Gangni ( bn, গাংনী) 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 ...

Meherpur District Meherpur ( bn, মেহেরপুর, pron: ''meɦeɾpuɾ'') is the northwestern district of Khulna Division in southwestern Bangladesh. It is bordered by the Indian state of West Bengal to the west, and by the Bangladeshi districts of Kushtia a ...

in the Division of Khulna,

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Geography

It has 43922 households and total area 341.98 km². Main rivers are Bhairab, Kazla. Dharla and Ilangi Beels are notable. Gangni (town) consists of 5 mouzas. It has a population of 19126; male 51.48% and female 48.95%. Literacy rate among the town people is 28.8%.Administration Gangni thana, now an upazila, was established in 1923. It consists of 9 union parishads, 100 mouzas, 136 village, 5 border outpost. Gangni Upazila is bounded by Daulatpur Upazila in Kushtia District, on the north, Daulatpur, Mirpur Upazilas in Kushtia District, and

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in Chuadanga District on the east, Alamdanga Upazila in Chuadanga District and

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in Meherpur District, on the south and Karimpur II and

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CD Blocks, in Nadia District, West Bengal, India, on the west.

Demographics

According to 2011 Bangladesh census, Gangni had a population of 299,607. Males constituted 49.48% of the population and females 50.52%. Muslims formed 98.615% of the population, Hindus 0.910%, Christians 0.438%, and others 0.037%. Gangni had a literacy rate of 42.21% for the population 7 years and above. At the 1991 Bangladesh

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, Gangni had a population of 229,138, of whom 117,027 were aged 18 or older. Males constituted 51.05% of the population, and females 48.95%. Gangni had an average literacy rate of 21% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%.

Arts and culture

Public library 4, rural club 10, playground 20. Main occupations Agriculture 38.19%, agricultural labourer 33.75%, wage labourer 4.43%, commerce 12.48%, construction 1%, service 2.7%, others 7.45%.Land use Cultivable land 26.545 hectare; fallow land 38 hectare; single crop 13.4%, double crop 67.5%, triple crop 19.2%; land under irrigation 54%.Land control Among the peasants, 14.29% are rich, 50.79% intermediate and 34.92% small; cultivable land per head 0.15 hectare., Football is a popular sports for the people in the upazila, young generation is attracted by the cricket. Men wear Lungi whether women prefer Sari.

Points of interest

Shaharbati Neelkuthi (1859) and Gosaidubi Mosque at Karamdi. Marks of War of Liberation Mass grave 2 (Kazipur and Tepukhali playground). There is a hundred of ponds at the village Sholotaka where fish is cultivated commercially

Administration

Gangni Upazila is divided into Gangni 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: Bamondi, Dhankolla, Kathuli, Kazipur, Motmura, Raipur, Shaharbati, Sholotaka, and Tentulbaria. The union parishads are subdivided into 90 mauzas and 137 villages. Gangni Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 29

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Education

Old educational institutions are Hoglabaria High School and Gangni High School.

References

{{Upazilas of Khulna Division Upazilas of Meherpur District