Mirpur Upazila

Coordinates: 23°56′N 89°0′E / 23.933°N 89.000°E / 23.933; 89.000
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Not to be confused with Mirpur Model Thana within Dhaka city
Mirpur
মিরপুর (কুষ্টিয়া)
Upazila
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Mirpur (Bengali: মিরপুর (কুষ্টিয়া)) is an upazila of Kushtia District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh.[1] Mirpur Thana was formed in 1885 and it was turned into an upazila in 1983.

History

Mirpur was listed in the Ain-i-Akbari as a mahal in sarkar Mahmudabad.[2]: 133  It was listed with an assessed revenue of 2,370 dams.[2]: 133 

The former Mirpur Thana, which was formed in 1885, became an upazila on 1 August 1983.[1]

Geography

Mirpur is located at 23°56′00″N 89°00′00″E / 23.9333°N 89.0000°E / 23.9333; 89.0000. It has 82,783 households and a total area of 305.06 km2.

The upazila is bounded by Bheramara and Ishwardi upazilas on the north, Alamdanga and Kushtia Sadar upazilas on the south, Kushtia Sadar upazila on the east, Daulatpur, Gangni, and Alamdanga upazilas on the west.[1]

Demographics

Religions in Mirpur upazila (2011)[3]
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 97.80%
Hinduism
 
 2.19%
Other or not stated
 
 0.01%

As of the

2011 Bangladesh census, Mirpur upazila had 82,783 households and a population of 330,115. 64,533 (19.55%) were under 10 years of age. Mirpur had a literacy rate of 41.86%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 994 females per 1000 males. 32,802 (9.94%) of the population lived in urban areas.[3][4]

At the

1991 Bangladesh census, Mirpur had a population of 266,046. Males constitute 51.76% of the population, and females 48.24%. The population aged 18 or over was 136,611. Mirpur had an average literacy rate of 21.3% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 32.4%.[5]

Administration

Mirpur Upazila is divided into Mirpur Municipality and 13

union parishads: Ambaria, Amla, Bahalbaria, Baruipara, Chhatian, Chithalia, Dhubail, Fulbaria, Kursha, Malihad, Poradaha, Sadarpur, and Talbaria. The union parishads are subdivided into 116 mauzas and 192 villages.[3][6]

Mirpur Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 9

mahallas.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Arif Nishir (2012), "Mirpur Upazila", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
  2. ^ a b Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1891). The Ain-i-Akbari. Translated by Jarrett, Henry Sullivan. Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Kushtia" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
  4. ^ "Community Tables: Kushtia district" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2011. p. 103.
  5. ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
  6. ^ মিরপুর উপজেলা সকল ইউনিয়ন সমূহ [Mirpur Upazila All Unions]. Bangladesh National Portal (in Bengali).


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