Ulipur Upazila

Ulipur (উলিপুর) is an upazila of Kurigram District in the Rangpur Division, Bangladesh.

Geography
Ulipur is located at 25.6639°N, 89.6333°W. It has 103,061 households and total area 458.48 km2. The Brahmaputra River and Teesta River flow through Ulipur. The Upazila is bounded by Chilmari and Raomari upazilas to the south, Kurigram Sadar and Rajarhat upazilas to its north, Assam state of India to its east, and Rangpur District to its west.

Demographics
According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Ulipur Upazila had 103,061 households and a population of 395,207. 94,559 (23.93%) were under 10 years of age. Ulipur had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 45.64%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1069 females per 1000 males. 45,933 (11.62%) lived in urban areas.

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Ulipur has a population of 345205. Males constitute are 50% of the population, and females 50%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 153939. Ulipur has an average literacy rate of 23.9% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Administration
Ulipur Upazila is divided into Ulipur Municipality and 13 union parishads: Bazra, Begumgonj, Buraburi, Daldalia, Dhamsreni, Dharanibari, Durgapur, Gunaigas, Hatia, Pandul, Shahabiar Alga, Tobockpur, and Thetrai. The union parishads are subdivided into 147 mauzas and 354 villages.

Ulipur Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 16 mahallas.

Education
According to Banglapedia, Bakshiganj Rajibia High School, founded in 1945, Durgapur High School, Durgapur (1914), Ulipur Government Girls' High School (1909), and Ulipur M.S. High School & College (1864) are notable secondary schools.

Notable people

 * AKM Maidul Islam Mukul
 * Md. Amjad Hossain Talukdar
 * Mozammel Hossain Lalu
 * Md. Motiur Rahman
 * Akkas Ali Sarker
 * MA Matin