{{about|the Upazila|the Town|Bhuapur}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Bhuanpur Upazila | native_name = ভূঞাপুর, ভুয়াপুর | settlement_type = [[Upazilas of Bangladesh|Upazila]] | image_skyline = Bhuapur.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = [[Bangabandhu Bridge]] over the [[Jamuna River (Bangladesh)|Jamuna]] | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_size = | blank_emblem_type = | blank_emblem_link = | image_map = Bhuapur in Dhaka division (Bangladesh).svg | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Bangladesh}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Divisions of Bangladesh|Division]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Dhaka Division|Dhaka]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Bangladesh|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Tangail District|Tangail]] | subdivision_type3 = <!-- Capital --> | subdivision_name3 = | population_total = 217327 | population_as_of = [[2022 Bangladeshi census|2022]] | population_footnotes = <ref name="census2022">{{Cite book |url=https://bbs.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/bbs.portal.gov.bd/page/b343a8b4_956b_45ca_872f_4cf9b2f1a6e0/2024-01-31-15-51-b53c55dd692233ae401ba013060b9cbb.pdf |title=National Report |date=November 2023 |publisher=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]] |isbn=978-9844752016 |series=Population and Housing Census 2022 |volume=1 |location=Dhaka |pages=399}}</ref> | population_density_km2 = auto | area_total_km2 = 225.00 | area_metro_km2 = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | timezone = [[Bangladesh Standard Time|BST]] | utc_offset = +6 | coordinates = {{coord|24|{{#expr:.4583*60 round 1}}|N|89|{{#expr:.8667*60 round 1}}|E|type:city_region:BD|display=inline,title}} | postal_code_type = [[Postal codes in Bangladesh|Postal code]] | postal_code = 1960<ref name="postalcode">{{Cite web |url=https://bdpost.portal.gov.bd/site/page/05d22821-5b3e-49f3-896a-bc2cb1ba3cfe |title=Bangladesh Postal Code |date=20 October 2024 |publisher=Bangladesh Postal Department under the Department of Posts and Telecommunications of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology of the People's Republic of Bangladesh |location=Dhaka}}</ref> | area_code = 09223<ref name="areacode">{{Cite web |url=https://www.rebtel.com/en/international-calling-guide/phone-codes/bangladesh |title=Bangladesh Area Code |date=18 October 2024 |publisher=Rebtel.com |location=Stockholm, Sweden}}</ref> | website = {{URL|bhuapur.tangail.gov.bd}} | footnotes = | name = Bhuiyanpur Upazila }} [[File:Bhuapur Upazila mauza geocode map - Small Area Atlas Tangail.svg|thumb|Bhuapur Upazila mauza geocode map]]
'''Bhuyanpur''' ({{langx|bn|ভূঞাপুর}}) is an [[upazila]] of [[Tangail District]]<ref name=Banglapedia>{{citation |author=Md Kaiser |chapter=Bhuapur Upazila |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bhuapur_Upazila |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |editor=Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]] |year=2012 |edition=Second}}</ref> in the Division of [[Dhaka Division|Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]].
==Geography== [[Bhuapur]] is located at {{coord|24.4583|N|89.8667|E|}}. It has 46,412 households and total area of 225.00 km<sup>2</sup>. The upazila is surrounded by [[Gopalpur Upazila|Gopalpur]] & [[Sarishabari Upazila]] on the north, [[Kalihati Upazila]] on the south, [[Gopalpur Upazila|Gopalpur]] and [[Ghatail Upazila]] on the east, and the [[Jamuna River]] on the west.
==Demographics==
{{bar box |title=Religions in Bhuanpur Upazila (2022)<ref name="2022census"/> |titlebar=#Fcd116 |left1=Religion |right1=Percent |float=left |bars= {{bar percent|[[Islam in Bangladesh|Islam]]|green|97.08}} {{bar percent|[[Hinduism in Bangladesh|Hinduism]]|darkorange|2.90}} {{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.02}} }}
According to the [[2022 Bangladeshi census]], Bhuapur Upazila had 56,679 households and a population of 217,327. 9.43% of the population were under 5 years of age. Bhuapur had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 70.05%: 72.13% for males and 68.03% for females, and a sex ratio of 97.96 males for every 100 females. 42,422 (19.52%) lived in urban areas.<ref name="2022census">{{Cite book |url=http://203.112.218.101/storage/files/1/Publications/PHC_2021/Dhaka%20Division/District%20Report%20Tangail%20Full.pdf |title=Population and Housing Census 2022 - District Report: Tangail |date=June 2024 |publisher=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]] |isbn=978-984-475-273-3 |series=District Series |location=Dhaka |pages= }}</ref>
According to the [[2011 Bangladesh census|2011 Census of Bangladesh]], Bhuapur Upazila had 46,412 households and a population of 189,913. 45,885 (24.16%) were under 10 years of age. Bhuapur had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 43.84%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1059 females per 1000 males. 28,708 (15.12%) lived in urban areas.<ref name="census2011">{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Tangail |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Zila_Tangail.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd |publisher=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]] |access-date=2023-12-18 |archive-date=2022-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929201707/http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Zila_Tangail.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="community">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Community Tables: Tangail district |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCen2011/C_Tangail.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd |publisher=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref>
At the 1991 [[census]] [[Bhuapur]] had a population of 177,095, of whom 87,854 were aged 18 or older. Males constituted 51.65% of the population, and females 48.35%. Bhuyanpur had an average literacy rate of 29.9% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%.<ref name="census">{{cite web | accessdate = November 10, 2006 | url = http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archivedate = 2005-03-27 | title = Population Census Wing, BBS.}}</ref>
==Administration== Bhuapur Upazila is divided into Bhuapur Municipality and six [[union parishad]]s: [[Arjuna Union|Arjuna]], [[Aloa Union|Aloa]], [[Falda Union|Falda]], [[Gabsara Union|Gabsara]], [[Gobindashi Union|Gobindashi]], and [[Nikrail Union|Nikrail]]. The union parishads are subdivided into 81 mauzas and 128 villages.<ref name="census2011" />
Bhuapur Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 22 [[mahalla]]s.<ref name="census2011" />
==Notable residents== * [[Salma Khatun (train driver)|Salma Khatun]], Bangladesh's first female locomotive driver, graduated from Aurjuna Mohsin High School.<ref>{{cite news |title=Salma Khatun, the first female loco master in Bangladesh |url=https://www.theindependentbd.com/post/222322 |work=The Independent |location=Dhaka |date=4 November 2019}}</ref> *[[Afran Nisho]]
== See also == * [[Bhuapur]] * [[Upazilas of Bangladesh]] * [[Districts of Bangladesh]] * [[Divisions of Bangladesh]]
== References == {{reflist}}
{{Tangail District}} {{Upazilas of Dhaka Division}}
[[Category:Bhuapur Upazila| ]] [[Category:Upazilas of Tangail District]]
{{Dhaka-geo-stub}}
[[ru:Бхуапур]]