Astagram is an Upazila of Kishoreganj District

Kishoreganj District

-Place of Interest:Kishorganj is a place of the creed of respectively Sanatana and Loukik Islam. Both Meghna and Brahmaputra river have contributed to its existence. Many traditional rituals are observed every year in Kishoreganj. Among them Kurikhai Mela is one of the most celebrated fair. It is a...

 in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

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Geography

Astagram is located at 24.2667°N 91.1250°E . It has 21077 units of house hold and total area 355.53 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census

1991 Bangladesh census

In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age distribution, marital status, economically active...

, Astagram has a population of 132303. Males constitute are 51.41% of the population, and females 48.59%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 59377. Astagram has an average literacy rate of 38.2% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.