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'''Pirojpur Sadar Upazila''' ([[Pirojpur District|pirojpur district]]) area 166.81 sq km, located in between 22°29' and 22°41' north latitudes and in between 89°53' and 90°02' east longitudes. It is bounded by [[Nazirpur Upazila|nazirpur]] and [[Nesarabad (Swarupkati) Upazila|nesarabad]] upazilas on the north, [[Zianagar Upazila|zianagar]] and [[Bhandaria Upazila|bhandaria]] upazilas on the south, Nesarabad, [[Kawkhali Upazila (Pirojpur District)|kawkhali]] (Pirojpur) and Bhandaria upazilas on the east, [[Morrelganj Upazila|morrelganj]] and [[Kachua Upazila (Bagerhat District)|kachua]] ([[Bagerhat District|bagerhat]]) upazilas on the west.

''Population'' Total 163470; male 80704, female 82766; Muslim 136399, Hindu 26993, Buddhist 60, Christian 10 and others 8.

''Water bodies'' Main rivers: Baleshwari, Kaliganga, [[Katcha River|katcha]]; Jujkhola Canal is notable.

''Administration'' Pirojpur Thana was formed in 1790 and it was turned into an upazila in 1983.

{| class="table table-bordered table-hover"
|-
| colspan="9" | Upazila
|-
| rowspan="2" | Municipality || rowspan="2" | Union || rowspan="2" | Mouza || rowspan="2" | Village || colspan="2" | Population || rowspan="2" | Density (per sq km) || colspan="2" | Literacy rate (%)
|-
| Urban || Rural || | Urban || Rural
|-
|| 1 || 7 || 64 || 98 || 60056 || 103414 || 980 || 77.8 || 65.8
|}
{| class="table table-bordered table-hover"
|-
| colspan="9" | Municipality
|-
|
Area
(sq km)
|
Ward
|
Mahalla
|
Population
|
Density (per sq km)
|
Literacy rate (%)
|-
| 29.49 || 9 || 30 || 60056 || 2036 || 77.8
|}

{| class="table table-bordered table-hover"
| colspan="5" | Union
|-
| rowspan="2" | Name of union and GO code || rowspan="2" | Area (acre) || colspan="2" | Population || rowspan="2" | Literacy rate (%)
|-
| Male || Female
|-
| Kadamtala 25 || 5214 || 7131 || 7194 || 69.8
|-
| Kalakhali 34 || 4059 || 5117 || 5261 || 69.2
|-
| Tona 94 || 3607 || 6284 || 6541 || 69.0
|-
| Durgapur 17 || 4687 || 7190 || 7507 || 63.4
|-
| Shankarpasha 69 || 5405 || 10818 || 11443 || 63.6
|-
| Sariktala 77 || 4935 || 5641 || 5983 || 65.4
|-
| Sikdar Mallik 86 || 6226 || 8475 || 8829 || 63.6
|}

''Source'' Bangladesh Population Census 2011, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

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''Archaeological heritage and relics'' Rayerkati Zamindarbari, Kali Mandir.

''War of Liberation'' In 1971 the Pak army raped and brutally killed a women named Bhagirathi for supply of information about Pak military to the freedom fighters. She was tied with a motor cycle and drugged until death and her dead body was later thrown in the Baleshwari river. Freedom fighters had an encounter with Pak army at Bagmara of the upazila. A memorial monument has been built at Baleshwari Kheyaghat.

For details: see পিরোজপুর সদর উপজেলা, ''বাংলাদেশ মুক্তিযুদ্ধ জ্ঞানকোষ'' (Encyclopedia of Bangladesh War of Liberation), বাংলাদেশ এশিয়াটিক সোসাইটি, ঢাকা ২০২০, খণ্ড ৬।

''Religious institutions'' Mosque 351, temple 145, tomb 1, sacred place 1. Noted religious institutions: 'Pirojpur Jami Mosque, Pirojpur Kalibari, Ramakrishna Math and Mission.

''Literacy rate and educational institutions'' Average literacy 70.3%; male 70.8%, female 69.8%. Noted educational institutions: Pirojpur Shaheed Suhrawardy Government College, Pirojpur Government Boys' School (1909), Parerhat Rajlakshmi Secondary School (1915), Pirojpur Government High School (1909), Kadamtala Goerge Secondary School (1912), Pirojpur Town Secondary School (1917), Khanakuniari PE Fazil Madrasa (1920).

''Cultural organisations'' Library 9, club 35, theatre stage 1, theatre group 1, women organisation 7, cinema hall 3.

''Main sources of income'' Agriculture 49.88%, non-agricultural labourer 5.89%, industry 1.54%, commerce 19.05%, transport and communication 3.03%, service 1.87%, construction 0.34%, religious service 9.55%, rent and remittance 0.44% and others 8.40%.

''Ownership of agricultural land'' Landowner 55.87%, landless 44.13%.

''Main crops'' Paddy, wheat, sugarcane, pulse, betel leaf, pumpkin, vegetables.

''Extinct or nearly extinct crops'' Aus paddy, sweet potato.

''Main fruits'' Banana, papaya, coconut, water-melon, betel nut, hog-plum.

''Fisheries, dairies and poultries'' This upazila has a number of fisheries, dairies and poultries.

''Communication facilities'' Pucca road 50 km, semi-pucca road 65 km, mud road 125 km; waterway 42 km.

''Extinct or nearly extinct traditional transport'' Palanquin, horse carriage.

''Noted manufactories'' Rice mill, flour mill, ice factory, saw mill, printing press, bakery, welding factory.

''Cottage industries'' Blacksmith, weaving, bamboo work, bidi factory.

''Hats, bazars and fairs'' Pirojpur Bazar, Kadamtala Bazar and Ghoser Hat are notable.

''Main exports'' Banana, coconut, betel leaf, betel nut.

''Access to electricity'' All the wards and unions of the upazila are under rural electrification net-work. However 55.9% of the dwelling households have access to electricity.

''Sources of drinking water'' Tube-well 75.9%, tap 19.5% and others 4.6%.

''Sanitation'' 89.9% of dwelling households of the upazila use sanitary latrines and 9.1% of dwelling households use non-sanitary latrines; 1.0% of households do not have latrine facilities.

''Health centres'' Hospital 2, clinic 4, family planning centre 11.

''NGO activities'' Operationally important NGOs are [[BRAC|brac]], [[ASA|asa]], CARE,[[Proshika| proshika]]. [Shapna Roy]

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

[[Category:Upazilas of Bangladesh]]

[[Category:Local Government]]

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Nasirkhan at 20:17, 13 October 2023