Kurigram
Kurigram is a city in northern Bangladesh. It is the headquarters of Kurigram District and Kurigram Sadar Upazila.
Kurigram কুড়িগ্রাম | |
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Pourashava, Town | |
    From top (cloackwise): Kuigram Municipality (Pourashava) office, Kurigram Railway station, I love kurigram Monument, Shapla Chattar | |
  Kurigram Location in Rangpur Division, Bangladesh  Kurigram Location in Bangladesh  Kurigram Kurigram (Asia)  Kurigram Kurigram (Earth) | |
| Coordinates: 25°48′37″N 89°38′55″E / 25.810347°N 89.648697°E | |
| Country |  Bangladesh |
| Division | Rangpur Division |
| District | Kurigram District |
| Pourashava | 1972 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–Council |
| Area | |
| • Urban | 27.04 km2 (10.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Urban | 77,252 |
| • Urban density | 2.857/km2 (7.40/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali • English |
| • Native | Rangpuri |
| Time zone | UTC+06:00 (BST) |
| Postal code | 5600 |
| National calling code | +088 |
| Website | pourashava |
Etymology
The original name of Kurigram was Kuriganj and it was renamed Kurigram till 1984. The name Kuriganj comes from the words Kuri and Gram, which mean "twenty" and "village" in the Kol language respectively. Because this district originally consisted of twenty villages. In 1984, the name of Kuriganj was changed to Kurigram. This was done to reflect the changing demographics of the district. From 1775 the population of Kurigram increased significantly and the district no longer consisted of only twenty villages.
Geography
The town of Kurigram located in the alluvial plain of Teesta-Brahmaputra basin at the bank of Dharla River . The avarage elevation of the town in 31 meter. Kurigram's humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa) is influenced by the monsoon and features mild winters and extremely rainy and wet summers. The region surrounding the town is at risk of flooding due to the rivers' overflow during the intense Monsoon rains because of its riverine terrain and relatively low elevation.
| Climate data for Climate Data for Kurigram | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 22 (72) |
25 (77) |
30 (86) |
32 (90) |
32 (90) |
32 (90) |
32 (90) |
32 (90) |
32 (90) |
31 (88) |
29 (84) |
24 (75) |
30 (86) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 16.5 (61.7) |
19 (66) |
23.5 (74.3) |
26.5 (79.7) |
27.5 (81.5) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
28.5 (83.3) |
26.5 (79.7) |
22.5 (72.5) |
18.5 (65.3) |
24.5 (76.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 11 (52) |
13 (55) |
17 (63) |
21 (70) |
23 (73) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
25 (77) |
22 (72) |
17 (63) |
12 (54) |
20 (68) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 17.3 (0.68) |
13 (0.5) |
37 (1.5) |
127 (5.0) |
343 (13.5) |
361 (14.2) |
425 (16.7) |
372 (14.6) |
440 (17.3) |
122 (4.8) |
9.2 (0.36) |
4.8 (0.19) |
2,271.3 (89.33) |
| Source: [1] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
Rikta Akter Banu sold her land to create a Kurigram primary school for her daughter. That school came to provide an education for hundreds of other children with disabilities. She was recognised as one of the BBC's 100 women in 2024.[3]
Demographics
In 2011, Kurigram Municipality had 17,159 households and a population of 77,252. 15,083 (19.52%) were under 10 years of age. Kurigram had a literacy rate of 63.18% and a sex ratio of 963 females per 1000 males.[4]
References
- ^ https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/historyclimate/climatemodelled/kurigram_bangladesh_7646708
- ^ "কুড়িগ্রাম জেলার পটভূমি". kurigram.gov.bd. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
- ^ "Kurigram's Rikta makes it to BBC's 100 women list". The Daily Star. 2024-12-04. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
- ^ a b "Community Tables: Kurigram district" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2011.