Kotwali Thana is a metropolitan police station of Rangpur Metropolitan Police that was established in 1877.
According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Kotwali Thana had 84,003 households and a population of 348,129. 7.45% of the population were under 5 years of age. Kotwali had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 87.06%: 89.05% for males and 84.97% for females, and a sex ratio of 104.65 males for every 100 females.
Rangpur City Corporation ward 13-28 and some unions from Rangpur Sadar Upazila and Badarganj Upazila fall under this thana.