Bhuapur Upazila

Bhuyanpur (ভূঞাপুর) is an upazila of Tangail District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Geography
Bhuapur is located at 24.4583°N, 89.8667°W. It has 46,412 households and total area of 225.00 km2. The upazila is surrounded by Gopalpur & Sarishabari Upazila on the north, Kalihati Upazila on the south, Gopalpur and Ghatail Upazila on the east, and the Jamuna River on the west.

Demographics
According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, 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.

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%.

Administration
Bhuapur Upazila is divided into Bhuapur Municipality and six union parishads: Arjuna, Aloa, Falda, Gabsara, Gobindashi, and Nikrail. The union parishads are subdivided into 81 mauzas and 128 villages.

Bhuapur Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 22 mahallas.

Notable residents

 * Salma Khatun, Bangladesh's first female locomotive driver, graduated from Aurjuna Mohsin High School.
 * Afran Nisho