Wazirpur Upazila

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Uzirpur
উজিরপুর
Upazila
Uzirpur is located in Bangladesh
Uzirpur
Uzirpur
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 22°48.7′N 90°14.7′E / 22.8117°N 90.2450°E / 22.8117; 90.2450Coordinates: 22°48.7′N 90°14.7′E / 22.8117°N 90.2450°E / 22.8117; 90.2450
Country Bangladesh
DivisionBarisal Division
DistrictBarisal District
Area
 • Total248.35 km2 (95.89 sq mi)
Population
 (1991)
 • Total227,115
 • Density910/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
WebsiteOfficial Map of the Wazirpur Upazila
Baitul Aman Mosque, located in Guthia, Wazirpur

Wazirpur (Bengali: উজিরপুর) is an Upazila of Barisal District in the Division of Barisal, Bangladesh.[1]

Geography[]

Wazirpur is located at

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22°48′40″N 90°14′40″E / 22.8111°N 90.2444°E / 22.8111; 90.2444. It has 44,480 households and a total area of 248.35 km2.

Demographics[]

According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Wazirpur had a population of 227,115. Males constituted 50.8% of the population, and females 49.2%. The number of residents aged 18 or over was 114,254. Wazirpur has an average literacy rate of 47.7% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 32.4%. There are 22 colleges and 50 primary schools in Wazirpur.[2]

Administration[]

Wazirpur Upazila is divided into nine union parishads: Bamrail, Barakotha, Guthia, Harta, Jalla, Otra, Satla, Shikarpur and Sholak. The union parishads are subdivided into 118 mauzas and 125 villages.[3]

Notable residents[]

  • Major M. A. Jalil, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Wazirpur in 1942.[4]
  • Sardar Fazlul Karim, philosopher, was born at Atipara village in 1925.[5]
  • Manabendra Mukherjee (singer)[citation needed]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Md. Mizanur Rahman (2012). "Wazirpur 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: Barisal" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  4. ^ Khan, Muazzam Hussain (2012). "Jalil, Major Mohammad Abdul". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  5. ^ "Sardar Fazlul Karim remembered in Barisal". The Daily Star. 25 August 2014.


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