Jotbani Union

Jotbani Union

জোতবানী ইউনিয়ন
Jotbani Union জোতবানী ইউনিয়ন
Country	Bangladesh
Area
• Total	36.60 km2 (14.13 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)
• Total	22,462
• Density	610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Website	jatbaniup.dinajpur.gov.bd

Jotbani Union (Bengali: জোতবানী ইউনিয়ন) is one of the seven union parishads under Birampur Upazila of Dinajpur District in the Rangpur Division of northwestern Bangladesh.[1] It has an area of 36.60 km² . It has 4,500 households. The union porishod office of Jotbani Union is only one hours road journey away from Birampur Upazila.

Demographics

As of the 2011 Bangladesh census, Birampur has a population of 22462. Males constitute 11,387 of the population, and females 11,075. Jotbani has an average literacy rate of 70%.There are also non-profit organizations named bondhu Foundation.

Economy

The economy of Jotbani Union mainly depends upon agriculture based production. A huge percentage of people from Jotbani Union depends upon agri based products. The main industry also includes rice processing mills. Crops and grown in the district include rice, wheat, maize, potato, brinjal and tomato.

References

Shamsuzzaman (2012). "Birampur Upazila". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.

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[Banglapedia-1] Shamsuzzaman (2012). "Birampur Upazila". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.