Ghatail

Ghatail
Ghatail; ঘাটাইল
	Town
	Ghatail
	Coordinates: 24°28′52″N 89°58′23″E / 24.481195°N 89.973180°ECoordinates: 24°28′52″N 89°58′23″E / 24.481195°N 89.973180°E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Dhaka Division
District	Tangail District
Upazila	Ghatail Upazila
Government
• Type	Pourashava
• Mayor	Md Manjurul Haque (Bangladesh Awami League)
Area
• Total	8.08 km2 (3.12 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	35,245
• Density	4,400/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)
Postal codes	1980
Area code(s)	9225
Website	ghatail.tangail.gov.bd

Ghatail (Bengali: ঘাটাইল) is a town of Ghatail Upazila, Tangail, Bangladesh. The town is situated 33 kilometres (21 mi) north of Tangail city and 114 kilometres (71 mi) northwest of Dhaka city, the capital of Bangladesh.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Ghatail town had 7,668 households and a population of 35,245.^[1]

The literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 72.1% (Male-77.6%, Female-65.1%).^[2]

References

↑ "Population Census 2011: Tangail Table C-01" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
↑ "Population Census 2011: Tangail Table C-06" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2016-03-01.

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[1] "Population Census 2011: Tangail Table C-01" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2016-03-01.

[2] "Population Census 2011: Tangail Table C-06" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2016-03-01.