Meherpur Sadar ( bn, মেহেরপুর 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

. Meherpur is the smallest district of Bangladesh in the South-western part within the Khulna Division. Before the partition in 1947, Meherpur was a part of the Nadia district of undivided India. Before 1984, it was a subdivision of Kushtia district. Meherpur consists of 1 municipality, 9 wards and 72 mahallas, 3 upazilas, 18 union parishads, 277 villages, 190 mouzas. The upazilas are Meherpur Sadar, Gangni and Mujibnagar.

History

Bangladesh's Proclamation of Independence was solemnly made at the village Baidyanathtola (now Mujibnagar), on 17 April 1971 of this district. The first provisional government of Bangladesh began here under the leadership of Tajuddin Ahmed. After that day on 18 April 1971, the Pakistani army killed 8 people at village of Amjhupi.

Geography

Meherpur Sadar is located at. It has 49043 households and total area 374.1 km². Meherpur Sadar Upazila is bounded by

Gangni Upazila Gangni ( bn, গাংনী) is an upazila of Meherpur District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. Geography It has 43922 households and total area 341.98 km2. Main rivers are Bhairab, Kazla. Dharla and Ilangi Beels are notable. Gang ...

and

Tehatta I Tehatta I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Tehatta subdivision of Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Tehatta is located at . at Tehatta Tehatta I CD Block is bounded by Naoda, ...

CD Block, in Nadia District, West Bengal, India, on the north, Gangni Upazila and

Alamdanga Upazila Alamdanga ( bn, আলমডাঙ্গা) is an upazila of Chuadanga District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. It covers an area of . Geography Alamdanga is located at . It has 44,699 households and total area 360.4 km2. Demographic ...

, the latter in Chuadanga District, on the east,

Damurhuda Upazila Damurhuda ( bn, দামুড়হুদা) is an upazila of Chuadanga District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. Geography Damurhuda is located at . It has 37,279 households and a total area of 308.11 km2. Dumurhuda Upazila is bou ...

and

Mujibnagar Upazila Mujibnagar is an Upazilas of Bangladesh, upazila (subdistrict) of Meherpur District in Bangladesh. History Mujibnagar was formerly a part of the Meherpur Sadar Upazila, before it was made a separate Upazila on 22 February 2000. The name Mujibna ...

in Chuadanga District, on the south and Tehatta I CD Block in Nadia district, on the west.

Main rivers

The main rivers are Bhairab, Mathabhaga and Kazli.

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 ...

, Meherpur Sadar Upazila had 64,130 households and a population of 256,642, 16.8% of whom lived in urban areas. 8.3% of the population was under the age of 5. The literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 49.4%, compared to the national average of 51.8%. 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 ...

, Meherpur Sadar had a population of 262,779, of whom 140,387 were aged 18 or over. Males constituted 51.2% of the population, and females 48.8%. Meherpur Sadar has an average literacy rate of 24.9% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4%.

Administration

Meherpur Sadar Upazila is divided into Meherpur Municipality and five union parishads: Amdah, Amjhupi, Buripota, Kutubpur, and Pirojpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 61 mauzas and 104 villages. Meherpur Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 72 mahallas.

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