Dilalpur Union

Dilalpur is a Union of Bajitpur Upazila under Kishoreganj District in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.

Demographics

Dilalpur Union consists of 24 villages covering a total area of 10.55 km2.

According to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)as on Jan 27, 2001

Total Population is 16,006 Literacy Rate 32.48 % Gross Enrolment Ratio of Primary Education 40.11 Girls Enrolment Ratio of Primary Education 43.45 Unemployment Ratio 26.77 Person Sanitation Coverage 38.49 Safe Drinking Water: 90.35% household Electricity Coverage: 30.38% household Ratio of Information Facility 0.00 per Thousand Ratio of Interactive Information Facility 0.00 per Thousand Ratio of Non-Interactive Information Facility 0.00 per Thousand

Local Government Division (LGD) and Dilalpur Union

Since inception the local government institutions were given the responsibilities for maintenance of law and order infrastructures development and their maintenance, health, education etc. within their area. Though they had sources of own, revenue income foremost of their activities they mainly relied on various grants from the government.

At present only Union Parishad in an elected local government body.

The government is committed to establish strong local government institutions at various level through active participation of the elected representatives in the administration as well as development activities.

Local Government Division (LGD) is implementing various development and service-oriented activities for poverty alleviation and to make the rural people's life more comfortable, sound and meaningful.

The activities of the LGD are extended up to the grass-root level of the country. The Union Parishad is one of the Local Government Institutions under this division.

In addition, the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE), Dhaka WASA, Chittagong WASA and NILG are the different Department /Directorate/Institutions of Local Government Division. Through these Departments /Institutions, LGD is working to mobilize local resources, establish good governance at the local level, providing civic/utility services to the citizen of municipalities and city corporations, rural and urban infrastructures development (constructions of feeder road, box culvert, bridges, growth centre for expansion of market facilities) supplying of safe drinking water, solid waste disposal and sanitation all over the country.

LGD is also responsible for planning and implementation of development projects in the local level, conducting survey/research regarding local government and arranging training programme for enhancing knowledge and efficiency of the elected representatives. These activities are directly and indirectly contributing in the national goal of socio-economic development through poverty reduction, human resource development and creating employment opportunities.

As a part of government's programme for improvement of socio-economic conditions and poverty alleviation Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) is implementing different projects for development of infrastructure both in the rural and urban areas such as, construction /reconstructions/rehabilitation of roads including bridges and culverts, development of small scale water resources, development of growth centre /rural markets, construction of Union Parishad Building, construction of cyclone/flood shelter, construction of bus terminal, construction of municipal market, slum improvements, etc. and side by side successfully implementing tree plantation programme along both sides of the roads to contribute towards ecological balance in the environment.

In the Annual Development Programme of 2008-09, LGED is implementing 61 projects with an allocation of TK.324336.00 Lakh under Local Government Division.

In the current fiscal year a total taka 32528.00 Lakh has been allocated for 15 projects of DPHE to ensure water supply, sanitation and solid waste disposal in the rural and urban areas.

Administrative

Name of the villages in Dilalpur Union-

Nowapara
Kurerpar
Puran hati
Maijpar
Shasher Dighi
Shahanagar
Alirhati
Fulbaria
Mollapara
Rotonpur
Santer Kanda
Nagar Dilalpur
Bagpara
Bhahernagar
Boro Khotula
Doria Kandi
Guar Nagar
Jaloapara
Kamaria Vita
Khalahati
Khatera
Maha Mirerbag
Tatal Char
Udhatiar Kandi
Mirer Mohalla
Pathan Hati
Sona Kanda

Historical events

During the British period the naval port of Dilalpur Union in Bajitpur Upazila became famous.

Religious institutions

Mosque—

Diputy Bari Jame Mosque, Bahernagar(Diputy Bari)
Gedu Miah Jame Mosque, Bahernagar
Mullah Bari Jame Mosque, Bahernagar
Chowdhary Bari Jame Mosque, Bahernagar
Nowapara Jame Mosque, Nowapara
Shoser Digi Jame Mosque, Nowapara.
Purar Hati Jame Mosque, Nowapara.
Maejpara Jame Mosque, Nowapara.
Molla para Jame mosque, Mollapara
Bagpara Jame Mosque,

Temple—
Tomb—

Population

Total 16,006 ; Male %, Female %; Muslim %, Hindu %; Ethnic Nationals ??? families.

Literacy

Average Literacy 32.48%;
Male 20%, Female 121%.

Educational institutions

College: No

High School: 1

Dilalpur Abdul Karim High School, Dilalpur, Bajitpur, Kishorgonj.

Junior High School: No

Madrasa: 2

Dilalpur Masrasa

Government Primary School: 4

12 No. Bahernagar Gov. Primary School.

Non-Government Primary School: No

Education Institute Name with Educational Institute Identification No (EIIN)-

• Dilalpur Abdul Karim High School (EIIN – 110248)

Different Types of Primary Level Educational Institutions

Government Primary School (GPS) — ?? nos.
Experimental School (EXP) attached to PTI — ?? nos.
Registered Non-Government Primary School (RNGPS) — ?? nos.
Community School (COM) — ?? nos.
High School attached Primary Section (H/A PS) — ?? nos.
Non-registered Non-Government Primary School (NGPS) — ?? nos.
Kinder Garten (KG) — ?? nos.
Ebtedayee Madrasha (EM) — ?? nos.
High Madrasha attached Ebtedayee Madrasha (H/A MAD) — ?? nos.
NGO-run Full Primary School (NGO) — ?? nos.

Cultural organizations

Club: 1 nos. Press Club: No Theatre Club: No Women's Organization: No Playground: 1 nos Cinema Hall: No

Main occupations

Agriculture 70% Fishing 4% Agricultural Labourer 10% Wage Labourer00% Commerce30% Transport ??% Service1% Others ??%

Land use

Total cultivable land ?? hectares; single crop ??%, double crop ??%, treble crop ??%; Land under Irrigation ?? hectares. Land control among the peasants ??% are landless, ??% small, ??% intermediate, ??% rich. Value of land the market value of the land of the first grade is about ?? Taka per 0.01 hectare.

Main crops

Paddy, Jute, Wheat, Potato, Peanut, Sweet Potato and Vegetables.

Main fruits

Mango, Jack fruit, Banana, Bel, Coconut, Lemon.

Fisheries, dairies, poultries

Fishery ??, dairy ??, poultry ??, hatchery ??.

Communication facilities

Roads: pucca ?? km, mud road ??
Railways: 0 km

There was no railway in Dilalpur Union.

Waterways: ?? km

Dilallpur Launch Ghat, Dilalpur Bazar, Bajitupur, Kishorgang Traditional transport Palanquin, bullock cart, horse carriage, buffalo cart, pansi boat, saranga boat. These means of transport are either extinct or nearly extinct.

Manufactories

Rice Mill ??
Saw Mill ??
Ice Mill ??

Cottage industries

Chappa dry fish ??,
Wood Works ??,
Goldsmith ??,
Blacksmith ??,
Potteries ??,
Tailoring ??,
Wooden Boat making ??
Fishing Boat

Hats, bazars and fairs

Total number of hats and bazars are: 1

Dilalpur Bazar

Fairs: 5

Magal Miah Shaheber Mazar, Fulbaria
Alim Miah Shaheber Mazar, Baharnagar (Diputy Bari)
Tatalchar East parar Mazar, Tatalchar
Kamer Bari Mela .
Nowapara(maispara)Fair
Nowapara bazar

Main exports

Rice, Egg, Milk, Banana, Chicken.

NGO activities

Operationally important NGOs are [Grameen Bank].

Health centers

nowapara commenity clinic

Extract from different sources

1. Bengal District Gazetteers Mymensingh (Volume 1)— by Frederic Alexander Sachse, Indian Civil Service. Calcutta A Bengal Secretariat Book Depot. 1917.

Chapter XIV: Gazetteer. 145

Bajitpur is the only municipality in the east of the district. It does not seem to have any natural advantages to account for its population of 12,000 persons. It is 2 miles from the Ghorautra river and has no water connection in the cold weather. The roads from Dilalpur and Katiadi are both unbridged. Huge stretches of swamp come close up to the town on all sides, the most dreary and unpromising being that on the north. Even inside the municipal limits communications are made difficalt by khdls, which are never free of treacherous oozing mud. In the rains the Munsiff's Court and dispensary can only be reached by boat. There is a very poor Board bungalow facing a strip of hil on the south.

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