Gangni Upazila

Gangni
গাংনী
Upazila
Bhatpara Neelkuthi
Bhatpara Neelkuthi
Location of Gangni
Coordinates: 23°49′N 88°45.3′E / 23.817°N 88.7550°E / 23.817; 88.7550
Country Bangladesh
DivisionKhulna
DistrictMeherpur
Area
 • Total
341.98 km2 (132.04 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total
322,701
 • Density940/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Postal code
7110[2]
WebsiteOfficial Website

Gangni (Bengali: গাংনী) is an upazila of Meherpur District[3] in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh.

Geography

It has 77,580 households and total area 341.98 km2.

Main rivers are Bhairab, Kazla. Dharla and Ilangi Beels are notable. Gangni (town) consists of 5 mouzas. It has a population of 19126; male 51.48% and female 48.95%. Literacy rate among the town people is 28.8%. Administration Gangni thana, now an upazila, was established in 1923. It consists of 9 union parishads, 100 mouzas, 136 village, 5 border outpost.

Gangni Upazila is bounded by Daulatpur Upazila in Kushtia District, on the north, Daulatpur, Mirpur Upazilas in Kushtia District, and Alamdanga Upazila in Chuadanga District on the east, Alamdanga Upazila in Chuadanga District and Meherpur Sadar Upazila in Meherpur District, on the south and Karimpur II and Tehatta I CD Blocks, in Nadia District, West Bengal, India, on the west.[4][5]

Demographics

Religions in Gangni Upazila (2022)[6]
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 98.62%
Hinduism
 
 0.95%
Christianity
 
 0.42%
Other or not stated
 
 0.01%

As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Gangni upazila had 77,580 households and a population of 299,607. 57,199 (19.09%) were under 10 years of age. Gangni had a literacy rate of 42.21%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1021 females per 1000 males. 30,239 (10.09%) of the population lived in urban areas.[7][8]

At the 1991 Bangladesh census, Gangni had a population of 229,138, of whom 117,027 were aged 18 or older. Males constituted 51.05% of the population, and females 48.95%. Gangni had a literacy rate of 21% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%.[9]

Arts and culture

Public library 4, rural club 10, playground 20. Main occupations Agriculture 38.19%, agricultural labourer 33.75%, wage labourer 4.43%, commerce 12.48%, construction 1%, service 2.7%, others 7.45%.Land use Cultivable land 26.545 hectare; fallow land 38 hectare; single crop 13.4%, double crop 67.5%, triple crop 19.2%; land under irrigation 54%.Land control Among the peasants, 14.29% are rich, 50.79% intermediate and 34.92% small; cultivable land per head 0.15 hectare.,

Football is a popular sports for the people in the upazila, young generation is attracted by the cricket. Men wear Lungi whether women prefer Sari.

Points of interest

Shaharbati Neelkuthi (1859) and Gosaidubi Mosque at Karamdi. Marks of War of Liberation Mass grave 2 (Kazipur and Tepukhali playground). There is a hundred of ponds at the village Sholotaka where fish is cultivated commercially

Administration

Gangni Upazila is divided into Gangni Municipality and nine union parishads: Bamondi, Dhankolla, Kathuli, Kazipur, Motmura, Raipur, Shaharbati, Sholotaka, and Tentulbaria. The union parishads are subdivided into 90 mauzas and 137 villages.[7]

Gangni Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 29 mahallas.[7]

Education

Old educational institutions are Hoglabaria High School and Gangni High School.

See also

References

  1. ^ National Report (PDF). Population and Housing Census 2022. Vol. 1. Dhaka: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. November 2023. p. 400. ISBN 978-9844752016.
  2. ^ "Bangladesh Postal Code". Dhaka: 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. 21 October 2024.
  3. ^ Rajib Ahmed (2012), "Gangni Upazila", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
  4. ^ "Gangni Upazila". Banglapedia. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Tehsil Map of Nadia". CD Block/ Tehsil. Maps of India. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  6. ^ Population and Housing Census 2022 - District Report: Meherpur (PDF). District Series. Dhaka: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. June 2024. ISBN 978-984-475-241-2.
  7. ^ a b c "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Meherpur" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
  8. ^ "Community Tables: Meherpur district" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2011. p. 103.
  9. ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.