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About Mohammadpur

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

Geography

Mohammadpur is located at 23.4042°N 89.6042°E / 23.4042; 89.6042. 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

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.

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.

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%.

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.

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

Abdur Rasheed Biswas, Member of Parliament, lived in Khalia village.

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)

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