Haripur Upazila

Haripur (Bengali: হরিপুর) is an upazila of Thakurgaon district in Rangpur Division, Bangladesh.

Haripur upazila is bounded by Ranisankail Upazila in the north and in the east, Hemtabad and Raiganj CD blocks in Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India, in the south and Karandighi and Goalpokhar I CD blocks in Uttar Dinajpur district in the west.

[4][5] According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Haripur Upazila had 32,607 households and a population of 147,947.

Haripur had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 42.14%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 994 females per 1000 males.

[10] Haripur Thana was formed in 1914 and it was turned into an upazila in 1983.