Bagherpara ( bn, বাঘারপাড়া) is an
upazila
An ''upazila'' ( bn, উপজেলা, upôzela, lit=sub-district pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative region in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a ...
of
Jessore District
Jessore District (Bengali: যশোর, pronounced Jaw-shore, Anglicised: Jessore), officially spelled Jashore District from April 2018, is a district in the southwestern region of Bangladesh. It is bordered by India to the west, Khulna Distr ...
in the Division of
Khulna
Khulna ( bn, খুলনা, ) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative centre of Khulna District and Khulna Division. Khulna's economy is the third-largest in Bangladesh, contributing $53 b ...
,
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
.
Geography
Bagherpara is located at . It has a total area of 308.29 km
2.
Demographics
According to the
2011 Bangladesh census
In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh, which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census. Data were reco ...
, Bagherpara had a population of 216,897. Males constituted 49.59% of the population and females 50.41%. Muslims formed 83.60% of the population, Hindus 16.28%, Christians 0.01% and others 0.11%. Bagherpara had a literacy rate of 52.79% for the population 7 years and above.
As of the
1991 Bangladesh census
In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age ...
, Bagherpara has a population of 168,938. Males constituted 51.21% of the population, and females 48.79%; this Upazila's eighteen-up population was 84303. Bagherpara has an average literacy rate of 34.5% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.
Administration
Bagherpara Upazila is divided into Bagherpara Municipality and nine
union parishad
Union council ( bn, ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ, translit=iūniyan pariṣad, translit-std=IAST), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit ...
s: Bandabilla, Basuari, Darajhat, Dhalgram, Dohakula, Jaharpur, Jamdia, Narikelbaria, and Roypur. The union parishads are subdivided into 155 mauzas and 191 villages.
Bagherpara Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 12
mahalla
is an Arabic word variously translated as district, quarter, ward, or "neighborhood" in many parts of the Arab world, the Balkans, Western Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and nearby nations.
History
Historically, mahallas were autonomous social ins ...
s.
Education
* Gaidghat High School
* Agra Secondary school
* Charavita Secondary School
* PHL Secondary High School
*
Bagherpara Pilot High School
* Bagherpara Pilot Girls High School
* Bagherpara Degree College
* Bagherpara Mohilla College
* Raipur School & College
* Selumpur High school
* Karimpur High School
* Bagherpara siddikiya fazil madrasha
* Azempur islamia alim madrasa
* Narikelbariya degree college
* Narikelbariya high school
* Inra high school
* Dayarampur Siddikya Senior Madrasha.
* Borvagh high school.
* Vitaballah High School.
* C.S.A.High School.
* Japan Bangladesh Friendship Agricultural College.
* Jamdia High School.
* Jamdia Hafijia Dakhil Madrasha
* Khalshe Girls School.
* Dargahpur Fazil Degree Madrasha
* Andul Baria High School
* Bir Protik Ishaqe College, Dhalgr
* Karimpur Hafejia Dakhil Madrasa
* Vangura Ideal College
* Bagdanga primary school
* Sommillio Biddapit Bagdanga Bohumukhi Maddomik Biddaloy
See also
*
Upazilas of Bangladesh
An ''upazila'' ( bn, উপজেলা, upôzela, lit=sub-district pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative region in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a ...
*
Districts of Bangladesh
*
Divisions of Bangladesh
References
Upazilas of Jessore District
Jashore District
Khulna Division
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