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'''Phulbari Upazila''' ([[Dinajpur District|dinajpur district]]) area 229.55 sq km, located in between 25°17' and 25°32' north latitudes and in between 88°44' and 89°01' east longitudes. It is bounded by [[Parbatipur Upazila|parbatipur]] and [[Chirirbandar Upazila|chirirbandar]] upazilas on the north, [[Birampur Upazila|birampur]] upazila on the south, [[Nawabganj Upazila (Dinajpur District)|nawabganj]] ([[Dinajpur District|dinajpur]]) and Birampur upazilas on the east, [[West Bengal|west bengal]] state of India on the west.'

''Population'' Total 151939; male 78803, female 73136; Muslim 126044, Hindu 20827, Buddhist 2335, Christian 63 and others 2670.

''Water bodies'' Main river: [[Little Jamuna River|little jamuna]].

''Administration'' Phulbari Thana was formed in 1857 and it was turned into an upazila in 1984.

{| class="table table-bordered table-hover"
|-
| colspan="9" | Upazila
|-
| rowspan="2" | Municipality || rowspan="2" | Union || rowspan="2" | Mouza || rowspan="2" | Village || colspan="2" | Population || rowspan="2" | Density (per sq km) || colspan="2" | Literacy rate (%)
|-
| Urban || Rural || | Urban || Rural
|-
|
1

|
7

|
158

|
151

|
27743

|
124196

|
662

|
56.1

|
46.4
|}
{| class="table table-bordered table-hover"
|-
| colspan="9" | Municipality
|-
|
Area
(sq km)

|
Ward

|
Mahalla

|
Population

|
Density (per sq km)

|
Literacy rate (%)

|-
|
16.05

|
9

|
14

|
27743

|
1728

|
56.1

|}

{| class="table table-bordered table-hover"
| colspan="5" | Union
|-
| rowspan="2" | Name of union and GO code || rowspan="2" | Area (acre) || colspan="2" | Population || rowspan="2" | Literacy rate (%)
|-
| Male || Female
|-
|
Aladipur
25

|
7780

|
8960

|
8163

|
47.67

|-
|
Eluary
47

|
9759

|
10750

|
10000

|
49.57

|-
|
Kazihal
66

|
9127

|
9436

|
8710

|
51.15

|-
|
Khayerbari
76

|
3490

|
4584

|
4486

|
46.31

|-
|
Betdighi
28

|
8504

|
10062

|
9600

|
44.99

|-
|
Daulatpur
38

|
5002

|
6498

|
6047

|
44.44

|-
|
Shibnagar
84

|
9098

|
14203

|
12697

|
41.91

|}
''Source ''Bangladesh Population Census 2001,Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

[[Image:PhulbariUpazilaDinajpur.jpg|thumb|400px]]
''Archaeological heritage and relics'' Damodarpur City, Garh Govinda.

''Historical events'' In 1947 [[Tebhaga Movement|tebhaga movement]]' was held under the leadership of Shamsuddin Ahmed and Rup Narayan in this upazila. On 29 March 1971, an encounter was held between the freedom fighters and the Pak army on the Dinajpur road in which the freedom fighters destroyed a number of military vehicles and captured huge amount of supplies including arms and ammunitions of the Pak army.

''Marks of the War of Liberation'' Mass grave and mass killing site 1 (Barai); memorial monument 1 (at the premises of Sujapur High School).

''Literacy rate and educational institutions'' Average literacy 48.2%; male 52.1%, female 44%. Educational institutions: college 6, vocational centre 8, secondary school 44, primary school 102, madrasa 18. Noted educational institutions: Daulatpur Girls' High School (1912), Ramchandrapur Girls' High School (1913), Rajarampur SU High School (1913), Rudrani High School (1915), Sujapur High School (1919), Phulbari GM Pilot High School (1920), Phulbari DS Fazil Madrasa.

''Newspapers and periodicals'' Weekly: Janamat (defunct).

''Cultural organisations'' Library 1, club 41, jatra party 2, cinema hall 4.

''Main sources of income'' Agriculture 68.83%, non-agricultural labourer 2.98%, industry 0.9%, commerce 12.41%, transport and communication 3.73%, service 5.55%, construction 0.65%, religious service 0.2%, rent and remittance 0.17% and others 4.58%.

''Ownership of agricultural land'' Landowner 50.29%, landless 49.71%; agricultural landowner: urban 44.41% and rural 51.53%.

''Main crops'' Paddy, wheat, jute, sugarcane, potato, pulse, oil seed, vegetables.

''Extinct or nearly extinct crops'' Aus paddy, bhadai paddy, betel leaf, tobacco.

''Main fruits'' Mango, banana, jackfruit.

''Fisheries, dairies and poultries'' Dairy 125, poultry 105.

''Communication facilities'' Pucca road 70 km, mud road 450 km; railway 16 km.

''Extinct or nearly extinct traditional transport'' Palanquin, bullock cart.

''Noted manufactories'' Rice mill, saw mill, oil mill, ice factory, printing press.

''Cottage industries'' Goldsmith, potteries, bamboo work, wood work.

''Hats, bazars and fairs'' Hats and bazars are 48, fairs 3, most noted of which are Phulbari Bazar Hat, Barai Hat, Ambari Hat, Amdungi Hat, Atpukur Hat, Madila Hat, Phulbari Mela.

''Main exports'' Paddy, wheat, banana.

''Access to electricity'' All the wards and unions of the upazila are under rural electrification net-work. However 22.88% of the dwelling households have access to electricity.

Natural resources' Coal mine has been discovered in this upazila in 1997.

''Sources of drinking water'' Tube-well 94.67%, tap 0.51%, pond 0.2% and others 4.62%.

''Sanitation'' 15.77% (rural 10.12% and urban 42.56%) of dwelling households of the upazila use sanitary latrines and 20.04% (rural 19.57% and urban 22.23%) of dwelling households use non-sanitary latrines; 64.19% of households do not have latrine facilities.

''Health centres'' Hospital 1, upazila health complex 1, union health and family planning centre 6, clinic 2.

''NGO activities'' Operationally important NGOs are [[BRAC|brac]], [[ASA|asa]], [[Thengamara Mahila Sabuj Sangha|thengamara mahila sabuj sangha]]. [Md. Rezaul Karim]

'''References''' Bangladesh Population Census 2001, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics; Cultural survey report of Phulbari Upazila 2007.

[[Category:Upazilas of Bangladesh]]

[[Category:Local Government]]

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