Hakimpur Upazila

Hakimpur is an upazila of Dinajpur District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh.

Geography
Hakimpur Upazila is located at 25.2833°N, 89.0167°W. It has 22,895 households and total area 99.92 km2.

Hakimpur Upazila is bounded by Nawabganj and Birampur Upazilas on the north, Nawabganj and Ghoraghat Upazila on the east, Panchbibi Upazila in Joypurhat District on the south and Hili CD Block in Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India, and Birampur Upazila on the west.

The second-largest land port of Bangladesh, Hili Land Port, is situated here.

Demographics
According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Hakimpur Upazila had 22,895 households and a population of 92,599. 19,296 (20.84%) were under 10 years of age. Hakimpur had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 54.72%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 963 females per 1000 males. 28,411 (30.68%) lived in urban areas. Ethnic population was 3,059 (3.30%), of which Oraon were 1,868 and Santal 876.

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Hakimpur has a population of 66875. Males constitute 51.22% of the population, and females 48.78%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 35649. Hakimpur has an average literacy rate of 30.1% (7+ years), better than the national average of 32.4%..

Administration
Hakimpur Thana was formed in 1950 and it was turned into an upazila in 1984.

Hakimpur Upazila is divided into Hakimpur Municipality and three union parishads: Alihat, Boalder, and Khattamadobpara. The union parishads are subdivided into 69 mauzas and 83 villages.

Hakimpur Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 17 mahallas.

Pouroshova

 * Hakimpur

Unions

 * Alihat
 * khottamadabpara
 * Boyaldar