Abhaynagar Upazila

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Abhaynagar Upazila
Abhaynagar
Division_name - District	Khulna Division - Jessore District
Coordinates	23.0167° N 89.4333° E
Area	247.19 km²
Time zone	BST (UTC+6)
Population (1991) - Density	204,654 - 828/km²
Maplink: Official Map of Abhaynagar

Abhaynagar (Bengali: অভয়নগর) is an Upazila of Jessore District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh.

1 Geography
2 Administration
3 Demographics
4 Economy
5 Special features
6 History
7 See also
8 References
9 External links

[edit] Geography

Abhaynagar has 36,873 units of household and total area 247.19 km². It is surrounded by Jessore Sadar upazila on the North, Dumuria, Khan Jahan Ali, Dighalia and Phultala upazilas on the South, Narail Sadar and Kalia upazilas on the East and Jessore Sadar and Manirampur upazilas on the West

The main river is Bhairab. It also features 13 waterlands, of which Singra, Beel Dakatia and Kurakhali are notable. It has 46.59 km of paved roads, 25.92 km of semi-paved roads and 300.24 km of mud roads, 15 km of waterways, and 13 km railways.

[edit] Administration

Abhaynagar has 8 Unions, 89 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 121 vilages.

[edit] Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh census,^GRBangladeh Abhaynagar has a population of 2,04,654. Males constitute are 52.06% of the population, and females 47.94%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 1,10,761. Abhaynagar has an average literacy rate of 38.8% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.^[1]

[edit] Economy

Principal agricultural produces are paddy, wheat, jute, potato, garlic, onion, mustard, betel nut, brinjal, and vegetable. Principal industrial produces are jute, textile, leather, salt and cement.

[edit] Special features

Among the archeological interests in Abhaynagar are Siddhipasha Rajbari along with adjacent tank and temple, 11 Duari Mandir, Madhayapur Neelkuthi and Sreedharpur Zamindar Bari. Three periodicals are published - weekly Mukti and Uddipan, and monthly Mukul.

[edit] History

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On 4 December 2005 300,000 people of Abhaynagar took to the roads and blocked the Jessore-Khulna Highway in the Nawapara industrial area to protest against the longstanding and widespread water logging problem. The protest took place after 25 thousand people took part in a silt removal drive in the Sri river at Bhabadaha sluice gate on November 9, which resulted in a death of 100 people due to violence prompted by rumor.^[2]