Tangail District

The subdivision of Tangail was established in 1870. It was turned into a district on December 1, 1969. The district consists of 10 municipalities, 72 wards of these municipalities, 103 Union Porishods and 2431 villages.
Tangail district is subdivided into 12 Upazilas. These are:

• Tangail Sadar Upazila
• Sakhipur Upazila
• Basail Upazila
• Madhupur Upazila
• Ghatail Upazila
• Kalihati Upazila
• Nagarpur Upazila
• Mirzapur Upazila
• Gopalpur Upazila
• Delduar Upazila
• Bhuapur Upazila
• Dhanbari Upazila, newly formed 

Tangail Sadar has 16 Unions/Wards, 353 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 277 villages.Thanapara and Boali are the famous Mahalla in Tangail Sadar

Sakhipur has 8 unions, 1 pourosova Sakhipur Pourosova, 61 mauzas/mahallas, and 123 villages.^{[citation needed]}

1. Jadabpur
2. Dariapur
3. Kakrajan Union
4. Kalia Union
5. Baheratoil Union
6. Bahuria Union
7. Hatibanda Union
8. Gazari Union

Basail has 6 Unions/Wards, 73 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 107 villages.

Madhupur has 6 Unions/Wards, 242 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 343 villages. The 6 Unions/Wards is: Arankhola, Ausnara, Alokdia, Sholakuri, Golabari, Mirzabari.

Ghatail has One Municipality, Eleven Unions/Wards, Three hundreds and ten Mauzas/Mahallas, and four hundreds and fifteen villages

The Kalihati thana was established in 1928 and was turned into an upazila in 1983. The upazila consists of Two municipality, 13 union parishads, 267 mouzas, 314 villages.

Nagarpur has 11 Unions/Wards, 212 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 250 villages.

Mirzapur has 13 Unions/Wards, 207 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 219 villages.

Gopalpur has 10 Unions/Wards, 162 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 146 villages.

Delduar has 8 Unions/Wards, 130 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 166 villages.

Bhuapur has 6 Unions/Wards, 115 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 146 villages.

Dhanbari has 7 Unions/Wards, 111 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 168 villages.
The Upazila has 8 colleges, 27 High Schools, 16 Madrasas, 45 Government Primary Schools and 28 Non-Government Primary Schools.