhana
- Changmaripara
- Chaora
- Chaora Baragachha
- Chapani Kakina
- Chapra Saramjani
- Chapāni
- Char Charabāri
- Char Kharibāri
- Charaikhola
- Charāikhola
- Chauradānga
- Chelāpāra
- Chengmāri
- Cherenga
- Chhail
- Chhat Gharipāra
- Chhatnai
- Chhirabadi
- Chhit
- Chhit Chhatnai
- Chhit Kumarpāra
- Chhit Mirganj
- Chhota Dalua
- Chhota Elangamari
- Chhota Khāta
- Chhota Sangalshi
- Chhātnāi
- Chikanmati
- Chikanmāti
- Chilahāti
- Chillai
- Chirakutipāra
- Chirobhija
- Chirobhijapāra
- Chit Mirganj
- Chopra Saranijani
- Choura
- Chulgapara
- Chutkuihpara
- Chāndkhana
- Chāndkhāna
- Chāpra Saramjani
- Chārenga
- Dakhanpāra
- Dakhin Balapāra
- Dakhin Gayabari
- Dakhin Sonākhāli
- Dakhsin Durāikuthi
- Dakshin Barabhita
- Dakshin Bāhāgili
- Dakshin Choura
- Dakshin Chourā
- Dakshin Chāndkhāna
- Dakshin Deshibāri
- Dakshin Girbha
- Dakshin Jhunagachh
- Dakshin Kharibari
- Dakshin Singergāri
- Dakshin Tituapāra
- Dakshinpara
- Dakshinpāra
- Dalia
- Dalpāra
- Danga
- Dangapāra
- Daribara
- Darjipāra
- Darwani
- Darājganj
- Dauabari
- Debiduba
- Deghaltar
- Deshibai
- Desibāri
- Dhakshinpāra
- Dhalgachh
- Dhalua
- Dharmapal
- Dharmapāl
- Dharmatal
- Dhitarkot
- Dhopādānga
- Dhopāghāt
- Dhukuri
- Dhāijān
- Dhānpāra
- Dighaldāngi
- Dighaltari
- Dighi
- Digsha
- Dimla
- Diwaltāri
- Diwanganj
- Dogachhi
- Dogāchhi
- Dohalāra
- Dohapāra
- Dolapāra
- Dolua Dānga
- Domar
- Domār
- Dondari
- Duanjapara
- Dubachari
- Dubāchari
- Duhali
- Dulānipāra
- Dulāpāra
- Dāngāpāra
- Dāud
- Fatehpāra
- Fulbari Hāt
- Fultaia Girdha
- Gade
- Gagrapāra
- Ganesh
- Ganeshpur
- Gar Dharmapāl
- Garagram
- Gayabari
- Gayabāri
- Ghonpāra
- Ghughumāri
- Ghugumāri
- Ghātpāra
- Goalpāra
- Gobindapur
- Golmunda
- Golna
- Gomnati
- Gomnati Uttarpāra
- Goregiām Dhopādānga
- Goregrām
- Goregrām Kānchanpāra
- Gorgram
- Gorgrām
- Goālpāra
- Gudām
- Gunpāra
- Guragram
- Gurguri
- Gābrol
- Gārāgaon
- Gārāgrām
- Halhalia
- Hansrāj
- Hariballab
- Harikot
- Harinchara
- Harinchāra
- Harishchandrapat
- Harnaria
- Haroa
- Hāroa Simulbāri
- Hārua Shimulbāri
- Itakhola
- Jadunāth
- Jaldanpāra
- Jaldhaka
- Jaliapāra
- Jalwapāra
- Jamirbāri
- Jaychandi
- Jhakurapāra
- Jharpāra
- Jharsingeshwar
- Jholārtāri
- Jhumjhumpāra
- Jhunagachh Chapani
- Jhunagāch Chapāni
- Jhārsingheshwar
- Jogi
- Jogipāra
- Jorabari
- Jorabāri
- Jāliāpāra
- Jāmirbāri
- Kachua
- Kachukata
- Kaihini
- Kaimari
- Kaimāri
- Kakai
- Kakra
- Kalkewat
- Kaluapāra
- Kamarpukur
- Kaniāl Khāta
- Kansana Bīl
- Kanthali
- Karanipāra
- Karipāra
- Kashiram Belpukur
- Kaukaupāra
- Kaulapāra
- Kaya
- Kesba
- Keshba
- Ketkibari
- Khachimāda
- Khachtmādha
- Khaga Kharibari
- Khaksabari
- Khaliasapāra
- Khalisa Dhulia
- Khalisha
- Khalisha Chapani
- Khalisha Khutāmāra
- Khalisha Kukhāpara
- Khalisāpacha
- Khamār Chhātnai
- Khanabaripāra
- Khanpara
- Kharija Golna
- Khata Madhupur
- Khatamari
- Khaturia
- Khenpāra
- Kherkati Hāt
- Khetkibāri
- Khokshabari
- Khorardānga Hāt
- Khord Botlagari
- Khutamara
- Khutamāra
- Khālisa Chapāni
- Khālisha Belpukur
- Khālisha Pachha
- Khālpāra
- Khāmāl Kaimāri
- Khāmār Mahanaj
- Khānabāri
- Khāta Madhupur
- Kirtāniapāra
- Kirtānipāra
- Kishoreganj
- Kismat
- Kismat Battala
- Kismat Bircharan
- Kismat Chaora
- Kismat Charāikhola
- Kismat Dalua
- Kismat Dhāljan
- Kismat Dogāchhi
- Kismat Dāngi
- Kismat Golna
- Kismat Kadikol
- Kismat Kāmārpukur
- Kismat Pachāpukur
- Kismat Sonārāi
- Koigila
- Kubilāpāra
- Kukhāpāra
- Kukrādānga
- Kumar Para Khas
- Kumarpāra
- Kumlaipartāri
- Kumārgāri
- Kundai
- Kundapukur
- Kundat
- Kuripāra
- Kurkuripāra
- Kuthipāra
- Kutipara
- Kutipāra
- Kutir
- Kuzipukur
- Kāchukāta
- Kāliganj
- Kālikāpur
- Kālirhāt
- Kālkāut
- Kāmārpāra
- Kānchanpara
- Kānchanpāra
- Kānāikāta
- Kānāikāta Gyāndās
- Kāshirām Belpukur
- Kāthāli
- Kāthālī
- Lakhichāp
- Lakhichāp Hāt

…and 236 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 Nilphamari District

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

### Water

20 rivers and streams.

- Auilkhan
- Bagdokra Nāla
- Buri Khola Nadi
- Buri Tista Nadi
- Buri Tista River
- Buri Tīsta River
- Burikhora River
- Charālkāta Nadi
- Chungabhanga Nadi
- Deonai Nadi
- Dhaijan Nadi
- Dhodhar Nadi
- Dhum Nadi
- Duajian Nadi
- Khora Nadi
- Kumlal River
- Nautāra Nadi
- Singhara Nadi
- Srikuru Nadi
- Tista River

### Getting around

4 railway stations; 1 airport.

- Darwāni Railway Station
- Khairātnagar Railway Station
- Nilphāmāri Railway Station
- Saidpur Airport
- Taranibāri 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 Nilphamari District and the best time to visit

In Nilphamari District, the warmest month is May (average 30 °C) and the coolest is Jan (16 °C). About 1,960 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (462 mm) and the driest Dec (2 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 6 

Feb 20 11 

Mar 25 29 

Apr 30 93 

May 30 206 

Jun 30 324 

Jul 29 462 

Aug 29 359 

Sep 28 332 

Oct 25 130 

Nov 21 6 

Dec 17 2 

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

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Nilphamari District

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

- Hospitals57
- Banks39
- ATMs1
- Petrol pumps23
- Hotels18
- Shopping malls10
- Schools135
- Colleges and universities43
- Pharmacies37
- Restaurants42
- Police stations4
- 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 Nilphamari District?In Rangpur Division, Bangladesh
- What is the population of Nilphamari District?2,076,058 (2022 estimate)
- What is the median age in Nilphamari District?About 29 years (2022 estimate)
- What is the population density of Nilphamari District?About 1,301 people per km²
- What borders Nilphamari District?Dinajpur District, Lalmonirhat District, Panchagarh District and Rangpur District
- How many villages are in Nilphamari District?636 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Nilphamari District?Settlements lie between 32 m and 71 m
- What is the best time to visit Nilphamari District?November to March
- How many hospitals are in Nilphamari District?57 mapped
- How many banks are in Nilphamari District?39 mapped
- How many ATMs are in Nilphamari District?1 mapped
- How many petrol pumps are in Nilphamari District?23 mapped
- What is the P-code of Nilphamari District?BD5573 (OCHA common operational dataset)