Raumari Upazila HQ (Bangladesh)

 township, subdistrict, fourth-level administrative division, local government

Raumari Upazila (Kurigram district) with an area of 197.80 sq km, is bounded by Ulipur upazila on the north, Char Rajibpur upazila on the south, Assam State of India on the east, Char Rajibpur, Chilmari and Ulipur upazilas on the west. Main rivers are Brahmaputra, Jhingiram and Halhali (previous name Sonabhari); Madaidanga and Bheramara Beels are notable.

Roumari is located at 25.5625°N 89.8500°E. It has 26065 units of house hold. Raumari (Town) stands 86 km to the southwest of kurigram sadar. It consists of 2 mouzas. It has an area of 17.78 sq km. The town has a population of 16871; male 50.62% and female 49.38%; population density per sq km 849. Literacy rate among the town people is 38.8%. The town has one dakbunglow.

Raumari thana, now an upazila, was established in 1908. The upazila consists of 5 union parishads, 29 mouzas and 193 villages.

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Population 137040; male 49.34%, female 50.66%. Muslim 99.09% and others 0.91%.

Religious institutions Mosque 135, temple 4.

Average literacy 16.5%; male 23.3% and female 10%. Educational institutions: college 6, high school 13, madrasa 35, government primary school 39, non-government primary school 50, community school 11, satellite school 9. Noted educational institutions: Raumari Government Primary School (1898), Raumari Keramatia Model Senior Madrasa (1937), Jadurchar High School (1946), Raumari CG Jaman High School (1949).

Main occupations Agriculture 50.7%, agricultural labourer 30.76%, wage labourer 2.44%, commerce 4.89%, service 2.29% and others 8.92%.

Land use Total cultivable land 15348.04 hectares; fallow land 386.08 hectares; single crop 17.63%, double crop 38.85% and treble crop 43.52%. Cultivable land under irrigation land under cultivation 54.7%.

Land control Among the peasants, 23.72% are landless, 32.30% small, 23.57% intermediate and 20.41% rich; cultivable land per head 0.13 hectare.

Fisheries 25.

Manufactures: Welding 5, ice factory 1.

Cottage industries: Weaving 120, goldsmith 20, blacksmith 15, wood work 14, tailoring 110.

Health centres Upazila health complex 1, family planning centre 4 and satellite clinic 2.

NGO activities Operationally important NGOs are brac, CARE, asa RDRS, Nijera Kari, Basundhara, RSDP, JAC, Jana Kalyan Kendra, Arta Samajik Unnayan Sangstha, RSDA, CSD, Chhinnamukul, Solidarity.