Kotalipara Upazila
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| official_name = Kotalipara
| native_name = কোটালীপাড়া
| settlement_type = Upazila
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = Division
| subdivision_name1 = Dhaka
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Gopalganj
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| population_total = 243726
| population_as_of = 2022
| population_footnotes = {{Cite book |url=https://bbs.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/bbs.portal.gov.bd/page/b343a8b4_956b_45ca_872f_4cf9b2f1a6e0/2024-01-31-15-51-b53c55dd692233ae401ba013060b9cbb.pdf |title=National Report |date=November 2023 |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |isbn=978-9844752016 |series=Population and Housing Census 2022 |volume=1 |location=Dhaka |pages=398}}
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| area_total_km2 = 355.90
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| timezone = BST
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| postal_code_type = Postal code
| area_code = 06653{{Cite web |url=https://en.chahaoba.com/Bangladesh |title=Bangladesh Area Code |date=18 October 2024 |publisher=Chahaoba.com |location=China}}
| website = [http://www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/gopalganj/Kotalipara.gif Official map of rupa_para]
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Kotalipara ({{langx|bn|কোটালীপাড়া}}) is an upazila of Gopalganj District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.{{cite book |author=Gain |first=Swapan Kumar |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh |year=2012 |editor=Islam |editor-first=Sirajul |editor-link=Sirajul Islam |edition=Second |chapter=Kotalipara Upazila |editor-last2=Jamal |editor-first2=Ahmed A. |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Kotalipara_Upazila}}
Geography
Kotalipara is located at {{coord|22.9833|N|89.9917|E|}}. It has 48,029 households and a total area of 355.90 km2. It is a mofussil town. It is 4–5 hours from Dhaka via highway by bus (Aricha point) and 3 hours from Mawa point. It is bordered to the north by Rajoir and Madaripur Sadar upazilas of Madaripur district, to the west by Gopalganj Sadar and Tungipara upazilas, to the south by Nazirpur Upazila of Pirojpur district, and to the east by Wazirpur and Agailjhara upazilas of Barisal district, and Dasar upazila of Madaripur district.
Demographics
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According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Kotalipara Upazila had 48,029 households and a population of 230,493. 58,162 (25.23%) were under 10 years of age. Kotalipara had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 59.16%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1031 females per 1000 males. 11,844 (5.14%) lived in urban areas.
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kotalipara had a population of 206,195, of whom 102,198 were aged 18 or over. Males constituted 50.48% of the population, and females 49.52%. Kotalipara had an average literacy rate of 34.8% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%.{{cite web | access-date = November 10, 2006 | url = http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archive-date = 2005-03-27 | title = Population Census Wing, BBS.}}
Administration
Kotalipara Upazila is divided into Kotalipara Municipality and 12 union parishads: Amtali, Bandhabari, Ghagar, Hiran, Kalabari, Kandi, Kushla, Pinjuri, Radhaganj, Ramshil, Sadullapur and Suagram. The union parishads are subdivided into 101 mauzas and 208 villages.{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Gopalganj |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Zila_Gopalganj.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics}}
Kotalipara Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 9 mahallas.
Notable residents
References
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{{Gopalganj District}}
{{Upazilas of Dhaka Division}}
Category:Upazilas of Gopalganj District, Bangladesh
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