Tarail Upazila

Tarail Upazila (kishoreganj district) area 141.43 sq km, located in between 24°30' and 24°37' north latitudes and in between 90°49' and 90°59' east longitudes. It is bounded by kendua and madan upazilas on the north, karimganj upazila on the south, itna upazila on the east, nandail and kishoreganj sadar upazilas on the west.

Population Total 159739; male 79199, female 80540; Muslim 152852, Hindu 6817, Christian 16 and others 54.

Water bodies Main rivers: Bathail, Baruni, Narsunda, Buri; Dhalachaina Beel, Makraunda Beel, Kartar Beel, Pubail Beel, Bara Beel, Nayala Beel, Gajna Beel are notable.

Administration Tarail Thana was formed in 1928 and it was turned into an upazila in 1983.

Upazila
Municipality	Union	Mouza	Village	Population		Density (per sq km)	Literacy rate (%)
				Urban	Rural		Urban	Rural
-	7	76	116	8675	151064	1129	58.9	34.3

Upazila Town
Area (sq km)	Mouza	Population	Density (per sq km)	Literacy rate (%)
3.06	1	8675	2835	58.9

Union
Name of union and GO code	Area (acre)	Population		Literacy rate (%)
		Male	Female
Jawar 54	4511	11266	11166	28.8
Tarail Sachail 94	4256	12439	12356	42.5
Talganga 81	4239	10034	10711	43.5
Damiha 13	6465	12865	12993	29.6
Digdair 40	4197	10162	10351	35.5
Dhala 27	4892	9944	10099	32.3
Rauti 67	5258	12489	12864	37.4

SourceBangladesh Population Census 2011, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

Archaeological heritage and relics Saheb Bari Mosque at Jawar (941 AH), Mosque at village Parura (Mughal period),' Mosque and Mazar of Saheb Bari at Sekandar Nagar, Kachari Bari (revenue office) of Girish Chandra Pal (1333 BS), memorial monument of Zamindar Raj Chandra Roy.

War of Liberation Freedom fighters of the upazila had encounters with the Pakistani soldiers three times during the war of liberation. Mass killing sites had been found at two places of the upazila and a memorial sculpture has been built at the Tarail Muktijoddha Degree College.

For details: see তাড়াইল উপজেলা, বাংলাদেশ মুক্তিযুদ্ধ জ্ঞানকোষ (Encyclopedia of Bangladesh War of Liberation), বাংলাদেশ এশিয়াটিক সোসাইটি, ঢাকা ২০২০, খণ্ড ৫।

Religious institutions Mosque 231, temple 12, tomb 1, akhra 1.

Literacy rate and educational institutions Average literacy 35.7%; male 36.0%, female 35.4%. Educational institutions: college 1, secondary school 11, primary school 75, community school 3, madrasa 6. Noted educational institutions: Tarail Muktijoddha College (1992), Tarail Pilot High School (1945), Jawar High School (1903), Parura High School (1961), Talganga Raj Chandra Roy High School (1964), Dhala Multilateral Alim Madrasa (1968), Talganga Union Senior Madrasa (1991).

Cultural organisations Club 31, voluntary organisation 20, cinema hall 2, circus party 1, playground 19.

Main sources of income Agriculture 69.75%, non-agricultural labourer 4.37%, industry 0.36%, commerce 12.18%, transport and communication 2.19%, service 3.10%, construction 0.61%, religious service 0.31%, rent and remittance 0.17% and others 6.96%.

Ownership of agricultural land Landowner 49.78%, landless 50.22%; agricultural landowner: urban 34.86% and rural 50.58%.'

Main crops Paddy, jute, wheat, mustard, chilli, onion.

Extinct or nearly extinct crops Sesame, linseed, black gram, pea, khesari.

Main fruits Mango, jackfruit, litchi, pulm.

Fisheries, dairies and poultries Fishery 21, fish safe shelter 3, dairy 28, poultry 49, hatchery 1.

Communication facilities Pucca road 74 km, semi-pucca road 390 km, mud road 250 km; waterway 9 nautical miles.

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

Noted manufactories Rice mill, saw mill, ice factory, soap factory, bakery.

Cottage industries Goldsmith, blacksmith, potteries, weaving, bamboo and wood work.

Hats, bazars and fairs Hats and bazars are 7, fairs 9, most noted of which are Tarail Bazar, Talganga Bazar, Jawar Bazar and Parura Bazar.

Main exports Paddy, jute, mustard.

Access to electricity All the unions of the upazila are under rural electrification net-work. However 60.6% of the dwelling households have access to electricity.

Sources of drinking water Tube-well 95.4%, tap 0.2% and others 4.4%. The presence of arsenic has been detected 25.41% in shallow tube-well water of the upazila.

Sanitation 53.0% of dwelling households of the upazila use sanitary latrines and 41.1% of dwelling households use non-sanitary latrines; 5.9% of households do not have latrine facilities.

Health centres Upazila health complex 1, family planning centre 4, rural health centre 2.

Natural disasters The floods of 1988 and 2004 caused heavy damages to settlements, livestock and other properties of the upazila.

NGO activities Operationally important NGOs are brac, asa, Swanirvar Bangladesh. [Muhammad Tofazzel Hussain Khan]

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