Bhangura

About Bhangura

Bhangura (Bengali: ভাঙ্গুড়া, romanized: Bhāṅguṛā) or Bhangoora is an upazila of Pabna District in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh.

History

Bhangura thana was established in 1980 and was turned into an upazila in 1981. Once Bhangura upazila was a noted jute growing area. For this reason a jute trading company called Chittagong Jute Company established business house on the bank of the river adjacent to the Baral Bridge. Still there exist a house of the extinct company.

=== Liberation War ===

During the Bangladesh Liberation War, several encounters between the Pakistan Army supported by Razakars against the Mukti Bahini were made at Baral Bridge and Dilpashar Bridge. A number of Razakars surrendered. Commander Abdul Hannan and Aslamul Islam led the Mukti Bahini.

Abu Muhammad Yunus Ali was elected Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Atgharia-Chatmohor-Faridpur constituency of Pabna district. He was nominated by Awami League in the United Front election in 1954, and became the founder and main leader of the Awami League party politics in that area. He was also a popular language soldier, a close associate of Bangabandhu in the six-point demand movement, and an organizer of the 1971 Liberation War. He was a close friend of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, his only roommate in Baker Hostel in Kolkata, a classmate at Dhaka University and also a trusted political companion.

Abu Muhammad Yunus Ali served as an organizer of the liberation war in Shahzadpur, Baghabari, Nagarbari and in the remote areas of Chalanbil of Greater Pabna district in 1971, and was wounded in a battlefield. At one stage, members of Razakar-Al-Badr tortured him in an inhuman manner, and even destroyed his ancestral homestead at Sartutia of Bhangura upazila. In 1972, after the government treatment of his injury under the supervision of Bangabandhu, he gained limited mobility after surgery. On February 14, 2005, the “People’s MLA Yunus” died in his house at Bhangura.

Geography

Bhangura is located at 24.2250°N 89.4000°E / 24.2250; 89.4000. It has 28,853 households and total area 138.36 km2. It is bounded by Tarash upazila on the north, Faridpur (Pabna) upazila on the south, Ullapara upazila on the east, Chatmohar upazila on the west. The upazila is criss-crossed by two rivers named the Baral and the Gumani. The western part of this upazila is relatively higher than the eastern part which comprises a part of the great Chalan Bil. A very large number of small bills are also available in this area. The people here like the simple life.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Bhangura Upazila had 33,923 households and a population of 136,576. 9.29% of the population were under 5 years of age. Bhangura had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 67.88%: 69.61% for males and 66.25% for females, and a sex ratio of 95.68 males for every 100 females. 37,057 (27.13%) lived in urban areas.

According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Bhangura Upazila had 28,853 households and a population of 124,433. 29,360 (23.60%) were under 10 years of age. Bhangura had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 43.98%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1010 females per 1000 males. 20,606 (16.56%) lived in urban areas.

At the 2001 Bangladesh census, Bhangura had a population of 99,474 of which 50,486 were male and 48,988 were female. Average density of population was 731 per square kilometre. It had an average literacy rate of 38.3% (7+ years).

Main Occupations Agriculture but, agricultural labourer, wage labourer, commerce, service, fishing and others also present.

Economy

Total cultivable land 10,460 hectares, fallow land 2,786 hectares; single crop 36%, double crop 40% and treble crop 24%. The market value of the land of the first grade is about 7500 Taka per 0.01 hectare.

Main crops are Paddy, jute, wheat, onion, garlic, green chilly, khesari, musur and patal. Main fruits are Bana

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