Gosairhat Upazila

Gosairhat Upazila has a total area of {{convert|196.72|sqkm}}. It is the southernmost upazila of Shariatpur District. Located on the western bank of the Meghna River, it borders Damudya and Bhedargan upazilas to the north, Haimchar Upazila of Chandpur District to the east, Muladi and Hizla upazilas of Barisal District to the south, and Kalkini Upazila of Madaripur District to the west.

The upazila headquarters is spread over the only two urban areas of the upazila, Dhipur and Daser Jangal mauzas. Together they have a total area of {{convert|4.33|sqkm}}.{{cite Banglapedia|author=Motiur Rahman|article=Gosairhat Upazila}}

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|1981 |189

|1991 |115

|2001 |124

|2011 |158

|2022 |175

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According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Gosairhat Upazila had 33,169 households and a population of 157,665. 45,485 (28.85%) were under 10 years of age. Gosairhat had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 42.1%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1072 females per 1000 males. 10,969 (6.96%) lived in urban areas.{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Shariatpur |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Zila_Shariatpur.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics}}{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Community Tables: Shariatpur district |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCen2011/Shariatpur.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics}}

The boundaries of the upazila were expanded in 2006 by the addition of Kuchaipatti Union, transferred from the adjacent Hizla Upazila of Barisal District. The transfer accounts for 21,313 of the growth in population from 2001. Without it the population increase from 2001 to 2011 would have been 10.5%.

Gosairhat, formed as a Thana in 1921, was turned into an upazila in1983.{{Cite web |title=Gosairhat Upazila - Banglapedia |url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Gosairhat_Upazila |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=en.banglapedia.org |language=en}}

Gosairhat Upazila is divided into eight union parishads: Alawalpur, Goshairhat, Idilpur, Kodalpur, Kuchaipatti, Nager Para, Nalmuri, and Samantasar. The union parishads are subdivided into 84 mauzas and 221 villages.

In the 2009 upazila elections, Fazlur Rahman was elected Upazila Chairman, while Chowdhury Ahsan Siddiqui and Ferdousi Begum were elected vice chairmen.{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/resultdetailupz/index_upz.php |title=Upazila Election Centerwise Result Details 2009 |author= |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |access-date=13 August 2014}} The Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO), who administers the upazila for the central government, is MST Kamrunnahar.{{cite web |url=http://www.mopa.gov.bd/pmis/Forms/unolist.php |title=List of Upazila Nirbahi Officers |author= |website=Ministry of Public Administration |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928040332/http://www.mopa.gov.bd/pmis/Forms/unolist.php |archive-date=September 28, 2013}}

Parliamentary constituency Shariatpur-3 covers Damudya and Gosairhat upazilas, and the Bhedarganj Thana portion of Bhedarganj Upazila. Nahim Razzak of the Bangladesh Awami League was elected Member of Parliament in a 2012 by-election in which he was unopposed.{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimination of Constituencies |author= |date=2013 |website=Election Commission Bangladesh |format=PDF |access-date=23 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |archive-date=27 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}{{in lang|bn}}{{cite news |author= |date=1 March 2012 |title=Nahim sworn in as MP |url=http://www.daily-sun.com/details_yes_01-03-2012_Nahim-sworn-in-as-MP_71_1_9_1_4.html |newspaper=Daily Sun |location=Dhaka |access-date=12 August 2014}}

• Golam Ali Chowdhury (1824–1888), landlord and philanthropist

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