Mohammadpur Upazila
Mohammadpur
মহম্মদপুর (মাগুরা) | |
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 Binodpur B.K. Secondary School | |
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| Coordinates: 23°24.3′N 89°36.3′E / 23.4050°N 89.6050°E | |
| Country |  Bangladesh |
| Division | Khulna |
| District | Magura |
| Area | |
• Total | 233.70 km2 (90.23 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 242,808 |
| • Density | 1,039.0/km2 (2,690.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
| Postal code | 7630[2] |
| Area code | 0488[3] |
| Website | Official Map of Mohammadpur |
Mohammadpur (Bengali: মোহাম্মদপুর (মাগুরা)) is an upazila of Magura District[4] in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh.
Geography
[edit]Mohammadpur is located at 23°24′15″N 89°36′15″E / 23.4042°N 89.6042°E. It has 44,900 households and a total area of 233.70 km2. The River Naboganga flows through the Upazila. Mohammadpur stands near the bank of Modhumoti river. The Modhumoti river divides Mohammadpur from Dhaka division.
Demographics
[edit]According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Mohammadpur Upazila had 57,676 households and a population of 242,808. 10.26% of the population were under 5 years of age. Mohammadpur had a literacy rate of 72.28%: 73.88% for males and 70.71% for females, and a sex ratio of 98.90 males per 100 females. 24,176 (9.96%) lived in urban areas.[5]
As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Mohammadpur upazila had 44,900 households and a population of 207,905. 51,497 (24.77%) were under 10 years of age. Mohammadpur had an average literacy rate of 47.7%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1036 females per 1000 males. 10,010 (4.81%) of the population lived in urban areas.[6][7]
According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Mohammadpur had a population of 160,340. Males constituted 50.58% of the population, and females 49.42%. The population aged 18 or over was 76,748. Mohammadpur had an average literacy rate of 25.8% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 32.4%.[8]
Administration
[edit]Mohammadpur Upazila is divided into eight union parishads: Babukhali, Balidia, Binodepur, Digha, Mohammadpur, Nohata, Palashbaria, and Rajapur. The union parishads are subdivided into 131 mauzas and 188 villages.[6]
Points of interest
[edit]Raja Sitaram Ray was an autonomous king, a vassal to the Mughal Empire, who revolted against the empire and established a short-lived sovereign Hindu dominion in Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent. 28 km from Magura Sadar, the house of Raja Sitaram Ray is located in Mohammadpur sub-district.
Notable residents
[edit]- Abdur Rasheed Biswas, Member of Parliament, lived in Khalia village.[9]
- Nitai Roy Chowdhury, Minister of Cultural Affairs of Bangladesh
- Debasish Roy Chowdhury, a judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court
- Nipun Roy Chowdhury, general secretary of the Dhaka District branch of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ National Report (PDF). Population and Housing Census 2022. Vol. 1. Dhaka: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. November 2023. p. 400. ISBN 978-9844752016.
- ↑ "Bangladesh Postal Code". Dhaka: Bangladesh Postal Department under the Department of Posts and Telecommunications of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. 21 October 2024.
- ↑ "Bangladesh Area Code". China: Chahaoba.com. 18 October 2024.
- ↑ Md. Mohebbullah (2012), "Mohammadpur Upazila", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
- 1 2 Population and Housing Census 2022 - District Report: Magura (PDF). District Series. Dhaka: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. June 2024. ISBN 978-984-475-242-9.
- 1 2 "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Magura" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
- ↑ "Community Tables: Magura district" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2011.
- ↑ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
- ↑ সাবেক এমপি আব্দুর রশীদ বিশ্বাস সাহেবের ২৭ তম মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী পালিত [Celebrated the 26th death anniversary of former MP Abdur Rashid Biswas]. Margura News (in Bengali). 12 December 2018.
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