Banaripara ( bn, বানারীপাড়া) is an
Upazila of
Barishal District
Barisal District, officially spelled Barishal District from April 2018, is a district in south-central Bangladesh, formerly called Bakerganj district, established in 1797. Its headquarters are in the city of Barisal, which is also the headquar ...
in the Division of
Barishal
Barisal ( or ; bn, বরিশাল, ), officially known as Barishal, is a major city that lies on the banks of the Kirtankhola river in south-central Bangladesh. It is the largest city and the administrative headquarter of both Barisal Dist ...
in southern-central
Bangladesh.
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History
During the Liberation War
Wars of national liberation or national liberation revolutions are conflicts fought by nations to gain independence. The term is used in conjunction with wars against foreign powers (or at least those perceived as foreign) to establish separat ...
in 1971, the Pakistani army killed many innocent people of village Gava where all Ghosh Dastidar and Ghosh Ray used to live and they mostly left their ancestral land for good.
Geography
Banaripara is located at . It has 26,697 households and a total area of 134.32 km2. It is surrounded by Wazirpur to the north and the east, Nesarabad
Nesarabad (Swarupkathi) ( bn, নেছারাবাদ (স্বরূপকাঠি)) is an upazila of Pirojpur District in the Division of Barisal, Bangladesh. Nesarabad is named after Nesaruddin Ahmad, the founder of Sarsina Darbar Sharif. ...
to the south, Jhalokati
Jhalokati ( bn, ঝালকাঠি) is a town in Jhalokati district in the Barisal Division, division of Barisal in southern Bangladesh. It is the administrative headquarter and the largest town of Jhalokati district. The town covers an area of ...
to the east, Nazirpur
Nazirpur is a Census Town in the Tehatta I CD block in the Tehatta subdivision of the Nadia district in the State of West Bengal, India. It is situated beside the Bangladesh India Border.
Geography
Location
Nazirpur is located at .
Area o ...
to the west. The upazila is criss-crossed by many rivers. Banaripara pourashava stands on the Shandhya. River erosion is a matter of concern for this area.
Demographics
According to 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 ...
, Banaripara had a population of 143,825. Males constituted 50.67% of the population, and females 49.33%. The population aged 18 or over was 70,724.
Administration
Banaripara was established as a thana in 1913 and in 1983 it was upgraded as an upazila.
Banaripara Upazila is divided into Banaripara Municipality and eight union parishads: Baisari, Banaripara, Bisarkandi, Chakhar, Iluhar, Saliabakpur, Saidkati, and Udaykati. The union parishads are subdivided into 76 mauzas and 76 villages.
Archaeological heritage and relics
There are two Swathidaha Maths, a copper Manasa Bigraga weighing 3.5 maunds and a six-foot-high Bigraha at Narattampur (200 years old) which used to be family lineage of the Ghosh Ray family of Narratampur.
Education
There are three colleges in the upazila. Government Fazlul Huq College, founded in 1940, is the only public one.
There are 27 high schools, 80 government primary schools, 41 non-government primary schools, 59 madrassas, 1 school for the deaf and dumb and 1 commercial school in this upazila.
According to Banglapedia, Baisari High School
Baisari High School is an educational institution of Baisari in Banaripara Upazila, Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the ...
, founded in 1880, Govt. Banaripara Model Union Institution (Pilot), (1889), and Nalasree Government Primary School (1910) are notable schools.
Notable people
*Syed Azizul Huq
Syed Azizul Huq ( bn, সৈয়দ আজিজুল হক; 1 October 1912 – 11 February 1992), also known by his daak naam Nanna Mia ( bn, নান্না মিঞা), was a Bangladeshi politician and former Member of Parliament from ...
, former Education Minister
MapsOfficial Map of the Banaripara Upazila
References
Upazilas of Barisal District
Barishal Division
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