Mujibnagar Upazila

Mujibnagar Upazila (meherpur district) area 111.51 sq km, located in between 23°36' and 23°45' north latitudes and in between 88°34' and 88°43' east longitudes. It is bounded by meherpur sadar upazila on the north, damurhuda and Meherpur Sadar upazilas on the east, West Bengal of India on the south and on the west.

Population Total 99143; male 49084, female 50059; Muslim 92970, Hindu 945, Buddhist 13, Christian 5200 and others 15.

Water bodies Bhairab River, Sarashati Canal and Datpur Beel are notable.

Administration Mujibnagar upazila was formed on 24 February 2000.

Upazila
Municipality	Union	Mouza	Village	Population		Density (per sq km)	Literacy rate (%)
				Urban	Rural		Urban	Rural
-	4	29	33	10021	89122	889	61.9	49.2

Upazila Town
Area (sq km)	Mouza	Population	Density (per sq km)	Literacy rate (%)
8.77	3	10021	1143	61.9

Union
Name of union and GO code	Area (acre)	Population		Literacy rate (%)
		Male	Female
Dariapur 47	5953	9641	9988	52.7
Bagoan 28	10701	19671	20036	61.9
Mahajanpur 76	6348	9521	9606	43.9
Monakhali 85	4552	10251	10429	44.6

Source  Bangladesh Population Census 2011, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

Archaeological heritage and relics Dargah of Shaikh Farid, Christian Mission and Church at Ballavpur.

War of Liberation Professor mohammad yusuf ali, MNA read out the proclamation of independence at Mujibnagar (former name Bhaberpara, Badyanathtala) on 17 April 1971. On this day the first provisional government of Bangladesh took oath here. Freedom fighters had a number of encounters with the Pak army in the upazila and notable among these were at Mujibnagar, Ballavpur Battala, Ratanpur Ghat, segunbagan, Maniknagar camp and the Camp of Pakistani soldiers at Monakhali.

For details: see মুজিবনগর উপজেলা, বাংলাদেশ মুক্তিযুদ্ধ জ্ঞানকোষ (Encyclopedia of Bangladesh War of Liberation), বাংলাদেশ এশিয়াটিক সোসাইটি, ঢাকা ২০২০, খণ্ড ৮।

Religious institutions Mosque 101, temple 4, tomb 1.

Literacy rate and educational institutions Average literacy 50.5%; male 50.4%, female 50.6%. Educational institutions: college 2, secondary school 24, primary school 37, kindergarten 4, community and NGO school 4, madrasa 6. Noted educational institutions: Mujibnagar Secondary School (1937), Mujibnagar Degree College (1983), Dariapur Secondary School (1946).

Newspapers and periodicals Monthly: Sadhak (defunct).

Cultural organisations Library 4.Noted installations' Mujibnagar Memorial Monument and Complex.

Main sources of income Agriculture 73.77%, non-agricultural labourer 2.38%, industry 0.90%, commerce 13.26%, transport and communication 1.45%, service 2.70%, construction 0.73%, religious service 0.09%, rent and remittance 0.40% and others 4.32%.

Ownership of agricultural land Landowner 65.89%, landless 34; agricultural landowner: urban 67.70% and rural 65.67%.

Main crops Paddy, jute, wheat, tobacco, sugarcane, corn, potato, vegetables.

Extinct or nearly extinct crops Arahar, aus paddy, mustard seeds.

Main fruits Mango, jackfruit, banana, coconut, palm, guava, litchi.

Fisheries, dairies and poultries Fishery 15, dairy 195, poultry 40.

Communication facilities Pucca road 106 km, semi-pucca road 23 km, mud road 689 km.

Extinct or nearly extinct traditional transport Palanquin, horse carriage, bullock cart.

Cottage industries Weaving, jute work, nakshi kantha, bamboo and cane work.

Hats, bazars and fairs Hats and bazars are 11, most noted of which are Dariapur Hat, Anandabas Hat, Kedarganj Hat, Gourinagar Hat and Ratanpur Hat.

Main exports Jute, banana, potato, sugarcane molasses.

Access to electricity All the unions of the upazila are under rural electrification net-work. However 63.7% of the dwelling households have access to electricity.

Sources of drinking water Tube-well 93.5%, tap 0.5% and others 6.0%.

Sanitation 46.5% of dwelling households of the upazila use sanitary latrines and 44.2% of dwelling households use non-sanitary latrines; 9.3% of households do not have latrine facilities.

Health centres Hospital 1, satellite clinic and family welfare centre 3.

NGO activities Operationally important NGOs are brac, asa, proshika, Daridra Bimachan Sangstha. [Md. Murad Hossain]

References Bangladesh Population Census 2001 and 2011, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics; Cultural survey report of Mujibnagar Upazila 2007.