Kurigram কুড়িগ্রাম | |
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Pourashava, Town | |
_office.jpg)    From top (clockwise): Kuigram Municipality (Pourashava) office, Kurigram Railway station, I love kurigram Monument, Shapla Chattar | |
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| Coordinates:25°48′37″N89°38′55″E / 25.810347°N 89.648697°E /25.810347; 89.648697 | |
| 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 |
Kurigram is a city in northern Bangladesh. It is the headquarters ofKurigram District andKurigram Sadar Upazila.
The original name of Kurigram was Kuriganj before it was renamed in 1984. The nameKurigram comes fromKuri andGram, meaning "twenty" and "villages" in the Kol language respectively. The name of the district was changed to reflect shifting demographics since it originally consisted of twenty villages. In 1775 the population of Kurigram increased significantly and the district no longer consisted of only twenty villages.
The town of Kurigram is located in the alluvial plain ofTeesta-Brahmaputra basin at the bank ofDharla River. The average elevation of the town is 31 meters. Kurigram'shumid subtropical climate (KöppenCwa) is influenced bymonsoons 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 | |||||||||||||
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| 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) |
| Averageprecipitation 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) |
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Rikta Akter Banu, was recognised as one of theBBC's 100 Women in 2024.[3]
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]
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