Kurigram

Kurigram is a city in northern Bangladesh and the headquarters of Kurigram District and of Kurigram Sadar Upazila. It was formerly called Kuriganj and was renamed in 1984; the name combines kuri and gram, meaning twenty and villages in the Kol language, because the district first consisted of twenty villages. The town stands on the alluvial plain of the Teesta and Brahmaputra basin on the bank of the Dharla River, at an average elevation of 31 metres. Its humid subtropical climate, Koppen class Cwa, is shaped by the monsoon, and the surrounding region is at risk of flooding in the heavy rains. In 2011 the municipality had 17,159 households and a population of 77,252, with a literacy rate of 63.18 percent.