Gopalganj Sadar ( bn, গোপালগঞ্জ সদর) 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 Gopalganj District in the Division of

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History

Gopalganj sadar is the main town of Gopalgonj District. 15 MPs are from there. It has 15 banks, including 3 commercial banks .It may take 2 or 3 hours to reach by road from Rajdhani after build the padma bridge (depending on traffic). After the Liberation War Gopalgonj Sadar become 'Pourashava'. As a close fellow of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Panna Biswas of Gimadanga was selected as first Chairman. Khan Saheb Sheikh Mosharrof Hossain, Molla Jalaluddin Ahmed, Hemaet Uddin, Wahiduzzaman, Fayekuzzaman are well known figures among the others born in Sadar upozila. Gopalgonj (town) consists of 21 wards and 72 mahallas. The area of the town is 46.88 km². The town has a population of 85, 398; male 51.07%, female 46.93%. The density of population is 6874 per km². The literacy rate among the town people is 75.1%.

Geography

Gopalganj Sadar is located at . It has 51, 630 households and a total area of 391.35 km².

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 ...

, Gopalganj Sadar had a population of 291,409. Males constituted 50.73% of the population, and females 49.27%. The population aged 18 or over was 141,978. Gopalganj Sadar had an average literacy rate of 44.7% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%. It has 57 schools, 13 colleges, and 2 university colleges.

Places of interest

* Ulpur has a former Zamindar palace which is known as "Ulpur Zamindar Bari". Now a part of that palace currently used as Tehsil Office. * Arpara also has a former Zamindar Palace which is known as "Arpara Zamindar Bari". One of the oldest historical Mosque "Munshi Bari Jame Mosjid" is also situated in Arpara village under Verarhat. There also have a tourist attraction and picnic spot called "Arpara Park". This is one of the most beautiful botanical garden in the entire district.

Administration

Gopalganj Sadar Upazila is divided into Gopalganj Municipality and 21

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: Borasi, Baultali, Chandra Dighalia, Durgapur, Gobra, Gopinathpur, Haridaspur, Jalalabad, Kajulia, Karpara, Kati, Latifpur, Majhigati, Nizra, Paikkandi, Raghunathpur, Sahapur, Satpar, Suktail, Ulpur, and Upafi. The union parishads are subdivided into 127 mauzas and 197 villages. Gopalganj Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 47

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 ...

Education

There are ten colleges in the upazila: Government Bangabandhu College, Gopalgonj, Dr. Dilawar Husain Memorial College,

Government Nazrul Degree College Satpar A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...

Haji Lalmia City College Hajji ( ar, الحجّي; sometimes spelled Hadji, Haji, Alhaji, Al-Hadj, Al-Haj or El-Hajj) is an honorific title which is given to a Muslim who has successfully completed the Hajj to Mecca. It is also often used to refer to an elder, since it ...

, Kazi Zahural Huq College, Krishnapur Shaptodas Palli College, M. H. Khan Degree College, N. Haque College of Business & Technology, Sabira - Rouf College, and

Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Government Women's College Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and Shaikh, shak—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates a chief of a ...

. There also have some famous higher secondary school. They are: S. M. Model Government High School, Swarnakali High School, Arpara Islamia High School, Ulpur PC High School (1900), Boutali Sahapur Sammilani High School, founded in 1928, Chandra Dighalia High School, Gopinathpur High School (1911) are notable secondary schools.

References

{{Upazilas of Dhaka Division Upazilas of Gopalganj District, Bangladesh