Dasar Upazila

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Dasar Upazila is an upazila of Madaripur district in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1] Dasar Upazila consists of five unions of Baligram, Kazibakai, Gopalpur, Dasar and Nabagram. The area of this upazila is 76.8 km2. According to the 2011 census, the population of Dasar is 71,494.[2] The Palrodi river flows over Dasar Upazila.

History[]

A police investigation centre was set up in Dasar on February 2, 2012. Later, the (police station) was formed on March 2, 2013, with five unions of Kalkini Upazila.[3] Shortly thereafter, the local administration proposed to convert Dasar into upazila. At the meeting of the National Implementation Committee on Administrative Restructuring (NICAR) on November 20, 2017, the Dasar Thana (police station) was supposed to be upgraded to upazila but it was rejected and asked to conduct a further examination.[4] Then, on July 26, 2021, at the 117th meeting of NICAR, it was decided to make Dasar a full-fledged upazila.[5]

Administrative areas[]

Dasar Upazila consists of 5 unions and has 67 mouzas.[6]

Unions[]

  • Gopalpur Union
  • Kazibakai Union
  • Baligram Union
  • Dasar Union
  • Nabagram Union

Geograph[]

The geographical location of Dasar Upazila is

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23°03′39″N 90°08′56″E / 23.0609195°N 90.1489887°E / 23.0609195; 90.1489887. Its total area is 76.08 km2.[7] Dasar upazila is bounded on the north by Madaripur Sadar upazila, on the south by Agailjhara Upazila, on the east by Kalkini upazila and on the west by Kotalipara upazila.

References[]

  1. ^ "দেশে আরও তিন উপজেলা". bangla.bdnews24.com (in Bengali). Bdnews24.com. 26 Jul 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  2. ^ "ডাসারকে উপজেলা ঘোষণায় আনন্দ মিছিল ও মিষ্টি বিতরণ". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-11-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "অপরাধীদের বিষফোঁড়া নবগঠিত ডাসার থানা". Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali). 2013-07-29. Archived from the original on 2019-08-05. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  4. ^ প্রতিবেদক, নিজস্ব. "৪৯২তম উপজেলা শায়েস্তাগঞ্জ". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  5. ^ "উপজেলা হ��ো ঈদগাঁও-ডাসার-মধ্যনগর | কালের কণ্ঠ". Kalerkantho (in Bengali). 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  6. ^ "বাংলাদেশ গেজট অতিরিক্�� সংখ্যা" (PDF). Department of Printing and Publications. 2018-08-07. pp. 10259–10261. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  7. ^ Population and Housing Census 2011 (PDF). Dhaka: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. February 2015. pp. 35, 69, 205, 383. ISBN 978-984-33-8597-0. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
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