Phulbari Upazila, Kurigram

Phulbari (ফুলবাড়ী) is an upazila of Kurigram District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh.

Geography
Phulbari is located at 25.95°N, 89.5667°W. It has 39,643 households and total area 156.61 km2.

It is 8 km east of Lalmonirhat town, and was separated from Lalmonirhat District by Dharla River. Lalmonirhat is connected by kulaghat-Sonaikazi river crossing on Dharla river.

It is 28 km northwest of Kurigram town.

It is bounded by Nageshwari Upazila to the east, Kurigram Sadar and Rajarhat upazilas to the south, Lalmonirhat Sadar Upazila to the southwest and the Indian state of West Bengal to the north.

Demographics
According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Phulbari Upazila had 39,643 households and a population of 160,250. 37,035 (23.11%) were under 10 years of age. Phulbari had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 44.76%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1040 females per 1000 males. 12,895 (8.05%) lived in urban areas.

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Phulbari has a population of 129,668. Males constitute 50.49% of the population, and females 49.51%. This Upazila's population over the age of eighteen is 62,699. Phulbari has an average literacy rate of 24% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Administration
Phulbari Thana, formed in 1857, was turned into an upazila in 1984.

Phulbari Upazila is divided into six union parishads: Baravita, Bhangamor, Kashipur, Nawdanga, Phulbari, and Shimulbari. The union parishads are subdivided into 50 mauzas and 166 villages.

The name of the Upazila Chairman is Golam Rabbani Sarkar.