Gafargaon () is an

upazila An ''upazila'' ( pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative division in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a borough of Western countries. Rural upazilas ...

Mymensingh District Mymensingh District () is a district in Mymensingh Division Bangladesh, and is bordered in the north by Meghalaya, India and the Garo Hills, in the south by Gazipur District, in the east by the districts of Netrokona and Kishoreganj and in ...

Mymensingh Division Mymensingh Division (; ) is one of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of and a population of 12,225,498 as of the 2022 census. It was formed in 2015 from districts previously composing the northern part of Dhaka Div ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

Geography

Gafargaon is located at . 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 Sreepur () is a city in central Bangladesh, located in Gazipur District in the division of Dhaka. It is the administrative and urban centre of Sreepur Upazila. About 260,000 people live here which makes this city the 15th largest city in Ba ...

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.

Demographics

According to the

2011 Census of Bangladesh In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh, which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census. Data were r ...

, 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. As of the

1991 Bangladesh census In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and a ...

, 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%.

Administration

Gafargaon Upazila is divided into Gafargaon Municipality and 15

union parishad Union council (), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit in Bangladesh, with zila parishads (district councils) being the largest rural authori ...

s: 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. Gafargaon Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 19

mahalla is an Arabic word variously translated as district, Quarter (country subdivision), quarter, Ward (country subdivision), ward, or neighborhood in many parts of the Arab world, the Balkans, Western Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and nearby nations. ...

s. The police stations (thana) 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 Family planning Health and Family Welfare Center: 11 Family planning clinic: 1 The number of fertile couples: 84,833

Education

* 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.

Notable people

Abdul Jabbar ʿAbd al-Jabbār (ALA-LC romanization of ) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Jabbār'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric ...

, Language Movement martyr * SM Momtaz Uddin * Shamsul Huda Panchbagi,

Islamic scholar In Islam, the ''ulama'' ( ; also spelled ''ulema''; ; singular ; feminine singular , plural ) are scholars of Islamic doctrine and law. They are considered the guardians, transmitters, and interpreters of religious knowledge in Islam. "Ulama ...

and politician * Fazlur Rahman Sultan, Member of Parliament *

Muhiuddin Khan Muhiuddin Khan (; 1935–2016) was an Islamic scholar from Bangladesh and editor of '' Monthly Madina''. Khan was also a Quranic commentator, journalist, poet, writer and translator. He translated for the first time tafseer Maariful Quran into B ...

, Islamic scholar and Qur'an translator

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gafargaon Upazila Gafargaon Upazila