Mohammadpur Upazila

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Mohammadpur
মহম্মদপুর (মাগুরা)
Upazila
Mohammadpur is located in Bangladesh
Mohammadpur
Mohammadpur
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 23°24.3′N 89°36.3′E / 23.4050°N 89.6050°E / 23.4050; 89.6050Coordinates: 23°24.3′N 89°36.3′E / 23.4050°N 89.6050°E / 23.4050; 89.6050
Country Bangladesh
DivisionKhulna Division
DistrictMagura District
Area
 • Total234.29 km2 (90.46 sq mi)
Population
 (1991)
 • Total160,340
 • Density684/km2 (1,770/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
WebsiteOfficial Map of Mohammadpur

Mohammadpur (Bengali: মোহাম্মদপুর (মাগুরা)) is an upazila of Magura District[1] in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh.

Geography[]

Mohammadpur is located at

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23°24′15″N 89°36′15″E / 23.4042°N 89.6042°E / 23.4042; 89.6042. It has 28158 households and a total area of 234.29 km2. The River Naboganga flows through the Upazila. Mohammadpur stands near the bank of Modhumoti river. The Modhumoti river divided Mohammadpur from Dhaka division.

Demographics[]

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%.[2]

Administration[]

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.[3]

Points of interest[]

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[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Md. Mohebbullah (2012), "Mohammadpur Upazila", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
  2. ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
  3. ^ "District Statistics 2011: Magura" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  4. ^ 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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