Banaripara Upazila

Banaripara
বানারিপাড়া
Upazila
Banaripara

Location in Bangladesh

Coordinates: 22°46.9′N 90°10′E / 22.7817°N 90.167°ECoordinates: 22°46.9′N 90°10′E / 22.7817°N 90.167°E
Country  Bangladesh
Division Barisal Division
District Barisal District
Area
 • Total 134.32 km2 (51.86 sq mi)
Population (1991)
 • Total 143,825
 • Density 1,071/km2 (2,770/sq mi)
Time zone BST (UTC+6)
Website Official Map of the Banaripara Upazila

Banaripara (Bengali: বানারিপাড়া) is an Upazila of Barisal District in the Division of Barisal, Bangladesh.[1]

Geography

Banaripara is located at 22°46′55″N 90°10′00″E / 22.7819°N 90.1667°E. It has 26,697 households and a total area of 134.32 km².

Demographics

According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Banaripara had a population of 143,825. Males constituted 50.67% of the population, and females 49.33%. The population aged 18 or over was 70,724.

Administration

Banaripara has 11 unions/wards, 87 mauzas/mahalla, and 77 villages. Administration Banaripara thana was established in 1913 and was turned into an upazila in 1983.

Archaeological heritage and relics

There are two Swathidaha Maths, a copper Manasa Bigraga weighing 3.5 maunds and a six-foot-high Bigraha at Narattampur (200 years old) which used to be family lineage of the Ghosh Ray family of Narratampur.

Historical events

During the Liberation War in 1971, the Pakistani army killed many innocent people of village Gava where all Ghosh Dastidar and Ghosh Ray used to live and they mostly left their ancestral land for good.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kazi Mizanur Rahman (2012). "Banaripara Upazila". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.