Niamatpur is an upazila of Naogaon District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Geography

Niamatpur is located at 24.8583°N, 88.5667°W. It has 35299 households and total area 449.09 km2. It is bounded by Porsha Upazila on the north, Tanore and Nachole upazilas on the south, Manda and Mahadevpur upazilas on the east, Gomastapur and Nachole upazilas on the west.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Niamatpur Upazila had 61,811 households and a population of 248,351. 49,712 inhabitants (20.02%) were under 10 years of age. Niamatpur had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 44.71%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1,026 females per 1,000 males. 5,953 (2.40%) lived in urban areas. Ethnic population was 32,141 (12.94%), of which Oraon were 8,067, Santal 6,256 and Barman 5,571. Twenty years earlier, the number of female inhabitants was lower, and males constituted a slender majority. As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Niamatpur had a population of 193,197. Males constituted 50.37% of the population, and females 49.63%. This Upazila's eighteen up population was 98,284. Niamatpur had an average literacy rate of 25.8% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Administration

Niamatpur Thana was formed in 1918 and it was turned into an upazila in 1983. Niamatpur Upazila is divided into eight union parishads: Bahadurpur, Bhabicha, Chandan Nagar, Hajinagar, Niamatpur, Parail, Rasulpur, and Sreemantapur. The union parishads are subdivided into 317 mauzas and 344 villages.