Gafargaon Upazila
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Geography
Gafargaon is located at Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. It has 73,130 households and total area 401.16 km2. Trishal on the north, Nandail in the east, Hossainpur and Pakundia upazilas of Kishoreganj district, Kapasia and Sreepur upazilas of Gazipur district on the south and Trishal and Bhaluka upazilas on the west. Nearly three sides of the border are surrounded by river Brahmaputra, Kalivana on the south and Sutia in the west. Just land on the north.[2]
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Gafargaon Upazila had 99,093 households and a population of 430,746. 109,295 (25.37%) were under 10 years of age. Gafargaon has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 49.26%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1,045 females per 1,000 males. 42,641 (9.90%) lived in urban areas.[4][5]
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Gafargaon has a population of 379,803. Males constitute 51.04% of the population, and females 48.96%. This upazila's eighteen-up population is 184,633. Gafargaon has an average literacy rate of 90.3% (7+ years) compared to the national average of 70.4%.[6]
Administration
Gafargaon Upazila is divided into Gafargaon Municipality and 15 union parishads: Barobaria, Charalgi, Dotterbazar, Gafargaon, Josora, Longair, Moshakhali, Niguari, Paithol, Panchbagh, Raona, Rasulpur, Saltia, Tangabo, and Usthi. The union parishads are subdivided into 202 mauzas and 214 villages.[7]
Gafargaon Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 19 mahallas.[7]
The 2 administrative thanas are Gafargaon and Pagla. Pagla Thana was established in 2012.
Infrastructure
Health and hospitals
Upazila Health Complex: 1
Upazila Health and Family Welfare Center: 16
Number of beds: 50[2]
Family planning
Health and Family Welfare Center: 11
Family planning clinic: 1
The number of fertile couples: 84,833 [2]
Education
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- Gafargaon Islamia Govt. High School
- Khairullah Govt. Girls High School
According to Banglapedia, Kandipara Askar Ali High School, founded in 1906, is a notable secondary school.[1]
Notable people
- Abdul Jabbar, Language Movement martyr[8]
- SM Momtaz Uddin
- Shamsul Huda Panchbagi, Islamic scholar and politician
- Fazlur Rahman Sultan, Member of Parliament
- Muhiuddin Khan, Islamic scholar and Qur'an translator[9]
See also
- Upazilas of Bangladesh
- Upazila Nirbahi Officer
- Districts of Bangladesh
- Divisions of Bangladesh
- Administrative geography of Bangladesh
- Narayanganj-Bahadurabad Ghat Line
References
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External links
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