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Fulbaria () is an
upazila An ''upazila'' ( pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative division in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a borough of Western countries. Rural upazilas ...
of
Mymensingh District Mymensingh District () is a district in Mymensingh Division Bangladesh, and is bordered in the north by Meghalaya, India and the Garo Hills, in the south by Gazipur District, in the east by the districts of Netrokona and Kishoreganj and in ...
in Bangladesh.


History

According to archaeologists, most of the Fulbaria is an extended part of the land formed by the red soil of Madhupur and Bhawal; one of the oldest soils in the country. The southern and south-western and south-eastern parts of Phulbaria are composed of red soil. The north-western and north-eastern parts are composed mainly of ancient silt and loam soils. Fulbaria was formerly known as Govindaganj. The use of ''phulkhari'' (a type of chalk) was very prevalent in the area from which the modern name is said to have come from. In 1864, Govindaganj was renamed to Fulbaria and administratively established as a
thana Thana means " station" or "place" in South Asian countries. The word ''thana'' originates from the Sanskrit word ''sthana'' or "sthanak", meaning "place" or "stand", which was anglicized as ''thana'' by the British. * Thanas of Bangladesh, forme ...
. However, due to the influence and power of some people, the boundaries could not be determined. The boundaries were demarcated and the thana was officially established in 1867. During the Independence War of 1971, a training camp for Bengali fighters was founded in Kandania-Langal Shimul Bazar (Kandania High School Field) in Bhabanipur on 25 March. In Lakshmipur, a fierce face-off took place between fighters and the
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resulting in 70 total deaths. On 8 December of the same year, Fulbaria was captured by pro-independence fighters. During a cyclone on 27 April 1972, many areas in Fulbaria were affected such as Bakta, Achim Patuli, Naogaon and Putijana in addition to seven deaths and many wounded. The Fulbaria thana was upgraded to an upazila (sub-district) on 2 July 1983 under
Hussain Muhammad Ershad Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1 February 1930 – 14 July 2019) was a Bangladeshi military officer, dictator and politician who served as President of Bangladesh, the president of Bangladesh from 1982 to 1990. He seized power as a result of a 1982 ...
's decentralization programme. In 1998, the Keshoreganj College was founded.


Geography

Fulbaria is located at . Fulbaria upazila with an area of 398.70 km2, is bounded by Muktagachha upazila on the north,
Bhaluka upazila Bhaluka () is an upazila of Mymensingh District, Bangladesh. It is one of the oldest small-scale business hubs in the area. Etymology Bhaluka Upazila is named after the Bhaluka village and Bhaluka Bazar located in the union. There are three main ...
on the south, Trishal and
Mymensingh Sadar upazila Mymensingh Sadar () is an upazila of Mymensingh District in the Division of Mymensingh, Bangladesh. Most of the area of this sadar upazila is now under the Mymensingh City Corporation. Geography Mymensingh Sadar is located at . It has 167,472 uni ...
s on the east,
Ghatail Ghatail () is a town of Ghatail Upazila, Tangail, Bangladesh. The town is situated north of Tangail city and northwest of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Demographics According to the 2011 Bangladesh census In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau ...
, Madhupur and Muktagachha upazilas on the west. Main rivers are Khiru, Nageshwari, banar and Bajua; main beel is Bhawal.


Demographics

According to the
2011 Census of Bangladesh 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 r ...
, Fulbaria Upazila had 101,189 households and a population of 448,467. 118,649 (26.46%) were under 10 years of age. Fulbaria has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 42.34%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1,012 females per 1,000 males. 50,584 (11.28%) lived in urban areas. Majority of the population are
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but the upazila is also home to 1,934
Garo Garo may refer to: People and languages * Garo people, a tribal people in India ** Garo language, the language spoken by the Garo tribe Places * Kingdom of Garo, a former kingdom in southern Ethiopia * Garo, Colorado * Garo Hills, part of the ...
s,
Koch Koch may refer to: People * Koch (surname), people with this surname * Koch dynasty, a dynasty in Assam and Bengal, north east India * Koch family * Koch people (or Koche), an ethnic group originally from the ancient Koch kingdom in north east In ...
and other ethnic people. 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 a ...
, Fulbari has a population of 345,283. Males constitute 50.77% of the population, and females 49.23%. This upazila's eighteen-up population is 171,551. Fulbaria has an average literacy rate of 20.6% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. Fulbaria (Town) consists of five mouzas. The area of the town is 42.4 km2. It has a population of 53412; male 51.22%, female 48.78%; population density per km2 is 1,259. Literacy rate among the town people is 25.23%. The town has one dakbungalow.


Administration

Fulbaria thana, now an upazila, was established in 1867. Fulbaria Upazila is divided into Fulbaria Municipality and 13
union parishad Union council (), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit in Bangladesh, with zila parishads (district councils) being the largest rural authori ...
s: Asim-Patuli, Balian, Bakta, Vobanipur, Deukhola, Enayetpur, Fulbaria, Kaladaha, Kushmail, Naogaon, Putijana, Radhakanai, and Rangamatia. The union parishads are subdivided into 104 mauzas and 116 villages. Fulbaria Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 11
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s.


Education

Literacy and educational institutions average literacy 75.02%; male 62%, female 38.04%. Educational institutions: college 12, high school 47, madrasa 52, government primary school 104, non-government primary school 63. There are 11 colleges in the upazila. They include Fulbaria Mohila College, Keshorganj College, founded in 1998, and Shahabuddin College. Fulbaria College is the only honors level one. According to Banglapedia, Achim High School, Fulbaria Pilot High School, Hare Krishna High School, Kandania High School, Muhammad Nagar High School, Palashihata High School, and Radhakanai High School are notable secondary schools. The madrasa education system includes seven fazil madrasas.


Economy and tourism

Fulbaria is noted for its
beel A beel (Bengali language, Bengali and Assamese language, Assamese: বিল) is a billabong or a lake-like wetland with static water as opposed to moving water in rivers and canals - typically called in Bengali, in the Ganges - Brahmaputra ...
s as well as the large forest area in Rangamatia and Santoshpur. The latter Union is also home to rubber plantation.


See also

*
Upazilas of Bangladesh An ''upazila'' ( pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative division in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a districts of Bangladesh, district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a borough of Western count ...
*
Districts of Bangladesh The divisions of Bangladesh, divisions of Bangladesh are further divided into districts or (). The headquarters of a district is called the district seat (). There are 64 districts in Bangladesh. The districts are further subdivided into 495 s ...
*
Divisions of Bangladesh Divisions are the first-level administrative divisions in Bangladesh. As of 2024, there are eight divisions of Bangladesh, each named after the major city within its jurisdiction that also serves as the administrative seat of that division. Eac ...
*
Administrative geography of Bangladesh Bangladesh is divided into 8 divisions (''bibhag'') and 64 districts (''jela'', ''zila'', ''zela''), although, these have only a limited role in public policy. For the purposes of local governance, the country is divided into '' upazilas'' (su ...


References

{{Authority control Upazilas of Mymensingh District Fulbaria Upazila