[4][5][6] According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Dinajpur Sadar Upazila had 111,779 households and a population of 484,597.

Dinajpur Sadar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 64.26%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 956 females per 1000 males.

[9] As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Dinajpur Sadar has a population of 357,888.

[11] Dinajpur Sadar Upazila is divided into Dinajpur Municipality and ten union parishads: Askorpur, Auliapur, Chealgazi, Fazilpur, Kamalpur, Sankarpur, Shashora, Shekpura, Sundorbon, and Uthrail.

[4] Dinajpur Zilla School was established in 1854 during the British reign.