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3.12.1 Background: Sonatola, the smallest upazila of Bogra Zila in respect of area came into
existence as a thana on January 25, 1981 and upgraded to upazila in 1984. Nothing is definitely
known about origin of the upazila name. It is generally believed that the upazila might have been
name after the name of mauza Sonatola wherein its headquarters is located.

3.12.2 Area and location: The upazila occupies an area of 156.75 sq. km.. It is located between
24°55' and 25°04' north latitudes and 89°26' and 89°41' east longitudes. It is bounded on the north by
Sughatta Upazila and Gobindaganj Upazila of Gaibandha Zila and the east by Sariakandi Upazila. On
other flank, Sariakandi Upazila and Gabtali Upazila boarder its south and Shibganj Upazila and
Gabtali Upazila surround its west.

3.12.3 Administrative/Geographic Unit: The upazila consists of 1 paurashava, wards, 9 mahallas,
7 unions, 94 populated mauzas and 125 villages. The average size of population of each ward and
mahalla are 2747 and 263 respectively. On the other hand, the average size of population of each
union, mauza and village are 23151, 1724 and 1296 respectively.

3.12.4 Housing and Household Characteristics: In the upazila, there are 48569 households.
Distribution of household by type shows that there are 99.86% general unit, 0.02% institutional and
0.12% other unit.

• Household Size: The average household size (General) for the upazila is 3.8 persons, for
both rura and urban area the size is also 3.8.

• Type of Housing Structure: In the upazila, 2.5% general households live in pucca house,
17.0% in semi-pucca house, 79.8% in kutcha house and the remaining 0.7% live in jhupri
which is shown in a pie-chart in figure 12.1.

Figure 12.1: Housing structure by type, 2011

79.8%
0.7%
2.5%

17.0%

Pucca Semi‐Pucca Kutcha Jhupri

• Source of Drinking Water: In Sonatola Upazila, 97.3% general households get the facility of
drinking water from tube-well, 0.4% from tap and the remaining 2.3% household get water
from other sources.

• Sanitation: In the upazila, 49.7% general households use sanitary latrine, 34.6% non-
sanitary latrine and the remaining 15.7% have no toilet facility.

• Access to Electricity: All the 7 unions of the upazila have brought under the Rural
Electrification Program. However, a total of 29.4% general households reported to have
electricity connection in the entire upazila in 2011 as against 9.6% in 2001.

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