{{pp-move}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Tarash | native_name = তাড়াশ | settlement_type = Upazila of Bangladesh | image_skyline = Cholon bill.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = Chalan Beel | image_map = Tarash in Rajshahi division (Bangladesh).svg | coordinates = {{coord|24|{{#expr:.4333*60 round 1}}|N|89|{{#expr:.3750*60 round 1}}|E|type:adm3rd|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Bangladesh}} | subdivision_type1 = Division | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_type3 = <!-- Capital --> | subdivision_name1 = Rajshahi | subdivision_name2 = Sirajganj | subdivision_name3 = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | area_total_km2 = 300.07 | area_metro_km2 = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | population_total = 211853 | population_as_of = 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=402}}</ref> | population_density_km2 = auto | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 6770<ref name="postalcode">{{Cite web |url=https://bdpost.portal.gov.bd/site/page/14296ce0-5711-4999-af95-7ec04f6dd07d |title=Bangladesh Postal Code |date=21 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 = 07528<ref name="areacode">{{Cite web |url=https://en.chahaoba.com/Bangladesh |title=Bangladesh Area Code |date=18 October 2024 |publisher=Chahaoba.com |location=China}}</ref> | website = [http://www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/sirajganj/Tarash.gif Official Map of Tarash] | footnotes = | timezone = BST | utc_offset = +6 }} thumb|Tarash Upazila mauza geocode map
'''Tarash''' ({{langx|bn|তাড়াশ}}) is an upazila, or sub-district of Sirajganj District, located in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite Banglapedia |last=Newaz |first=M. G |article=Tarash Upazila}}</ref>
==Geography== Tarash is located at {{coord|24.4333|N|89.3750|E|}}. It has 48,941 households and total area 300.07 km<sup>2</sup>. The upazila is bounded by Sherpur upazila of Bogra district on the north, Bhangura and Chatmohar upazilas of Pabna district on the south, Raiganj and Ullahpara upazilas on the east, Gurudaspur and Singra upazilas of Natore district on the west.<ref name=Banglapedia>{{citation |author=M.G Newaz |chapter=Tarash Upazila |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Tarash_Upazila |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |editor=Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh |year=2012 |edition=Second}}</ref>
==Demographics==
{{bar box |title=Religions in Tarash Upazila (2022)<ref name="2022census"/> |titlebar=#Fcd116 |left1=Religion |right1=Percent |float=left |bars= {{bar percent|Islam|green|91.98}} {{bar percent|Hinduism|darkorange|7.74}} {{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.28}} }}
According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Tarash Upazila had 56,576 households and a population of 211,853. 8.90% of the population were under 5 years of age. Tarash had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 71.87%: 75.14% for males and 68.70% for females, and a sex ratio of 97.99 males for every 100 females. 17,488 (8.25%) lived in urban areas. Ethnic population is 10,196 (4.81%), of which Kurukh are 4,484.<ref name="2022census">{{Cite book |url=http://203.112.218.101/storage/files/1/Publications/PHC_2021/Rajshahi%20Division/District%20Report%20Sirajganj%20Full.pdf |title=Population and Housing Census 2022 - District Report: Sirajganj |date=June 2024 |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |isbn=978-984-475-229-0 |series=District Series |location=Dhaka |pages= }}</ref>
{{Pie chart |caption = Population of Tarash upazila by ethnicity (2022)<ref name="2022census" /> |label1 = Bengali |value1 = 95.19 |color1 = green |label2 = Mahato |value2 = 2.12 |color2 = lavender |other = y |other-label = Others |other-color = grey |thumb=left }}
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Tarash Upazila had 48,941 households and a population of 197,214. 46,610 (23.63%) were under 10 years of age. Tarash had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 38.98%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1024 females per 1000 males. 8,442 (4.28%) lived in urban areas.<ref name="census2011">{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Sirajganj |url=http://203.112.218.101/storage/files/1/Publications/PHC_Zila_2011/RAJSHAHI%20DIVISION/Zila_Sirajganj.pdf |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics}}</ref> Ethnic population was 9,498 (4.82%), mainly Oraon and Mahato.<ref name="community">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Community Tables: Sirajganj district |url=http://203.112.218.101/storage/files/1/Publications/PHC_2011%20Community%20Report/RAJSHAHI%20DIVISION/SIRAJGANJ.pdf |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |access-date=2023-12-19}}</ref>
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Tarash has a population of 135435. Males constitute are 50.21% of the population, and females 49.79%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 68421. Tarash has an average literacy rate of 22.6% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.<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. |url-status=live}}</ref>
==Administration== Tarash, primarily formed as a Thana, was turned into an upazila in 1983.<ref name="Banglapedia" />
Tarash Upazila is divided into Tarash Municipality and eight union parishads:Talam, Baruhas, Deshigram, Madhainagar, Magura Binod, Naogaon, Saguna, and Tarash. The union parishads are subdivided into 171 mauzas and 254 villages.<ref name="census2011"/>
==Notable people== * Ataur Rahman (politician, born 1951) * Gazi M M Amjad Hossain
==See also== * Upazilas of Bangladesh * Districts of Bangladesh * Divisions of Bangladesh * Thanas of Bangladesh * Union councils of Bangladesh
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://tarash.sirajganj.gov.bd/node/91284 এক নজরে তাড়াশ] (in Bengali)
{{Sirajganj District}} {{Upazilas of Rajshahi Division}}
==Notes== {{Notelist}}
Category:Upazilas of Sirajganj District
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