Wazirpur Upazila

Wazirpur (Bengali: উজিরপুর) is an Upazila of Barisal District in the Division of Barisal, Bangladesh.[1]

Uzirpur উজিরপুর
Upazila
Uzirpur Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 22°48.7′N 90°14.7′E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Barisal Division
District	Barisal District
Area
• Total	248.35 km^2 (95.89 sq mi)
Population  (1991)
• Total	227,115
• Density	910/km^2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)
Website	Official Map of the Wazirpur Upazila

Baitul Aman Mosque, located in Guthia, Wazirpur

Geography

Wazirpur is located at 22.8111°N 90.2444°E. It has 44,480 households and a total area of 248.35 km².

Demographics

According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Wazirpur had a population of 227,115. Males constituted 50.8% of the population, and females 49.2%. The number of residents aged 18 or over was 114,254. Wazirpur has an average literacy rate of 47.7% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 32.4%. There are 22 colleges and 50 primary schools in Wazirpur.[2]

Administration

Wazirpur Upazila is divided into nine union parishads: Bamrail, Barakotha, Guthia, Harta, Jalla, Otra, Satla, Shikarpur and Sholak. The union parishads are subdivided into 118 mauzas and 125 villages.[3]

Notable residents

• Major M. A. Jalil, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Wazirpur in 1942.[4]
• Sardar Fazlul Karim, philosopher, was born at Atipara village in 1925.[5]
• Manabendra Mukherjee (singer)

See also

• Upazilas of Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh

References

1. Md. Mizanur Rahman (2012). "Wazirpur Upazila". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
2. "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
3. "District Statistics 2011: Barisal" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
4. Khan, Muazzam Hussain (2012). "Jalil, Major Mohammad Abdul". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
5. "Sardar Fazlul Karim remembered in Barisal". The Daily Star. 25 August 2014.