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3.1 BAGHA UPAZILA

CENSUS RESULTS AT A GLANCE

Growth RateItems 2001 1991

Decadal Annual

1. AREA

In Sq. Km. 184.25 184.25

In Sq.Mile 71.14 71.14

2. HOUSEHOLD

Upazila 38 318 29 056 31.88 2.81

Urban 5 077 949 434.98 18.26

Rural 33 241 28 107 18.27 1.69

3.HOUSEHOLD SIZE (Dwelling)

Upazila 4.4 5.3 (-) 16.98 (-) 1.84

Urban 4.3 5.1 (-) 15.69 (-) 1.69

Rural 4.4 5.3 (-) 16.98 (-) 1.84

4. POPULATION

Both Sexes 169 527 153 931 10.13 0.97

Male 87 885 79 240 10.91 1.04

Female 81 642 74 691 9.31 0.89Urban

Both Sexes 22 038 48 31 356.18 16.39

Male 11 457 2 508 356.82 16.41

Female 10 581 2 323 355.49 16.37

Rural

Both Sexes 147 489 149 100 (-) 1.08 (-) 0.11

Male 76 428 76 732 (-) 0.40 (-) 0.04

Female 71 061 72 368 (-) 1.81 (-) 0.18

5. DENSITY

Per Sq.Km. 920 835 10.18 0.97

Per Sq. Mile 2 383 2 164 10.12 0.97

6. SEX RATIO

Upazila 108 106 1.89 0.19Urban 108 108 0.00 0.00

Rural 107 106 0.94 0.09

7. LITERACY (7 Years & Over)

Both Sexes. 41.83 26.20 59.66 4.79

Male 45.66 32.10 42.24 3.59

Female 37.73 19.90 89.60 6.61

8. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE (5 to Years )

Both Sexes 33 722 23 341 44.47 3.75

Male 18 678 12 685 47.24 3.94

Female 15 044 9 656 55.80 4.53

9.URBAN POPULATION (%) 13.00 3.14 314.01 15.27

10.GEOGRAPHIC UNIT*

Union 6 6

Mauza 98 98

Village 93 101

Paurashava 1 -

Ward 9 -

Mahallah 25 - *Variation is due to urban spread


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3.1.1 Background: Bagha, ranking the 7th

upazila in respect of area, came into existence in 1983.

Nothing is definitely known about the origin of the upazila name. It is learnt that during the Mughalperiod there lived a saint in this locality. The area was surrounded by jungles and it is said that the saintwas always guarded by many tigers locally known asBagh. It is believed that the wordBagha is derivedfrom this wordBagh.

.3.1.2 Area and location: The upazila occupies an area of 184.25 Sq.km. including 14.48 Sq.km. forestareas. It is located between 24007 and 24019 north latitudes and between 88044 and 88055 east

longitudes. The upazila is bounded on the north by Charghat and Baghatipara. upazila of Natore Zila, onthe east by Lalpur Upazila of Natore Zila, on the south by the river Padma and on the west by India.

3.1.3 Union-Ward, Mauza-Mahallah and Village Characteristics: The upazila consists of 1Paurashava, 9 wards, 25 mahallahs, 6 unions, 81 mauzas and 93 villages. The average population of eachward, mahallah, union, mauza ,and village are 2449, 881, 24581, 1821 and 1586 respectively.

Mauza-Mahallah Distribution: The distribution of mauzas and mahallahs by size class of households isshown in table T1 below:

Table T1.1: Distribution of Mauzas / Mahallahs by Size of Household

No. of Mauza /MahallahSize Class Household

2001 1991

Difference

RV1 1-50 7 3 (+) 4

RV2 51-200 28 30 (-) 2

RV3 201-400 38 29 (+) 9

RV4 401-600 17 11 (+) 6

RV5 601 & above 16 12 (+) 4

The modal size class is 201 - 400 households.

Village Distribution: The distribution of villages by size class of population is shown in table T2 below:

Table T1.2: Distribution of Villages by Size Class of Population.

No. of VillagesSize Class Population

2001 1991

Difference

V1 Up to 250 4 3 (+) 1

V2 251-750 16 24 (-) 8

V3 751-1500 38 37 (+) 1

V4 1501-2500 18 19 (-) 1

V5 2501 & above 17 18 (-) 1

The modal size class is 751-1500 persons.

Housing and Household Characteristics: In the upazila, there are 38318 households. Distribution ofhouseholds by type shows that there are 99.90% dwelling units, 0.05% institutional and 0.05% others

units.

Household Size:The average household size (dwelling) for the upazila is 4.4. For rural area the size issame i.e. 4.4 and for urban area the size is slightly lower i.e. 4.3 .

Housing: Percentage distribution of main house of the dwelling households by type of structure arepresented in table T1.3.


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Table T1.3: Main House of the Dwelling Households by Type of Structure

Locality Total Jhupri Kutcha Semi-Pucka Pucka

Upazila 100.00 13.48 71.16 12.27 3.09

Urban 100.00 7.16 71.96 14.62 6.26

Rural 100.00 14.44 71.04 11.91 2.61

Housing condition of Bagha upazila is predominantly kutcha. It is found in the table that 13.48%households live in Jhupri, 71.16% households live in kutcha houses, 12.27% households live in semi-

pucka houses and the remaining 3.09% households live in pucka houses in the upazila. Housing conditionof urban area is better. In urban area 6.26% households live in pucka houses, 14.62% households live insemi-pucka houses, 71.96% households live in kutcha houses and 7.16% live in Jhupri as against 2.61%

in pucka, 11.91% in semi-pucka, 71.04% in kutcha and the remaining 14.44% live in Jhupri respectivelyin rural area.

Source of Drinking Water: In Bagha upazila, 95.89% of dwelling households drink tube-well water,0.31% drink tap water, 0.40% drink deep tube-well water, 0.16% drink pond water and the remaining3.24% dwelling households drink water from other sources.

Sanitation: In the upazila, 23.26% of dwelling households have sanitary latrines with 21.31% in ruralarea and 36.10% in urban area. A total of 47.14% of the households have non-sanitary latrines with47.83% in rural area and 42.65% in urban area. In this upazila, 29.59% of the households have no toilet

facility.

Access to Electricity: All the six unions of the upazila have been brought under Rural Electrification

Programme. However, a total of 25.45% of the dwelling households reported to have electricityconnection in the entire upazila.

Ownership of Agriculture Land:In Bagha upazila, 57.52% of the dwelling households own agriculture

land and 42.48% do not own it. Percentage of ownership of agriculture land is 46.97% in urban area asagainst 59.13% to that of rural.

Main Source of Household Income:In the upazila, 63.57% of the dwelling households depend onagriculture as the main source of household income with 30.88% on cropping, livestock, forestry and

fishery and 32.69% as agriculture labour. Other sources of household income are non-agriculture labour-5.47%, business-16.85%, employment- 3.36%, construction-0.53%, religious service-0.13%, rent andremittance-0.12%, transport and communication-2.05% and others-6.65%. In urban area main sources of

households income are employment-7.46%, construction-0.99%, rent and remittance-0.22%, religiousservice-0.16%, transport and communication -5.11%, business-26.19 %, non -agriculture labour-7.46%

and others -9.30%. In rural area the main sources of households income are agriculture-67.08%, of whichcropping, livestock, forestry and fishery- 33.06% and agriculture labour- 34.02%. Other sources are non-agriculture labour- 5.17%, business- 15.42%, transport and communication-1.58%, employment-2.73%,

industry-0.56%, construction- 0.46%, and others-6.24%.

3.1.5 Population Characteristics: According to the population census 2001 the total population of theupazila is 169527 , of which 87885 are males and 81642 are females. The sex ratio of the upazila is 108as against 106 in 1991.

Growth Rate: The decadal population growth rate of the Bagha upazila is 10.13% and annual growth

rate is 0.97%. The decadal growth rates over the last half-century are shown in T1.4.


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Table T1.4: Decadal Growth of population: 1951- 2001

Decade Growth Rate

1951- 1961 27.40

1961-1974 63.50

1974-1981 25.50

1981-1991 23.10

1991-2001 10.13

Economic Activity: In the upazila, 23.26% of the populations are below 10 years of age. Among thepopulation of age 10 years and over 27.46% are not working. 1.52% are looking for work, 34.30% are

engaged in household work and the remaining 36.72% are working. The distribution of working peopleshows agriculture- 24.35%, industry- 0.43%, business- 5.63%, services- 0.28%, construction- 0.32%,transport and communication- 0.74% and others - 4.97%.

3.1.6 Literacy and Education: Information on literacy and education is furnished bellow:

Literacy In Bagha upazila, it is found that 41.83% population aged 7 years and over are literate. Literacy

rates by sex and locality of three successive censuses are shown in table T1.5 below:T1.5: Literacy Rate by Sex and Locality, 1981-2001

Locality 2001 1991 1981

Both Sexes Male Female Both Sexes Male Female Both Sexes Male Female

Upazila 41.83 45.66 37.66 26.2 32.1 19.9 16.7 22.8 10.3

Urban 48.22 52.44 43.68 33.3 40.3 25.4 - - -

Rural 40.86 44.62 36.83 26.0 31.8 19.7 16.7 22.8 10.3

*Literacy rate in 1981 is calculated for population 5 years and above.

The above table shows that the literacy rate of Bagha upazila in 2001 is 41.83% for both sexes, 45.66%

for males and 37.66% for females. The rate is higher in urban area. It is 48.22% for both sexes,52.44% for

males and 43.68% for females . The rate is comparatively higher than that of corresponding rates in rural area

as of 40.86% for both sexes, 44.62% for male and 36.83% for female. It reveals from the table that aremarkable increase of literacy rate is observed over the decades. There shows an increase of 15.63%, 13.56%

and 17.76% in 2001 over 1991 for both sexes , males and females respectively. In the upazila, the highest

literacy rate is 57.70. % in word no 03 of Bagha Paurashava and the lowest is 36.15% in Bakuria union.

Education: School attendance of boys and girls between age 5 to 24 years is presented in table T1.6.

T1.6: School Attendance by Sex and Locality

5-9 Years 10-14 Years 15-19 Years 20-24 Years 5-24 YearsLocality

Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female

Upazila 45.33 44.86 66.42 71.87 48.06 37.47 20.87 6.83 47.74 40.70

Rural 45.07 44.79 65.14 71.23 47.27 36.83 20.18 6.54 47.01 40.27

Urban 47.05 45.45 74.77 75.89 52.91 41.20 25.07 8.77 52.38 43.58

School attendance at the age group 5 to 24 years for male is 47.74% and for female is 40.70%. In urban

area the rate is higher i.e. 52.38% for male and 43.58% for female. For rural area the rate is slightly loweri.e. 47.01% for male and 40.27% for female. Among various age groups highest attendance is observed inage group 10-14 years where female attendance is higher than their counterpart male.


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3.1.7 Urbanization: Bagha Paurashava is the only urban area of the upazila. It consists of 9 wards

and 25 mahallahs. The area of the Paurashava occupies 10.99 sq. km. The main features are shown in thetable T1.7.

Table T1.7: Main features of Bagha Paurashava.

PopulationMahallah Name

with Geo-code.

Area

(Sq.km.)

House

Hold

BothSexes

Male Female

Sex

Ratio

Density

(Per

sq.km.)

Literacy

Rate

Bagha Paurashava 10.99 5077 22038 22457 10581 108 2005 48.22

Ward no 01 1.05 824 3505 1794 1711 105 2228 43.72

128-Baliher 274 1260 645 615 105 51.00

220-Chak Ahmedpur 140 571 303 268 113 28.81

680- Ahmedpur Paschim 30 124 67 57 118 63.06

695- Baju BaghaNatun Basti Paschim 184 735 378 357 106 46.44

800- Uttar Mallik Bagha Paschim 196 815 401 414 97 37.23

Ward no- 02 1.04 481 2031 1067 964 111 1952 37.79

220- Chak satari 481 2031 1067 964 111 37.79

Ward no- 03 1.05 563 2558 1345 1213 111 2436 57.70260- Chak norenpur Paschim 255 1196 617 579 107 58.22

400- Kaligram 302 1332 717 615 117 56.74

405- Gaonpara Paschim 6 30 11 19 58 77.78

Ward no- 04 0.73 575 2466 1270 1196 106 3378 40.63

230- Gaonpara Dhakshin 17 85 50 35 143 11.43

275- Chaar Narranon Dakshin 558 2381 1220 1161 105 3119 41.63

Ward no 05 0.72 513 2246 1222 1024 119 49.12

770- Gaonpare Uttar 450 1908 1033 875 118 47.20

795- Chak Nobvenpur Dhakshin 63 338 189 149 127 2114 59.93

Ward no -06 1.05 617 2717 1411 1306 108 54.98

295- Dakshin Mallil Bagha- Paschim 384 1691 898 793 113 58.71775- Uttar mallik Bagha Purba 233 1026 513 513 108 1369 48.93

Ward no- 07 1.92 583 2629 1337 1292 103 52.95

020 Ahmedpur Purba 54 260 119 141 84 60.44

190- Baju Bagha Natun Basti Purba 59 270 130 140 93 46.93

300- Chaki para 118 505 259 246 105 33.03

630- Nichintapur 54 248 119 129 92 37.14

700- Mallik Bagha Purba 298 1346 710 636 112 62.82

Ward No 08 1.90 451 1866 967 899 108 1702 41.29

160-Baniapara 306 1264 651 613 106 40.06

225- ChandipurUttar 62 280 146 134 109 62.24

260 Jijalpalli Dakshin 83 322 170 152 112 27.74

Ward No 09 1.53 470 2020 1044 976 107 53.57

395- Jotsaesta 89 359 194 165 118 40.20

610- Murshidpur 381 1661 850 811 105 1320 56.37

3.2 BAGMARA UPAZILA


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Decadal Annual

1. AREA

In Sq.Km. 363.30 363.30

In Sq.Mile 140.27 140.272. HOUSEHOLD

Upazila 74 724 57 675 29.56 2.62

Urban 7 997 1 691 372.91 16.81

Rural 66 727 55 984 19.19 1.77


Upazila 4.3 4.9 (-) 12.24 (-) 1.30

Urban 4.3 5.1 (-) 15.69 (-) 1.69

Rural 4.3 4.9 (-) 12.24 (-) 1.30

4. POPULATION

Both Sexes 319 968 282 520 13.25 1.25

Male 163 258 141 301 15.54 1.45

Female 156 710 141 219 10.97 1.05

UrbanBoth Sexes 34 632 8 460 309.36 15.14

Male 17 895 4 421 304.77 15.01

Female 16 737 4 039 314.38 15.28

Rural

Both Sexes 285 336 274 060 4.11 0.40

Male 145 363 136 880 6.19 0.60

Female 139 973 137 180 2.03 0.20

5. DENSITY

Per Sq.Km. 881 778 13.23 1.25

Per Sq. Mile 2 281 2 014 13.25 1.25

6. SEX RATIO

Upazila 104 100 4.00 0.39

Urban 107 109 (-) 1.83 (-) 0.19

Rural 104 100 4.00 0.39


Both Sexes. 38.99 22.9 70.26 5.46

Male 46.97 32.5 44.52 3.75

Female 30.76 13.3 131.28 8.75


Both Sexes 65 778 40 024 64.34 5.09

Male 38 068 24 564 54.97 4.48

Female 27 707 15 460 79.22 6.00


10.GEOGRAPHIC UNIT*

Union 16 15Mauza 292 292

Village 332 362

Paurashava 2 -

Ward 18 -

Mahallah 40 -* Variation is due to new addition and urban spread.



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3.2.1 Background: Bagmara, the second largest upazila of Rajshahi Zila in respect of area, came into

existence in 1869 as thana. Nothing is definitely known about the origin of the upazila name. It is learntthat in the past this area was full of jungles and forest. There is a hearsay that while cleaning the jungles atiger meansBagh was killed and after that this area became popularly known asBagmara.

3.2.2 Area and location: The upazila occupies an area of 363.30 Sq.km. It is located between 24030

and

24

0

41

north latitudes and between 88

0

41 and 88

0

58

east longitudes. The Upazila is bounded on the northby Manda and Atrai upazilas of Naogaon zila, on the east by Atrai and Natore sadar upazila, on the southby Puthia and Durgapur upazilas and on the west by Mohanpur upazila.

Union-Ward, Mauza-Mahallah and Village Characteristics: The upazila consists of2 Paurashavas, 18 wards, 40 mahallahs, 16 unions, 272 mauzas and 332 villages. The average populationof each ward, mahallah, union, mauza and village are 1808, 514, 17964, 1057 and 866 respectively.

Mauza-Mahallah Distribution: Distribution of mauzas and mahallahs by size class of households isshown in table T2.1 below:

Table T2.1: Distribution of Mauzas and Mahallahs by Size of Household

No. of Mauza

/Mahallah

Size Class Household

2001 1991

Difference

RV1 1-50 9 9 0

RV2 51-200 151 173 (-) 22

RV3 201-400 108 85 (+) 23

RV4 401-600 32 17 (+) 15

RV5 601 & above 12 6 (+) 6

The modal size class is 51-200 households.

Village Distribution:The distribution of villages by size class of population is shown in table

T2.2 below:Table T2.2: Distribution of Villages by Size Class of Population.

No. of Villages.Size Class Population

2001 1991

Difference

V1 Up to 250 26 41 (-) 15

V2 251-750 161 179 (-) 18

V3 751-1500 95 108 (-) 13

V4 1501-2500 40 26 (+) 14

V5 2501 & above 10 8 (+) 2


3.2.4 Housing and Household Characteristics: In the upazila, there are 74724 households. Distributionof households by type shows that there are 99.78% dwelling units, 0.07% institutional and 0.15% othersunits.

Household Size: The average household size (dwelling) for the upazila is 4.27. For rural area the size is

same i.e. 4.27 but it is slightly higher i.e. 4.32 in urban area.

Housing: Percentage distribution of main house of the dwelling households by type of structure is

presented in table T2.3 below:



Upazila 100.00 0.75 89.38 7.49 2.38

Urban 100.00 1.25 81.09 11.11 6.55


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Rural 100.00 0.69 90.38 7.05 1.88

Housing condition of Bagmara upazila is predominantly kutcha. It is found in the table that 0.75%

households live in Jhupri, 89.37% households live in kutcha houses, 7.49% households live in semi-pucka

houses and the remaining 2.38% households live in pucka houses in the upazila. Housing condition of

urban area is slightly better. In urban area 6.55% households live in pucka houses, 11.11% households

live in semi-pucka houses, 81.09% households live in kutcha houses and 1.24% live in Jhupri as against

1.88% in pucka, 7.05% in semi-pucka, 90.37% in kutcha and the remaining 0.69% live in Jhupri

respectively in rural area.

Source of Drinking Water: In Bagmara upazila 95.31% dwelling households drink tube-well water,

0.14% drink tap water, 1.29% drink deep tube-well water, 0.11% drink pond water and the remaining

3.15% dwelling households drink water from other sources.

Sanitation: In the upazila 16.24% of dwelling households have sanitary latrines with 16.28% in rural

area and 15.85% in urban area. A total of 44.22% of the households have non-sanitary latrines with

42.72% in rural area and 56.78% in urban area. In this upazila, 39.55% of the households have no toilet

facility.

Access to Electricity:All the sixteen unions of the upazila have been brought under Rural ElectrificationProgramme. However, a total of 15.76% of the dwelling households reported to have electricity

connection in the entire upazila.

Ownership of Agriculture Land: In Bagmara upazila, 69.88% of the dwelling households own

agriculture land and 30.12% do not own it. Percentage of ownership of agriculture land is 59.29% in

urban area as against 71.14% in rural area.

Main Source of Household Income: In the upazila, 76.76% of the dwelling households depend on

agriculture as the main source of household income with 57.51% on cropping, livestock, forestry and

fishery and 19.25% as agriculture labour. Other sources of household income are non-agriculture labour-

1.97%, business- 9.18%, employment- 3.33%, construction- 0.63%, religious service- 0.08%, rent and

remittance- 0.08%, transport and communication- 2.55% and others- 4.71%. In urban area main sourcesof households income are employment -6.73%, construction- 1.04%, rent and remittance- 0.08%,

religious service- 0.08%, transport and communication- 4.28%, business- 19.21%, non -agriculture labour

-2.18% and others- 5.11%. In rural area the main sources of households income are agriculture- 78.83%,

of which cropping, livestock, forestry and fishery- 58.96% and agriculture labour-19.87%. Other sources

are non- agriculture labour- 1.94%, business- 7.99%, transport and communication- 2.35%, employment-

2.92%, industry- 0.38%, construction- 0.58%, and others- 4.67%.

3.2.5 Population Characteristics: According to the population census 2001 the total Population of the

upazila is 319968, of which 163258 are males and 156710 are females. The sex ratio of the upazila is 104.

Growth Rate: The decadal population growth rate of the Bagmara upazila is 13.25% and annual growth

rate is 1.25%. The decadal growth rates over the last half-century are shown in T2.4 below:Table T2.4: Decadal Growth of population: 1951- 2001

Decade Growth Rate

1951- 1961 17.30

1961-1974 50.10

1974-1981 20.90

1981-1991 20.00


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1991-2001 13.25

Economic Activity: In the upazila, 22.68% of the populations are below 10 years of age. Among the

population of age 10 years and over 23.20% are not working, 1.08% are looking for work, 37.09% areengaged in household work and the remaining 38.63% are working. The distribution of working peopleshows agriculture-29.33%, industry- 0.23%, business- 3.24%, services- 0.31%, construction- 0.41%,

transport and communication- 0.83% and others- 4.23%.3.2.6 Literacy and Education: Information on literacy and education is furnished bellow:

Literacy: In Bagmara upazila, it is found that 38.90% population aged 7 years and over is literate.Literacy rates by sex and locality of three consecutive censuses are shown in table T5 below:

T2.5 : Literacy Rate by Sex and Locality, 1981-2001

Locality 2001 1991 1981*

Both

Sexes

Male Female Both

Sexes

Male Female Both

Sexes

Male Female

Upazila 38.99 46.97 30.76 22.90 32.50 13.30 18.3 28.0 8.6

Urban 44.30 51.50 36.40 40.00 48.30 30.60 28.8 39.6 15.5

Rural 38.31 46.33 30.08 22.30 32.80 12.80 18.2 27.9 8.5


The above table shows that the literacy rate of Bagmara upazila in 2001 is 38.9% for both sexes , 46.9%for males and 30.7% for females. Literacy rate in urban area is 44.3% for both sexes, 51.5% for males,

and 36.4% for females. These are much higher as compared to the corresponding rates in rural area of38.3% for both sexes, 46.3% for males, and 30.1% for females. A remarkable increase of the literacy rate

is also observed over the decades. There shows an increase of 16.09%, 14.47% and 17.46% in 2001 over1991 for both sexes, males and females respectively. In the upazila, the highest literacy rate is 74.16% inward no 03 of Tahirpur Paurashava, and the lowest is 46.26% in Ganipur union.

Education: School attendance of boys and girls between ages 5 to 24 years are presented in Table T2.6.

T2.6: School Attendance by Sex and Locality5-9 Years 10-14 Years 15-19 Years 20-24 Years 5-24 YearsLocality

Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male FemaleUpazila 56.24 56.13 75.08 76.47 53.82 32.04 20.55 4.91 54.53 41.15

Urban 58.16 57.62 75.22 74.76 54.80 37.50 23.69 6.40 55.24 42.56

Rural 55.97 55.96 75.06 76.68 53.69 31.36 20.13 4.72 54.45 40.98

School attendance at the age group 5 to 24 years for male is 54.53% and for female is 41.15%. In urbanarea the rate is slightly higher i.e. 55.24% for male and 42.56% for female. For rural area the rate is

slightly lower i.e. 54.45% for male and 40.98% for female. Among various age groups highest attendanceis observed in age group 10-14 years. In the age group female attendance is found higher than theircounterpart male for the upazila and rural area as well.

3.2.7 Urbanization: Urban area includes Bhawaniganj Paurashava and Taherpur Paurashavas andBagmara mauza as its upazila headquarters. The two Paurashavas consist of 18 wards, 40 mahallahs and

the upazila headquarters consists of only one mauza as other urban area. These occupy an area of 26.58sq.km. Upazila headquarters is located in Bhawaniganj Paurashava whereas Police station is located inBagmara mauza. The main features are shown in the table T2.7.


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Table T2.7: Main features of Bhawaniganj Paurashava and Taherpur Paurashava

PopulationMauza MahallahName with Geo-code.

Area(Sq.km)

HouseHold

Both Sexes Male Female

Sex Ratio Density(Per

sq.km)

Literacy

Rate

1.Bhawaniganj

Paurashava

13.34 3662 15714 8161 7553 108 1178

Ward No 01 1.20 323 1414 742 672 110 1178 37.75290-Dacta 163 623 327 296 38.85499- Kasaba Paschim 160 791 415 376 36.87Ward No 02 1.57 340 1475 766 709 108 939 30.25984- Uttar Akdala 340 1475 766 709 30.25Ward No 03 1.68 426 1818 962 856 112 1082 34.65190- Basara 49 202 104 98 31.85200-Bilbari 80 298 160 138 22.75499-Kasba Purba (Part) 28 118 65 53 54.08695-Shadipur 61 277 145 132 38.70735- Paharpur Uttar and Purba para 208 923 488 435 35.49Ward No 04 1.27 322 1412 725 687 106 1112 29.37276-Dogachi 205 942 490 452 29.71475-Paharpur Fokirpara 55 226 116 110 12.07735- Paharpur Rishipara 62 244 119 125 42.72Ward No 05 0.61 381 1826 1017 809 126 2993 64.10143-Bhawaniganj 381 1826 1017 809 64.10

Ward No 06 1.54 568 2248 1178 1070 110 1489 49.76229- Chandpara 568 2248 1178 1070 49.76Ward No 07 1.38 462 1959 984 975 101 1420 41.48547- Khazapara 95 405 217 188 43.15780-Sahadopara 88 447 230 217 39.47943-Surjyapur 279 1107 537 570 41.68Ward No 08 2.95 397 1637 819 818 100 555 50.07292-Dargamaria 164 679 345 334 47.24360-Hazrapara 80 330 167 163 46.83690-Nazirpur 66 254 125 129 39.38824-Rarioara 87 374 182 192 65.54Ward No 09 1.15 443 1925 968 957 101 1674 42.45495-Karnipra 233 1031 516 515 41.27700-Ramkrishnapur 161 708 358 350 44.99960-Zanipur 49 186 94 92 39.102. Taherpur Paurashava 10.84 3853 16826 8658 8168 106 1552Ward No 01 0.45 270 1411 703 708 99 3136 60.83953-Taherpur Dakshin 270 1411 703 708 60.83

Ward No 02 0.42 541 2552 1301 1251 104 6076 49.65953-Taherpur Paschim 541 2552 1301 1251 49.65Ward No 03 0.44 335 1653 850 803 106 3757 74.16953-Taherpur Purba 335 1653 850 803 74.16Ward No 04 0.84 354 1437 718 719 100 1711 40.65659- Muthrapur 277 1144 565 579 44.55953- Taherpur Horifola Uttar 77 293 153 140 26.09Ward No 05 0.91 337 1616 843 773 109 1776 47.29420- Jaganathpur 88 416 209 207 44.22440-Jamli 249 1200 634 566 48.35Ward No 06 1.43 383 1557 818 739 111 1089 31.33177-Bisurpara 296 1154 598 556 32.70936-Sultanpur 87 403 220 183 27.64Ward No 07 2.12 567 2193 1126 1067 106 1034 32.97256-Dakshin Koalipara 196 738 376 362 37.19731-Nurpur 286 1121 578 543 29.29740- Rogupati 85 334 172 162 35.82Ward No 08 1.98 672 2818 1479 1339 110 1423 35.67

300-Gaidoho 210 836 418 418 37.03423-Jamgram 318 1382 724 658 36.89827-Rosulpur 144 600 337 263 31.07Ward No 09 2.24 394 1589 820 769 107 709 40.85290-Chkkhayra 128 478 238 240 28.54540-Khayra 266 1111 582 529 46.12Other Urban Areas 2.40034 - Bagmara 2.40

482482

20922092

10761076

10161016

107107

872872

49.8349.83

Total 26.58 7997 34632 17895 16737 107 1303 44.23


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3.3 BOALIA THANA



Decadal Annual

1. AREA

In Sq.Km. 38.56 *96.69

In Sq.Mile 14.89 37.33

2. HOUSEHOLD

Upazila 38 840 51 063 (-) 23.94 (-) 2.70

Urban 38 840 51 063 (-) 23.94 (-) 2.70


Upazila 4.9 5.5 (-) 10.91 (-) 1.15

Urban 4.9 5.5 (-) 10.91 (-) 1.15

4. POPULATION

Both Sexes 191 711 294 056 (-) 34.80 (-) 4.19

Male 102 230 154 481 (-) 33.82 (-) 4.04

Female 89 481 139 575 (-) 35.89 (-) 4.35

Urban

Both Sexes 191 711 294 056 (-) 34.80 (-) 4.19

Male 102 230 154 481 (-) 33.82 (-) 4.04

Female 89 491 139 575 (-) 35.88 (-) 4.35

5. DENSITY

Per Sq.Km. 4 972 3 042 63.44 5.03

Per Sq. Mile 12 875 7 877 63.45 5.04

6. SEX RATIO

Upazila 114 111 2.70 0.27

Urban 114 111 2.70 0.27


Both Sexes. 71.22 58.30 22.16 2.02

Male 75.39 64.50 16.88 1.57

Female 66.43 51.30 24.49 2.62

8. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE (5 to Years )Both Sexes 50 381 78 017 (-) 35.42 (-) 4.28

Male 28 526 42 290 (-) 32.55 (-) 3.86

Female 21 855 35 727 (-) 38.83 (-) 4.80


10.GEOGRAPHIC UNIT*

Union - -

Mauza - -

Village - -

City Ward 21 30

City Mahallah 82 165* Variation is due to redemarkation


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3.3.1 Background: Boalia is the 10th thana/upazila in rank in respect of area of Rajshahi Zila.It is

within the city corporation. It came to existence in 1925 as Thana. In 1991 on entire Boalia thana and partof paba thana constituted the Rajshahi City Corporation. Nothing is definitely known about its name.There is a belief that the name might have originated from the word Boo means perfume and Aulia meanssaint possessing spiritual power. Rajshahi Zila as well as the Divisional Headquarters is located here.

3.3.2 Area and location: The thana occupies an area of 38.56 Sq.km.It is located between 24

0

21

and24023


028 and 88

038

east longitudes. The thana is bounded on the north

by Shahmokhdum thana, on the east by Matihar thana Durgapur upazila and, on the south by the river

Padma and on the west by Rajpara thana and Paba upazila.

3.3.3 Union-Ward, Mauza-Mahallah and Village Characteristics: As a part of Rajshahi citycorporation,the thana consists of 21wards and 82 Mahallahs. The average population size of each ward

and mahallah are 9129 and 2338 respectively.

Mauza-Mahalla Distribution: The distribution of mahallas by size class of households is shown in table

T3.1 below:

Table T3.1: Distribution of Mahallahs by Size class of Household

No. of MahallahSize Class Household

2001 1991

Difference

RV1 1-50 0 9 (-) 9

RV2 51-200 16 67 (-) 51

RV3 201-400 28 47 (-) 19

RV4 401-600 16 17 (-) 1

RV5 601 & above 22 25 (-) 3



3.3.4 Housing and Household Characteristics: In the thana, there are 38840 households of which95.23% are dwelling, 1.04% institutional and 3.74% others.

Household Size: The average household size (dwelling) for the thana is 4.93.Housing: Percentage distribution of main house of the dwelling households by type of structure are




Upazila 100.00 3.93 16.60 33.84 45.63

Urban 100.00 3.93 16.60 33.84 46.63

Housing condition of Boalia thana is predominantly pucka. It is found in the table that 3.93% householdslive in Jhupri, 16.60% households live in Kutcha houses, 33.84% households live in semi-pucka houses

and the remaining 45.63% households live in pucka houses.

Source of Drinking Water: In Boalia thana, 72.50% dwelling households drink tube-well water, 25.21%drink tap water, 0.84% drink deep tube-well water, 0.12% drink pond water and the remaining 1.33%dwelling households drink water from other sources.

Sanitation : In the thana, 86.52% dwelling households have sanitary latrines. A total of 11.51% of the

households have non-sanitary latrines. However,1.97% of the households have no toilet facility.


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Access to Electricity:All the 21 wards of the thana have been brought under Urban Electrification

Programme. However, a total of 84.02% of the dwelling households reported to have electricityconnection in the entire thana.

Ownership of Agriculture Land: In Boalia thana, 34.25% of the dwelling households own and 65.75%do not own agriculture land. Percentage of ownership of agriculture land is 34.25% in urban area.

Main Source of Household Income: In the thana, 3.33% of the dwelling households depend onagriculture as the main source of household income with 2.31% cropping, livestock, forestry and fisheryand 1.02% as agriculture labour. Other sources of household income are non-agriculture labour- 2.12%,

business- 28.14%, employment- 32.73%, construction- 3.74%, religious service- 0.15%, rent andremittance- 2.11%, transport and communication- 9.70% and others- 14.17%.

3.3.5 Population Characteristics: According to the population census 2001 the total population of thethana is 191711 of which 102230 are males and 89481 are females. The sex ratio of the thana is 114 asagainst 111 in 1991.

Growth Rate: The decadal population growth rate is 34.80% and annual growth rate is 4.19%. Thedecadal growth rates over the last half-century are shown in T3.4 below:


Decade Growth Rate

1951- 1961 27.4

1961-1974 63.5

1974-1981 185.5

1981-1991 15.6

1991-2001 34.8

Economic Activity: In the thana, 17.52% of the population are below 10 years of age . Among thepopulation of age 10 years and over 39.20% are not working. 2.62% are looking for work, 26.13% areengaged in household work and the remaining 32.5% are working. The distribution of working people

shows none industry- 1.43%, business- 8.14%, services- 0.86%, construction-1.53%, transport andcommunication- 3.12% and others-12.57%.

3.3.6 Literacy and Education : In Boalia thana, it is found that 71.22% population aged 7 years and overare literate. Literacy rates by sex and locality of the last three censuses are shown in table T3.4 below:

T3.4: Literacy Rate by Sex and Locality, 1981-2001

Locality 2001 1991 1981*

Both sexes Male Female Both sexes Male Female Both sexes Male Female

Upazila 71.22 75.39 66.43 58.30 64.50 51.30 52.2 59.3 44.0

Urban 71.22 75.39 66.43 58.30 64.50 51.30 52.2 59.3 44.0*Literacy rate in 1981 is calculated for population 5 years and above.

The above table shows that the literacy rate of Boalia thana in 2001 is 71.22% for both sexes,75.39%for males and 66.43% for females. A remarkable increase of the literacy rate is observed in the thana .Thetable shows an increase of 12.92,10.89 and 15.13 percent point in 2001 over 1991 for both sexes, male

and females respectively. In the thana, the highest literacy rate is 85.24% in ward no 08 and the lowest is49.7% in ward no 19.


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Education: School attendance of boys and girls between ages 5 to 24 years is presented in table T3.6.



Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male FemaleThana 55.14 55.16 68.75 67.34 59.07 52.18 56.67 31.84 59.99 51.03

Urban 55.14 55.16 68.75 67.34 59.07 52.18 56.67 31.84 59.99 51.03

School attendance at the age group 5 to 24 years for male is 59.99% and for female is 51.03%. Amongvarious age groups highest attendance is found in age group 10-14 years.

3.3.7 Urbanization: The entire Boalia thana is urban area within Rajshahi city Corporation. It consistsof 21 wards and 82 mahallahs and occupies an area of 38.56 sq.km. The main features are shown in thetable Co1 in this report:


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3.4 CHARGHAT UPAZILA


Decadal Annual

1. AREA

In Sq.Km. 164.52 164.52In Sq.Mile 63.52 63.52

2. HOUSEHOLD

Upazila 41 375 30799 34.34 3.00

Urban 7 451 2529 194.62 11.41

Rural 33 924 28270 20.00 1.84


Upazila 4.4 5.3 (-) 16.98 (-) 1.84

Urban 4.5 5.3 (-) 11.32 (-) 1.62

Rural 4.4 5.3 (-) 16.98 (-) 1.84

4. POPULATION

Both Sexes 183 921 163 862 12.24 1.16

Male 94 986 84 589 12.29 1.16

Female 88 935 79 273 12.19 1.16Urban

Both Sexes 34 812 14 375 142.17 9.25

Male 18 346 7856 133.53 8.85

Female 16 466 6519 152.58 9.71

Rural

Both Sexes 149 109 149 487 (-) 0.25 (-) 0.03

Male 76 640 76 733 (-) 0.12 (-) 0.01

Female 72 469 72 754 (-) 0.39 (-) 0.04

5. DENSITY

Per Sq.Km. 1 118 996 12.25 1.16

Per Sq. Mile 2 896 2 580 12.25 1.16

6. SEX RATIO

Upazila 107 107 0.00 0.00

Urban 111 121 (-) 8.26 (-) 0.86

Rural 106 105 0.95 0.09


Both Sexes. 45.7 26.6 71.80 5.56

Male 50.0 33.0 51.51 4.24

Female 41.0 19.6 109.18 7.66


Both Sexes 40 873 26 995 51.41 4.23

Male 22 113 15 331 42.24 3.73

Female 18 760 11 664 60.83 4.87


10.GEOGRAPHIC UNIT*Union 6 6

Mauza 93 93

Village 114 129

Paurashava 1 -

Ward 9 -

Mahallah 20 -* Variation is due to urban spread



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3.4.1 Background: Charghat is the 6th upazila ranking both for area and population of Rajshahi Zila.

Nothing in definitely known about the origin of the upazila name. The upazila head quarters stands on the

bank of the river Padma. It is learnt that in the past there exist four steamer stations (char ghat in Bengali)

in the upazila namely, Thana ghat, Thakurbari ghat, Steamer ghat and Babulaler ghat where steamers

from Calcutta used to anchor. The Sardah Police Training Academy and Rajshahi Cadet College are

located in this upazila.3.4.2 Area and location: The upazila occupies an area of 164.52 Sq.km.It is located between 24

014

and

24022


046 and 88

052

east longitudes. The upazila is bounded on the north

by Puthia upazila, on the east by Bagatipara upazila of Natore zila, on the south by Puthia upazila, on the

west by Boalia thana and the river Padma.

3.4.3 Union-Ward, Mauza-Mahallah and Village Characteristics: The upazila consists of 1

Paurashava 9 Wards, 20 mahallahs, 6 unions, 90 mauzas, and 114 villages. The average population of

each ward,mahallah, union, mauza and villages are 3868, 1741, 24851, 1657 and 1308 respectively.

Mauza Mahallah Distribution: The distribution of mauzas and mahallahs by size class of households is

shown in table T4.1 below:


No. of Mauza

/Mahallah


2001 1991

Difference

RV1 1-50 5 6 (-) 1

RV2 51-200 26 30 (-) 4

RV3 201-400 25 27 (-) 2

RV4 401-600 18 18 0

RV5 601 & above 16 12 (+) 4


The distribution of villages by size class of population is shown in table T2 below:


No. of Villages.Size Class Population

2001 1991

Difference

V1 Up to 250 12 14 (-) 2

V2 251-750 31 36 (-) 5

V3 751-1500 34 37 (-) 3

V4 1501-2500 25 30 (-) 5

V5 2501 & above 12 12 0


3.4.4 Housing and Household Characteristics: In the upazila, there are 41375 households.Distribution of households by type shows that there are 99.75% dwelling units, 0.15% institutional and0.10% others units.

Households Size: The average household size (dwelling) for the upazila is 4.4. The size of rural area isalso 4.4 but it is slightly higher i.e. 4.5 in urban area.

Husing : Percentage distribution of main house of the dwelling households by type of structure arepresented in table T4.3.


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Upazila 100.00 7.60 73.27 13.76 5.37

Urban 100.00 6.76 60.26 21.25 11.73

Rural 100.00 7.78 76.14 12.11 3.97

Housing condition of Charghat upazila is predominantly kutcha. It is found in the table that 7.60%

households live in Jhupri, 73.27% households live in kutcha houses, 13.76%households live in semi-

pucka houses and the remaining 5.37% households live in pucka houses in the upazila. Housing condition

of urban area is better. In urban area 11.73% households live in pucka houses, 21.25% households live in

semi-pucka houses, 60.26% households live in kutcha houses and 6.76% live in Jhupri as against 3.97%

in pucka , 12.11% in semi-pucka, 76.14% in kutcha and the remaining 7.78% live in Jhupri respectively

in rural area.

Source of Drinking Water In Charghat upazila, 96.68% dwelling households drink tube-well water,

0.72% drink tap water, 0.45% drink deep tube-well water, 0.04% drink pond water and the remaining

2.11% dwelling households drink water from other sources.Sanitation :In the upazila, 29.48% of dwelling households have sanitary latrines with 24.21% in rural

area and 53.65% in urban area. A total of 36.25% of the households have non-sanitary latrines with

37.27% in rural area and 31.55% in urban area. In this upazila, 34.27% of the dwelling households have

no toilet facility.

Access to Electricity: All the six unions of the upazila have been brought under Rural Electrification

Programme. However, a total of 33.12% of the dwelling households reported to have electricity

connection in the entire upazila.

Ownership of Agriculture Land: In Charghat upazila, 52.56% of the dwelling households own and

47.44% do not own agriculture land. Percentage of ownership of agriculture land is 37.68% in urban area

as against 55.80% in rural area.


agriculture as the main source of household income with 27.82% on cropping, livestock, forestry and

fishery and 27.23% as agriculture labour. Other sources of household income are non-agriculturelabour-

3.96%,Business-18.00%,employment-6.80%, construction- 1.92% ,industry- 0.59% , religious service-

0.11%, rent and remittance -0.29%, transport and communication- 6.11% and others- 6.03%. In urban

area main sources of households income are employment-16.06%, construction- 3.52%, rent and

remittance-0.87%, religious service-0.15%, business- 22.92%, non agriculture labour- 5.24% and others-

8.71% . In rural area the main sources of household income are agriculture- 59.70%, of which cropping,

livestock, forestry and fishery 30.59% and agriculture labour-29.11%. Other sources are non- agriculture

labour 3.69%, business- 16.93%, transport and communication -5.95%, employment-4.78%, construction-1.57%, and others- 5.45%.

Population Characteristics: According to the population census 2001 the total Population of the

upazila is 183921of, which 94986 are males and 88935 are females. The sex ratio of the upazila is 107 as

against 107 in 1991.

3.4.5.1 Growth Rate: The decadal population growth rate of the Charghat upazila is 12.2% and annualgrowth rate is 1.16%. The decadal growth rates over the last half century are shown in table T4.4.


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Decade Growth Rate

1951- 1961 25.3

1961-1974 63.8

1974-1981 25.5

1981-1991 22.41991-2001 12.2

Economic Activity: In the upazila, 22.33% of the populations are below 10 years of age . Among the

population of age 10 years and over 29.09% are not working.1.22% are looking for work, 33.24% areengaged in household work and the remaining 36.45% are working. The distribution of working people

shows agriculture 20.34%, industry 0.42% , hotel and restaurant 1.00%,business 6.26% ,services 0.32%,construction 0.89% , transport and communication 1.98% and others 6.11%.

3.4.5 Literacy and Education : Information on literacy and educationis furnished bellow:Literacy:In Charghat upazila, it is found that 45.66% population aged 7 years and over are literate.

Literacy rates by sex and locality of three consecutive censuses are shown in table T4.5 below:

T4.5: Literacy Rate by Sex and Locality, 1981-2001

Locality 2001 1991 1981*

Both Sexes Male Female Both Sexes Male Female Both Sexes Male Female

Upazila 45.66 50.03 41.00 26.60 33.00 19.60 18.3 25.5 10.6

Urban 58.40 64.20 51.90 48.30 57.40 36.90 28.4 37.4 18.0

Rural 42.64 46.57 38.47 24.50 30.50 18.10 17.7 24.8 10.2


The above table shows that the literacy rate of Charghat upazila in 2001 is 45.66% for both sexes ,50.03% for males and 41.00% for females. Literacy rate is higher in urban area , it is 58.40% for bothsexes , 64.20% for males , 51.90% for females which are much higher as compared to the corresponding

rates in rural area of 42.64% for both sexes, 46.57% for males, 38.47% for females. A remarkableincrease of the literacy rate is observed over the decades. There shows an increase of 19.06, 17.03 and

21.40 percent in 2001 over 1991for both sexes, males and females respectively. In the upazila, the highestliteracy is 71.46.7% in ward no 04 of Charghat paurashava and the lowest is 38.23% in Charghat union.

Education: School attendance of boys and girls between age 5 to 24 years are presented in table T4.6




Upazila 50.95 52.31 71.97 80.08 51.32 42.30 24.29 8.21 51.85 46.19

Urban 61.35 62.24 81.34 85.71 56.44 50.23 26.06 13.67 57.68 54.19

Rural 48.63 50.12 69.69 78.68 49.80 40.10 23.76 7.03 50.33 44.27

The school attendance at the age group 5 to 24 years for males is 51.85% and for female is 46.19% .In

urban area the rate is higher i.e. 57.68% for male and 54.19% for females. For rural area the rate isslightly lower i.e.50.33% for males and 44.27% for females. Among various age groups highest schoolattendance is observed in age group 10-14 years. Female attendance is found higher than their counterpartmale in age groups 5-9 and 10-14 years.


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3.4.7 Urbanization: The Charghat paurashava is the only urban are of Charghat upazila. It consists of

9 wards, 20 mahallahs and occupies an area of 18.73 sq.km. The main features of paurashava are shownin the table T4.7 below:

Table T4.7: Main features of Charghat Paurashava.

PopulationMahallah Name

with Geo-code.

Area

(Sq.km.)

House

Hold

Both Sexes Male Female

Sex Ratio Density(Per

sq.km.)

Literacy

Rate

Charghat Paurashava 18.73 7451 34812 18346 16466 111 1859 58.44

Ward No 01 2.14 759 3706 2035 1671 122 1732 55.00260- Chak Mokterpur 288 1285 665 620 42.14

600- Mokterpur (West) 336 1817 1059 758 67.62730-Shrkarpara 87 381 202 179 48.29790-Sreekandi 48 223 109 114 36.32

Ward No 02 2.12 787 3453 1753 1700 103 1629 52.53600- Mokterpur (Middle) 787 3453 1753 1700 52.53

Ward No 03 2.12 828 3709 1884 1825 103 1750 55.71

120-Askarpur 39 199 102 97 63.22300-Gour Shaharpur 369 1645 805 840 67.76620-Muktarpur(East) 202 950 492 458 46.18

650 New Dhaka 218 915 485 430 40.42

Ward No 04 2.63 1041 5879 3452 2427 142 2235 71.46060-Askorpur(East) 605 2800 1463 1337 60.78

730-Sardah(Police T.C) 436 3079 1989 1090 80.59Ward No 05 1.27 790 3731 1912 1819 105 2928 67.68

090-Arai sadipur 136 628 340 288 69.92290-Charghat (North) 174 846 449 397 55.34

760-Thanapara 480 2257 1123 1134 71.55Ward No 06 1.21 673 3112 1587 1525 104 2572 66.09

290-Charghat(South) 673 3112 1587 1525 66.09Ward No 07 1.74 854 3672 1868 1804 104 2170 48.56

630-Miapara 854 3672 1868 1804 48.56Ward No 08 2.63 978 4288 2156 2132 101 1630 47.79

640-Meramatpur 978 4288 2156 2132 47.79Ward No 09 2.86 741 3262 1699 1563 109 1141 53.97

300-Chandan Shahar 141 665 350 315 55.32330-Gopalpur 364 1584 830 754 51.41

750-Pirozpur (North) 236 1013 519 494 57.04

3.5 DURGAPUR UPAZILA


Decadal Annual

1. AREA

In Sq.Km. 195.03 195.03

In Sq.Mile 75.30 75.30

2. HOUSEHOLD

Upazila 39 511 27 731 42.48 3.60

Urban 1 549 863 79.49 6.02

Rural 37 962 26 868 41.29 3.52


Upazila 4.2 5.0 (-) 14.00 (-) 1.50Urban 4.4 5.0 (-) 12.00 (-) 1.27

Rural 4.2 5.0 (-) 16.00 (-) 1.73

4. POPULATION

Both Sexes 167 596 137 640 21.76 1.99



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Male 86 363 69 932 23.50 2.13

Female 81 233 67 708 19.98 1.84

Urban

Both Sexes 6 871 4 197 63.71 5.05

Male 3 673 2 195 67.33 5.28

Female 3 198 2 002 59.74 4.80

RuralBoth Sexes 160 725 133 443 20.44 1.88

Male 82 690 67 737 22.07 2.01

Female 78 035 65 706 18.76 1.73

5. DENSITY

Per Sq.Km 859 706 21.67 1.98

Per Sq. Mile 2 226 1 828 21.77 1.99

6. SEX RATIO

Upazila 106 103 2.91 0.29

Urban 115 110 4.54 0.45

Rural 106 103 2.91 0.29


Both Sexes. 41.0 20.2 102.97 7.33

Male 46.8 27.5 70.18 5.46Female 34.8 12.6 176.19 10.69


Both Sexes 35 418 20 235 75.03 5.76

Male 19 978 11 973 66.86 5.25

Female 15 440 8 262 86.88 6.45


10.GEOGRAPHIC UNIT

Union 7 7

Mauza 114 114

Village 123 122

Paurashava - -

Ward - -

Mahallah - - * Variation is due new addition


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3.5.1 Background: Durgapur is the 7th smallest upazila of Rajshahi zila in respect of population, came

into existence in 1909 as thanas. Nothing is definitely known about the origin of the upazila name. It islearnt that in the past there lived a zaminder namedDurganath and it is generally believed that the upazilamight have derived its name from the name of that zaminder.


and

24

0

32


0

40 and 88

0

52

east longitudes. The upazila is bounded on the north byBagmara upazila, on the east and south by Puthia upazila and on the west by Paba and Mohanpur upazilas .

3.5.3 Union-Ward, Mauza-Mahallah and Village Characteristics: The upazila consists of 7 unions,

114 mauzas and 123 villages. The average populations of each union, mauza village are 23942, 1470and 1363 respectively.

Mauza-Mahallah Distribution: The distribution of mauzas by size class of households is shown in tableT5.1 below:

Table T5.1: Distribution of Mauzas by Size Class of Household

No. of MauzaSize Class Household

2001 1991

Difference

RV1 1-50 0 4 (-) 4

RV2 51-200 39 57 (-) 18

RV3 201-400 38 32 (+) 6

RV4 401-600 19 14 (+) 5

RV5 601 & above 18 6 (+) 12


Village Distribution: The distribution of villages by size class of population is shown in table T5.2below:


No. of VillageSize Class Population

2001 1991

Difference

V1 Up to 250 3 6 (-) 3

V2 251-750 34 43 (-) 9

V3 751-1500 43 41 (+) 2

V4 1501-2500 24 23 (+) 1

V5 2501 & above 19 9 (+) 10


3.5.4. Housing and Household Characteristics: In the upazila, there are 39511 households.Distribution of households by type shows that there are 99.78% dwelling units, 0.09% institutional and0.13% others units.

Households Size: The average household size (dwelling) for the upazila is 4.2. For rural and urban areasthe sizes are 4.2 and 4.4 respectively.

Housing: Percentage distribution of main house of the dwelling of households by type of structure is


Table T5.3: Main House of the of Dwelling Households by Type of Structure


Upazila 100.00 1.29 92.71 3.90 2.10

Urban 100.00 0.84 74.18 8.91 16.07

Rural 100.00 1.32 93.47 3.69 1.52


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Housing condition of Durgapur upazila is predominantly kutcha. It is found in the table that 1.29% households

live in Jhupri, 92.72%households live in kutcha houses, 3.90% households live in semi-pucka houses and theremaining 2.10% households live in pucka houses in the upazila. Housing condition of urban area is better. Inurban area 16.07% households live in pucka houses, 8.91% households live in semi-pucka houses, 74.18%households live in kutcha houses and 0.84% live in Jhupri as against 1.52% in pucka , 3.69% in semi-pucka,93.47% in kutcha and the remaining 1.32% live in Jhupri respectively in rural area.

Source of Drinking Water: In Durgapur upazila, 96.21% dwelling households drink tube-well water,0.24% drink tap water, 0.87% drink deep tube-well water, 0.08% drink pond water and the remaining


Sanitation: In the upazila, 25.99% of dwelling households have sanitary latrines with 24.90% in rural area and52.95% in urban area. A total of 47.08% of the households have non-sanitary latrines with 47.56% in rural area

and 35.21% in urban area. In this upazila, 26.93%of the households have no toilet facility.

Access to Electricity: All the seven unions of the upazila have been brought under Rural Electrification

Programme. However, a total of 27.99% of the dwelling households reported to have electricityconnection in the entire upazila.

Ownership of Agriculture Land: In Durgapur upazila, 68.77% of the dwelling households own and

31.23% do not own agriculture land. Percentage of ownership of agriculture land is 60.27% in urban areaas against 69.11% in rural area.

Main Source of Household Income: In the upazila, 79.85% of the dwelling households depend onagriculture as the main source of household income with 52.06% on cropping, livestock, forestry and

fishery and 27.79% as agriculture labour. Other sources of household income are non-agriculture labour-2.14%,business-7.74%,employment-3.01%, construction-0.45%, religious service-0.09%, rent andremittance-0.09%, transport and communication-2.81% and others-3.40%. In urban area main sources of

households income are employment-16.10%, construction-0.52%, rent and remittance-0.20%, religiousservice-0.13%, business-15.05%, non-agriculture labour-2.49% and others-5.24%. In rural area the main

sources of households income are agriculture- 80.76%, of which cropping, livestock, forestry and fishery-52.69% and agriculture labour-28.07%. Other sources are non- agriculture labour-2.13%, business-7.45%,transport and communication-2.83%, employment- 2.48%, construction-0.44%, and others-3.33%.

3.5.5 Population Characteristics: According to the population census 2001 the total Population of theupazila is 167596, of which 86363 are males and 81233 are females. The sex ratio of the upazila is 106 asagainst103 in 1991.

Growth Rate: The decadal population growth rate is 21.76% and annual growth rate is 1.99 %.Thedecadal growth rates over the last half century are shown in table T5.4 below:

Table T5.4:Decadal Growth of population : 1951- 2001

Decade Growth Rate

1951- 1961 31.0

1961-1974 64.0

1974-1981 24.3

1981-1991 23.5

1991-2001 21.8

Economic Activity: In the upazila, 22.12 %of the populations are below 10 years of age. Among thepopulation of age 10 years and over 26.16% are not working.1.17%are looking for work, 34.89% areengaged in household work and the remaining 41.78% are working. The distribution of working people

shows agriculture-30.68%, industry- 0.12%,business-2.72%, services-0.21%, construction-0.30%,transport and communication-0.88% and others-2.82%.


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3.5.6 Literacy and Education: Information on literacy and education is furnished bellow:

Literacy: In Durgapur upazila, it is found that 40.99% population aged 7 years and over are literate.Literacy rates by sex and locality of three consecutive censuses are shown in table T5.5 below:


Locality 2001 1991 1981*


Upazila 40.99 46.84 34.78 20.20 27.50 12.60 13.5 20.6 6.3

Urban 48.86 54.65 42.17 38.10 47.60 28.00 21.2 29.7 11.8

Rural 40.65 46.49 34.47 19.60 26.80 12.10 13.3 20.4 6.3


The above table shows that the literacy rate of Durgapur upazila in 2001 is 40.99% for both sexes,

46.84% for males and 34.78% for females. Literacy rate is higher in urban area , it is 48.86% for bothsexes , 54.65% for males and 42.17% for females as compared to the corresponding rates in rural area of40.65% for both sexes, 46.49% for males and 34.47% for females. A remarkable increase of literacy rateis observed over the decades. There shows an increase of 20.79%, 19.34% and 22.18% in 2001 over 1991for both sexes , males and females respectively. In the upazila, the highest literacy rate is 50.16% in

Dharmapur union and the lowest is 36.44% in Jhaluka union.

Education: School attendance of boys and girls between age 5 to 24 years are presented in table T5.6.




Upazila 55.2 56.1 74.5 78.1 53.0 36.5 21.4 5.9 53.6 43.5

Urban 55.6 50.5 71.7 71.8 56.1 45.2 25.8 7.4 55.3 42.0

Rural 55.2 56.3 74.7 78.4 52.9 36.2 21.2 5.8 53.6 43.6

The school attendance at the age group 5 to 24 years for males is 53.6% and for female is 43.5% .In urbanarea the rate is higher i.e.55.3% for male and 42.0% for females. For rural area the rate is slightly loweri.e.53.6% for males and 43.6% for females. Among various age groups highest attendance is observed in

age group 10-14 years where female attendance is found higher than their counterpart male as well.

3.5.7 Urbanization: Durgapur upazila headquarters is the only urban area of the upazila. It consists offour mauzas and occupies an area of 5.69 sq.km. . The main features are shown in the table T5.7 below:

Table T5.7: Main features of Durgapur Upazila Headquarters.

PopulationMauza Name with Geo-code. Area

(Sq.km.)

House

HoldBoth

Sexes

Male Female

Sex

Ratio

Density

(Per

sq.km.)

LiteracyRate

209-Chak Sreedharpur 1.29 282 1288 659 629 104 104 27.79

357-Garkhai 1.36 301 1263 678 585 115 115 43.21

288-Durgapur Kalidah 1.47 462 1940 1094 846 129 129 65.50925-Singa 1.57 504 2380 1242 1138 109 109 49.32

Total 5.69 1549 6871 3673 3198 115 1208 40.86


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3.6 GODAGARI UPAZILA


Decadal Annual

1. AREA

In Sq.Km. 47213 472.13In Sq.Mile 18229 182.29

2. HOUSEHOLD

Upazila 56 189 40 011 40.43 3.45

Urban 7 086 1 832 286.79 14.48

Rural 49 103 38 179 28.61 2.55


Upazila 5.0 5.4 (-) 7.41 (-) 0.77

Urban 5.3 5.8 (-) 8.62 (-) 0.90

Rural 5.0 5.4 (-) 7.41 (-) 0.77

4. POPULATION

Both Sexes 279 545 217 811 28.34 2.53

Male 143 202 110 826 29.21 2.60

Female 136 343 106 985 27.44 2.45Urban

Both Sexes 37 631 10 632 253.94 13.47

Male 19 764 5457 262.18 13.73

Female 17 867 5175 245.26 13.19

Rural

Both Sexes. 241 914 207 179 16.76 1.56

Male 123 438 105 369 17.15 1.60

Female 118 476 101 810 16.37 1.53

5. DENSITY

Per Sq.Km. 592 461 28.42 2.53

Per Sq. Mile 1 534 1195 28.37 2.53

6. SEX RATIO (M/F)

Upazila 105 104 0.96 0.10Urban 111 105 5.71 0.56

Rural 104 103 0.97 0.10


Both Sexes. 42.1 27.6 52.54 4.31

Male 43.6 32.3 34.98 3.04

Female 40.5 22.6 79.20 6.02

8. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE (5 to 24Years )

Both Sexes 54 197 34 082 59.02 4.75

Male 28 126 18 262 54.01 4.41

Female 26 071 15 820 64.80 5.12


10.GEOGRAPHIC UNIT*

Union 9 9

Mauza 389 389

Village 398 396

Paurashava 1 -

Ward 9 -

Mahallah 18 - * Variation is due to new addition



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3.6.1 Background: Godagari, the largest upazila of Rajshahi zila in respect of area, came into

existence in 1865. Nothing is definitely known about the origin of the upazila name. It is learnt that in thelong past there lived an influential washerman named Godabari. There is a general belief that the upazilamight have derived its name from the name of the washerman.

3.6.2 Area and location: The upazila occupies an area of 472.13 Sq.km.0f which 0.28sq.km. is under

forest. It is located between 24

0

21and 24

0

36north latitudes and between 88

0

17and 88

0

33eastlongitudes. The upazila is bounded on the north by Tanore upazila, on the east by Paba and Boalia, on the

south by the river Padma and on the west by Nowabganj sadar upazila.

3.6.3 Union-Ward, Mauza-Mahallah and Village Characteristics: The upazila consists of1 Paurashava, 9 wards, 18 Mahallahs, 9 unions, 317 mauzas and 398 villages. The average population of

each ward, mahallah, union, mauza and villages are 3656, 1828, 27404, 778 and 620 respectively. Thedistribution of mauzas and mahallahs by size class of households is shown in table T6.1 below:


No. of Mauza

/Mahallah


2001 1991

Difference

RV1 1-50 103 112 (-) 9RV2 51-200 152 149 (+) 3

RV3 201-400 48 27 (+) 21

RV4 401-600 9 12 (-) 3

RV5 601 & above 23 11 (+) 12


Village Distribution: The distribution of villages by size class of population is shown in table T6.2 below:



2001 1991

Difference

V1 Up to 250 133 145 (-) 12V2 251-750 167 179 (+) 12

V3 751-1500 66 43 (+) 23

V4 1501-2500 14 13 (-) 1

V5 2501 & above 18 16 (+) 2



Household Size: The average household size (dwelling) for the upazila is 5.00. For rural area the size is

4.9 and for urban area it is 5.3.

Housing: Percentage distribution of main house of the dwelling households by type of structure ispresented in table T6.3 below:

Table T6.3: Main House of the Dwelling Household by Type of Structure


Upazila 100.00 5.95 80.60 7.39 6.06

Urban 100.00 4.45 49.67 24.40 21.48

Rural 100.00 6.17 85.06 4.94 3.83


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Housing condition of Godarari upazila is predominantly Kutcha. It is found in the table that 5.95%

households live in Jhupri, 80.60% households live in Kutcha houses, 7.39% households live in semi-pucka houses and the remaining 6.06% households live in pucka houses in the upazila. Housing conditionof urban area is better. In urban area 21.48% households live in pucka houses, 24.40% households live insemi-pucka houses, 49.67% households live in Kutcha houses and 4.45% live in Jhupri as against 3.83%in pucka, 4.94% in semi-pucka, 85.06% in Kutcha and the remaining 6.17% live in Jhupri respectively in

rural area.

Source of Drinking Water: In Godagari upazila, 92.39% dwelling households drink tube-well water,

0.71% drink tap water, 1.14% drink deep tube-well water, 0.78% drink pond water and the remaining4.97% dwelling households drink water from other sources.

Sanitation: In the upazila, 11.58% of dwelling households have sanitary latrines with 9.85% in rural area

and 23.26% in urban area. A total of 40.99% of the households have non-sanitary latrines with 38.40% inrural area and 59.16% in urban area. In this upazila, 47.43% of the households have no toilet facility.

Access to Electricity: All the nine wards and nine unions of the upazila have been brought under RuralElectrification Programme. However, a total of 21.99% of the dwelling households reported to have

electricity connection in the entire upazila.

Ownership of Agriculture Land: In Godagari upazila, 42.39% of the dwelling households own and57.61% do not own agriculture land. Percentage of ownership of agriculture land is 42.92% in urban areaas against 42.31% in rural area.


agriculture as the main source of household income with 31.65% on cropping, livestock, forestry andfishery and 38.33% as agriculture labour. Other sources of household income are non-agriculture labour-3.95%, business-10.87%, employment-4.61%, construction-1.15%, religious service-0.16%, rent and

remittance-0.27%, transport and communication-1.99% and others-6.33%. In urban area main sources ofhouseholds income are employment-9.59%, construction-4.12%, rent and remittance-0.44, religious

service-0.23%, business-26.02%, non-agriculture labour-6.63% and others-9.67%. In rural area the mainsources of households income are cropping, livestock , forestry and fishery-33.36% and agriculturallabour-41.21%. Other sources are non- agriculture labour-3.57%, business-8.70%, transport and

communication-1.66%, employment-3.90%, construction-0.73%, and others-5.85%.

3.6.5 Population Characteristics: According to the population census 2001, the total Population of theupazila is 279545 out of which 143202 are male and 136343 are female. The sex ratio of the upazila is105 as against 104 in 1991.

Growth Rate: The decadal population growth rate of the upazila is 28.34% and annual growth rate is

2.53.The decadal growth rates over the last half century are shown in table T6.4 below:

Table T6.4:Decadal Growth of population : 1951- 2001

Decade Growth Rate

1951- 1961 24.5

1961-1974 61.81974-1981 20.0

1981-1991 26.2

1991-2001 28.3


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Economic Activity: In the upazila, 27.98% of the population are below 10 years of age. Among the

population of age 10 years and over 26.09% are not working.1.62% are looking for work, 37.89% areengaged in household work and the remaining 34.40% are working. The distribution of working peopleshows agriculture 23.95%, 0.20%, industry 0.20%, business 3.52%, services 0.19%, construction 0.65%,transport and communication 0.74% and others 5.03%.

3.6.6 Literacy and Education : Information on literacy and education is furnished bellow:Literacy: In Godagari upazila, it is found that 42.1% population aged 7 years and over are literate.Literacy rates by sex and locality of three consecutive censuses are shown in table T6.5 below:


Locality 2001 1991 1981*


Upazila 42.09 43.57 40.54 27.60 32.30 22.60 19.8 25.5 13.8

Urban 52.12 55.01 51.14 31.80 36.40 26.90 26.5 32.0 20.7

Rural 40.49 42.03 38.91 27.40 32.10 22.40 19.5 25.3 13.5


The above table shows that the literacy rate of Godagari upazila in 2001 is 42.09% for both sexes,

43.57% for male and 40.54% for female. Literacy rate is higher in urban area , it is 52.77% for both sexes55.95% for male , 49.26% for female which are much higher as compared to the corresponding rates in

rural area of 40.49% for both sexes, 42.03% for males , 38.91% for females. A remarkable increase of theliteracy rate is observed over the decades. There shows an increase of 14.49%, 11.27% and 17.94% in2001 over 1991for both sexes, males and females respectively. In the upazila, the highest literacy rate is70.38% in ward no 07 of Godagari Paurashava and the lowest is 32.13% in Godagari union.

Education: School attendance of boys and girls between age 5 to 24 years is presented in table T6.




Upazila 39.4 43.3 59.7 70.3 43.5 33.9 19.0 7.0 43.0 40.9Urban 38.9 40.8 66.3 74.2 50.0 42.8 24.2 11.8 47.6 45.4

Rural 39.5 43.7 58.5 69.7 42.4 32.4 18.1 6.3 42.3 40.2

The school attendance at the age group 5 to 24 years for males is 43.0% and for female is 40.9%. In

urban area the rate is 47.6% for male and 45.4% for females. For rural area the rate is 42.3% for males

and 40.2% for females. Among various age groups highest attendance is observed is age group 10-14

years where female attendance is found higher than their counterpart males.

3.6.7 Urbanization: Godagari Paurashava is the only of the upazila. It consists of 9 wards, and 18

mahallahs and 3 adjacent mauzas as other urban area which altogether occupies an area of 17.43 sq.km. of

which 14.18 sq.km is under Paurashava. The main features are shown in the table T6.7.


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Table T6.7: Main features of Godagari Paurashava.

PopulationMahallah/Mauza Name

with Geo-code.

Area

(Sq.km)

House

HoldBoth Sexes Male Female

Sex Ratio Density(Per .sq.km)

Literacy

Rate

Godagari Paurashava 14.18 6129 32906 17280 15626 111 2321 52.02

Ward No -01 448 2413 1332 1181 104 - 41.79

060- Achua 352 1894 968 926 39.05

125- Carer Math 96 519 264 255 51.44

Ward No 02 866 4849 2583 2266 114 - 58.20

600- Mahishalibari 866 4849 2583 2266 58.20

Ward No 03 722 3921 2006 1915 105 - 39.39

615- Manderpur 722 3921 2006 1915 39.39

Ward No 04 771 3925 2015 1910 105 - 46.58

200- Baripara 391 2133 1101 1032 44.03

380- Khilabaripara 380 1792 914 878 49.22

Ward No 05 782 3987 2121 1866 114 - 59.00

210- Bujruk Raja Rampur 215 1014 510 504 43.09360- Fazil pur 48 227 120 107 81.63

610-Ramnagar 400 2065 1106 959 67.54

680- Sarnangla 119 681 385 296 48.65

Ward No 06 665 3515 1882 1633 115 - 66.06

670- Sreemantapur 665 3515 1882 1633 66.06

Ward No 07 486 2570 1340 1230 109 - 70.38

230- Bhagabantapur 354 1851 964 887 69.10

490- Jotgosaidas 132 719 376 343 73.71

Ward No 08 - 638 3604 1889 1715 110 - 46.44

650- Sarngpur 638 3604 1889 1715 46.44

Ward No 09 - 751 4122 2212 1910 116 - 41.42380-Gangobari 280 1363 701 662 39.07

410- Jahanabad 299 1865 1041 824 46.43

730- Sultanganj 102 530 192 238 30.07

790- Shyampur 70 364 178 186 40.65

Adjacent Urban Area 3.25 957 4725 2484 2241 111 1454 52.77

329- Dumuria 0.23 297 1464 768 696 58.99

545- Kanthalbaria 0.62 350 1778 938 840 55.78

568- Khetar 2.40 310 1483 778 705 43.10

Total 17.43 7086 37631 19764 17867 111 2159 52.12


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3.7 MATIHAR THANA


Decadal Annual

1. AREA

In Sq.Km. 20.56

In Sq.Mile 7.942. HOUSEHOLD

Upazila 9 369

Urban 9 369

Rural -


Upazila 4.7

Urban 4.7

Rural -

4. POPULATION

Both Sexes 51 724

Male 28 781

Female 22 943

Urban

Both Sexes 51 724

Male 28 781

Female 22 943

Rural

Both Sexes -

Male -

Female -

5. DENSITY

Per Sq.Km. 2 516

Per Sq. Mile 6514

6. SEX RATIO (M/F)

Upazila 125Urban 125

Rural


Both Sexes. 63.55

Male 69.16

Female 56.37


Both Sexes 17 049

Male 10 026

Female 7 023

9.URBAN POPULATION (%) -

10.GEOGRAPHIC UNIT

Union -Mauza -

Village -

City Ward 5

City Mahallah 20*Figures for 1991 and growth rate are not available as the thana was created after 1991 census.



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3.7.1 Background: Matihar is a newly created thana of Rajshahi zila came out from Boalia thanawithin Rajshahi City Corporation. Nothing is definitely known about the origin of the thana name.However, it is belived that it took its name from Matihar green where the Rajshahi University is situated.

3.7.2 Area and location: The thana occupies an area of 20.56 Sq.km.It is located between 24022 and

24026 north latitudes and between 88

038 and 88

040 east longitudes. The upazila is bounded on the north

by Paba upazila, on the east by Paba upazila, on the south by the river Padma and on the west by Boaliathana.

3.7.3 Union-Ward, Mauza-Mahallah and Village Characteristics: The thana consists of 5 wards, 20

Mahallahs. The average population size of each ward and Mahallah are 10345 and 2586.

Mauza-Mahallah Distribution: The distribution of mahallahs by size class of households is shown inTable T7.1 below:

Table T7.1: Distribution of Mahallahs by Size of Household

No. of MahallahSize Class Household

2001 1991

Difference

RV1 1-50 2 -

RV2 51-200 5 -

RV3 201-400 3 -

RV4 401-600 2 -

RV5 601 & above 8 -

The modal size class is 601 & above households.

3.7.3 Housing and Household Characteristics: In the thana , there are 9369 households. Distributionof households by type shows that there are 96.70% dwelling units, 0.81% institutional and 2.49% othersunits.

Household Size: Th e average household size (dwelling) for the thana is 4.7.

Housing: Percentage distribution of main house of the dwelling households by type of structure is


Table T7.3: Main House of the DwellingHouseholds by Type of Structure


Upazila 100.00 4.79 36.16 31.35 27.70

Urban 100.00 4.79 36.16 31.35 27.70

It is found in the table that housing condition of Matihar thana is predominantly pucka. The table shows

that 4.79% households live in Jhupri, 36.16% households live in kutcha houses the remaining 31.35% and27.70% households live in semi- pucka and pucka respectively.

Source of Drinking Water: In Matihar thana, 89.45% dwelling households drink tube-well water, 8.70%drink tap water, 0.83% drink deep tube-well water, 0.06% drink pond water and the remaining 0.97%

dwelling households drink water from other sources.Sanitation: In the thana, 62.43% of dwelling households have sanitary latrines 30.91% have non-sanitarylatrines. In this thana, 6.67% of the households have no toilet facility.

Access to Electricity: All the five wards of the thana have been brought under ElectrificationProgramme. However, a total of 56.78% of the dwelling households reported to have electricity

connection in the entire thana.

Ownership of Agriculture Land: In Matihar thana, 23.51% of the dwelling households own and76.49% do not own agriculture land.


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3.8 MOHANPUR UPAZILA



Decadal Annual

1. AREA

In Sq.Km. 162.65 162.65

In Sq.Mile 62.80 62.80

2. HOUSEHOLD

Upazila 35 700 24 828 43.78 3.70

Urban 2 632 1 917 37.29 3.22

Rural 33 068 22 911 44.33 3.74


Upazila 4.3 5.1 (-) 15.68 (-) 1.69

Urban 4.4 4.9 (-) 10.20 (-) 1.07

Rural 4.3 5.1 (-) 15.68 (-) 1.69

4. POPULATION

Both Sexes 152 896 126 396 20.97 1.92

Male 77 777 63 608 22.27 2.03

Female 75 119 62 788 19.64 1.81

Urban

Both Sexes 11 658 9 378 24.31 2.20

Male 6 038 4 767 26.66 2.39

Female 5 620 4 611 21.88 2.00

Rural

Both Sexes 141 238 117 018 20.70 1.90

Male 71 739 58 841 21.92 2.00

Female 69 499 58 177 19.46 1.79

5. DENSITY

Per Sq.Km. 940 777 20.98 1.92

Per Sq. Mile 2 435 2 013 20.96 1.92

6. SEX RATIO (M/F)

Upazila 104 101 2.97 0.29Urban 107 103 3.88 0.38

Rural 103 101 1.98 0.20


Both Sexes. 45.4 25.2 80.16 6.6

Male 51.2 33.6 52.38 4.1

Female 39.4 16.7 135.92 8.5


Both Sexes 33 199 21 759 52.57 4.31

Male 18 279 12 440 46.94 3.92

Female 14 920 9 319 60.10 4.82


10.GEOGRAPHIC UNIT

Union 6 6Mauza 167 167

Village* 155 154

Paurashava - -

Ward - -

Mahallah - -* Variation is due to new addition


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3.8.1 Background: Mohanpur is the smallest upazila of Rajshahi in respect of area, came into

existence in 1917 as thana. Nothing is definitely known about the origin of the upazila name. There is ageneral belief that the upazila might have derived its name from the name of mauza where itsheadquarters is located.


and 24038


034

and 88

043

east longitudes. The upazila is bounded on

the north by Manda upazila of Noagan zila ,on the east by Bagmara and Durgapur upazila, on the southby Paba upazila and on the west by Tanore upazila.

3.8.3 Union-Ward, Mauza-Mahallah and Village Characteristics: The upazila consists of 6 unions,154 mauzas and 155 villages. The average population of each union, mauza and village are 25483, 993and 986 respectively.

Mauza-Mahallah Distribution: The distribution of mauzas by size class of households is shown in tableT8.1 below:

Table T8.1: Distribution of Mauzas by Size class of Household

No. of MauzaSize Class Household

2001 1991

Difference

RV1 1-50 8 16 (-) 8RV2 51-200 77 92 (-) 15

RV3 201-400 48 41 (+) 7

RV4 401-600 17 2 (+) 15

RV5 601 & above 4 2 (-) 2





2001 1991

Difference

V1 Up to 250 13 14 (-) 1V2 251-750 66 74 (-) 8

V3 751-1500 47 47 0

V4 1501-2500 24 17 (+) 7

V5 2501 & above 5 2 (+) 3



Household Size: The average household size (dwelling) for the upazila is 4.3. For rural area the size issame i.e. 4.33 and for urban area the size is slightly higher i.e. 4.4%.

Housing: Percentage distribution of main house of the dwelling households by type of structure ispresented in table T8.3 below:

Table T8.3: Main House of the Dwelling of Households by Type of Structure


Upazila 100.00 1.53 92.33 3.83 2.31

Urban 100.00 3.27 81.74 7.40 7.59

Rural 100.00 1.39 90.17 3.55 1.89


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Housing condition of Mohanpur upazila is predominantly kutcha. It is found in the table that 1.53% households

live in Jhupri, 92.33% households live in kutcha houses, 3.38% households live in semi-pucka houses and theremaining 2.31% households live in pucka houses in the upazila. Housing condition of urban area is better. Inurban area 7.59% households live in pucka houses, 7.40% households live in semi-pucka houses, 81.74%households live in kutcha houses and 3.27% live in Jhupri as against 1.89% in pucka, 3.55% in semi-pucka,90.17% in kutcha and the remaining 1.39% live in jhupri respectively in rural area.

Source of Drinking Water: In Mohanpur upazila, 96.15% dwelling households drink tube-well water,0.23% drink tap water, 1.19% drink deep tube-well water, 0.58% drink pond water and the remaining


Sanitation: In the upazila, 24.79% of dwelling households have sanitary latrines with 23.31% in rural area and43.64% in urban area. A total of 47.67% of the households have non-sanitary latrines with 48.29% in rural area

and 39.79% in urban area. In this upazila, 27.54% of the households have no toilet facility.

Access to Electricity: All the six unions of the upazila have been brought under RuralElectrification Programme. However, a total of 20.74% of the dwelling households reported to

have electricity connection in the entire upazila.

Ownership of Agriculture Land: In Mohanpur upazila, 66.72% of the dwelling households

own and 33.28% do not own agriculture land. Percentage of ownership of agriculture land is64.10% in urban area as against 66.93% in rural area.

Main Source of Household Income: In the upazila , 73.29% of the dwelling households depend onagriculture as the main source of household income with 48.91% cropping, livestock, forestry and fisheryand 24.38% as agriculture labour. Other sources of household income are non-agriculture labour-2.52%,

business-11.69%, employment-3.52%, construction-0.29% ,religious service-0.08% , rent and remittance-0.11%, transport and communication-2.91% and others-4.55% . In urban area main sources of householdsincome are employment-12.94%, construction-0.69%, rent and remittance-0.08%, religious service-0.04%,

business-22.19% ,non agriculture labour-3.08% and others- 6.51%. In rural area the main sources ofhouseholds income are agriculture-75.05% , of which cropping , livestock , forestry and fishery-50.03% andagriculture labour-25.02%. Other sources are non- agriculture labour-2.47%, business-10.84%, transport and

communication-3.01%, employment-2.78%, construction-0.25%, and others-4.40%.3.8.5 Population Characteristics: According to the population census 2001 the total population of theupazila is 152896 of which 77777 are males and 75119 are females. The sex ratio of the upazila is 104 asagainst101 in 1991.

Growth Rate: The decadal population growth rate of the upazila is 20.99% and annual growth rate is1.92%. The decadal growth rates over the last half century are shown in T8.4 below:

Table T8.4: Decadal Growth of population : 1951- 2001

Decade Growth Rate

1951- 1961 21.2

1961-1974 54.9

1974-1981 25.71981-1991 25.7

1991-2001 21.0

Economic Activity: In the upazila, 23.90% of the populations are below 10 years of age . Among thepopulation of age 10 years and over 25.88% are not working, 1.17% are looking for work, 35.74% areengaged in household work and the remaining 37.21% are working. The distribution of working peopleshows agriculture-26.84%, industry-0.47%, business-4.26%, services-0.18%, construction-0.22%,transport and communication-1.02% and others-4.18%.


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