Kurigram District (Rajshahi division) with an area of 276.45 sq km, is bounded by Cooch Bihar district of west bengal on the north, gaibandha district on the south, Asam Province of India on the east, West Bengal of India and rangpur and lalmonirhat districts on the west. Annual average temperature: maximum 32.3°C, minimum 11.2°C; annual rainfall 2931 mm. Main rivers: brahmaputra, dharla, tista, dudhkumar, Phulkumar, Sonaburi, Jinjiram Gangadhar, Halhali and Jalchira.

Kurigram (Town) consists of 9 wards and 107 mahallas. The area of the town is 16.17 sq km. The municipality was established in 1972. The town has a population of 66438; male 51.25% and female 48.75%; population density per sq km 4109. Literacy rate among the town people is 39.9%. The town has two dakbungalows.


Administration Kurigram subdivision was established in 1874 and was turned into a district in 1984. The district consists of 9 upazilas, 2 municipalities, 18 wards, 122 mahallas, 73 union parishads, 647 mouzas, 1907 villages and 14 enclaves. The upazilas are bhurungamari, char rajibpur, chilmari, phulbari, kurigram sadar, nageshwari, rajarhat, raumari and ulipur; the municipality is Kurigram Sadar and Ulipur.