Mujibnagar Upazila
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| official_name = Mujibnagar
| native_name = Bhoborpara( Ex- Baidyanathtala)
| settlement_type = Upazila
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| subdivision_type1 = Division
| subdivision_type2 = District
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| subdivision_name1 = Khulna
| subdivision_name2 = Meherpur
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| area_total_km2 = 112.68
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| population_total = 105752
| 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=400}}
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| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 7102{{Cite web |url=https://bdpost.portal.gov.bd/site/page/0c577c48-8953-4d94-bbe0-3af8f53124ad |title=Bangladesh Postal Code |date=21 October 2024 |publisher=Bangladesh Postal Department under the Department of Posts and Telecommunications of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology of the People's Republic of Bangladesh |location=Dhaka}}
| area_code = 07923{{Cite web |url=https://en.chahaoba.com/Bangladesh |title=Bangladesh Area Code |date=18 October 2024 |publisher=Chahaoba |location=China}}
| website = {{URL|mujibnagar.gov.bd}}
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| timezone = BST
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Mujibnagar is an upazila (subdistrict) of Meherpur District in Bangladesh.
History
Mujibnagar was formerly a part of the Meherpur Sadar Upazila, before it was made a separate Upazila on 22 February 2000. The name Mujibnagar commemorates an event in the history of Bangladesh: It is the place where, on 17 April 1971, the first government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh was sworn in, and the place was named Mujibnagar after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.{{Cite Banglapedia|article=Mujibnagar Upazila}}
Geography
Mujibnagar Upazila is bounded by Meherpur Sadar Upazila in Meherpur District, on the north, Meherpur Sadar Upazila and Damurhuda Upazila, the latter in Chuadanga District, on the east, and Tehatta I CD Block, in Nadia District, West Bengal, India, on the south and the west.
Demographics
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|1981 |NA
|1991 |NA
|2001 |90000
|2011 |99000
|2022|105000}}
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As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Mujibnagar upazila had 24,602 households and a population of 99,143. 18,550 (18.71%) were under 10 years of age. Mujibnagar had an average literacy rate of 50.50%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1020 females per 1000 males. 10,021 (10.11%) of the population lived in urban areas.{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Meherpur |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Zila_Meherpur.pdf |website= |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics}}{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Community Tables: Meherpur district |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCen2011/Com_Meherpur.pdf |website= |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics|page=103}}
Administration
Mujibnagar Upazila is divided into four union parishads: Bagoan, Dariapur, Mahajanpur, and Monakhali. The union parishads are subdivided into 29 mauzas and 33 villages.
References
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{{Meherpur District}}
{{Upazilas of Khulna Division}}
Category:Upazilas of Meherpur District
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