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Gosairhat (Bengali: গোসাইরহাট) is an upazila of Shariatpur District in the Division of Dhaka, in south central Bangladesh.

Gosairhat গোসাইরহাট
Upazila
Gosairhat Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 23°5′N 90°26′E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Dhaka Division
District	Shariatpur District
Establishment	1921
Granted Upazila status	1983
Area [1]
• Total	196.72 km2 (75.95 sq mi)
Population  (2011 census)[2]
• Total	157,665
• Density	800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+7 (BDST)
Postal code	8050
Calling Code	+88 (06024)
Website	gosairhat.shariatpur.gov.bd(in Bengali)

Geography

Gosairhat Upazila has a total area of 196.72 square kilometres (75.95 sq mi).[1] It is the southernmost upazila of Shariatpur District. Located on the western bank of the Meghna River, it borders Damudya and Bhedargan upazilas to the north, Haimchar Upazila of Chandpur District to the east, Muladi and Hizla upazilas of Barisal District to the south, and Kalkini Upazila of Madaripur District to the west.

The upazila headquarters is spread over the only two urban areas of the upazila, Dhipur and Daser Jangal mauzas. Together they have a total area of 4.33 square kilometres (1.67 sq mi).[2][3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop. (000)	±%
1981	189	—
1991	115	−39.2%
2001	124	+7.8%
2011	158	+27.4%
2011 population increased sharply because upazila boundaries were redrawn to include Kuchaipatti Union Source: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics[1]

According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Gosairhat Upazila had 33,169 households and a population of 157,665, 7.0% of whom lived in urban areas.[2] 12.7% of the population was under the age of 5.[2] The literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 42.1%, compared to the national average of 51.8%.[2][4]

The boundaries of the upazila were expanded in 2006 by the addition of Kuchaipatti Union, transferred from adjacent Hizla Upazila of Barisal District.^{[citation needed]} The transfer accounts for 21,313 of the growth in population from 2001. Without it the population increase from 2001 to 2011 would have been 10.5%.[2]

Administration

Gosairhat Upazila is divided into eight union parishads: Alawalpur, Goshairhat, Idilpur, Kodalpur, Kuchaipatti, Nager Para, Nalmuri, and Samantasar. The union parishads are subdivided into 84 mauzas and 221 villages.[1]

In the 2009 upazila elections, Fazlur Rahman was elected Upazila Chairman, while Chowdhury Ahsan Siddiqui and Ferdousi Begum were elected vice chairmen.[5] The Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO), who administers the upazila for the central government, is MST Kamrunnahar.[6]

Parliamentary constituency Shariatpur-3 covers Damudya and Gosairhat upazilas, and the Bhedarganj Thana portion of Bhedarganj Upazila. Nahim Razzak of the Bangladesh Awami League was elected Member of Parliament in a 2012 by-election in which he was unopposed.[7][8]

Notable people

• Golam Ali Chowdhury (1824–1888), landlord and philanthropist

See also

• Education in Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh
• Upazilas of Bangladesh

References

На других языках

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- [en] Gosairhat Upazila

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[ru] Госайрхат (подокруг)

Госайрхат (бенг. গোসাইরহাট, англ. Gosairhat) — подокруг в центральной части Бангладеш. Входит в состав округа Шариатпур. Образован в 1921 году. Административный центр — город Госайрхат. Площадь подокруга — 167,86 км². По данным переписи 1991 года численность населения подокруга составляла 115 882 человека. Плотность населения равнялась 787,5 чел. на 1 км². Уровень грамотности населения составлял 20,23 %. Религиозный состав: мусульмане — 95,01 %, индуисты — 4,91 %, прочие — 0,08 %.

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