Shibchar Upazila

Shibchar
শিবচর
Upazila
Shibchar is located in Bangladesh
Shibchar
Shibchar
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 23°21′N 90°10′E / 23.350°N 90.167°E / 23.350; 90.167
CountryBangladesh
DivisionDhaka Division
DistrictMadaripur District
Area
 • Total321.88 km2 (124.28 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total318.220[1]
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Websiteshibchar.madaripur.gov.bd

Shibchar (Bengali: শিবচর) is an upazila of Madaripur District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.[2]

Geography

Shibchar is located at 23°21′00″N 90°10′00″E / 23.3500°N 90.1667°E / 23.3500; 90.1667. It has 58085 households and total area 321.88 km2. The upazila is bounded by Padma river, Lohajang and Sadarpur upazilas on the north, Rajoir and Madaripur sadar upazilas on the south, Zajira upazila on the east, Bhanga upazila on the west.

Materials

Leather shields were made from a great variety of animals found in the Indian subcontinent. The hide shields were made from either water buffalo, sambar deer, Indian elephant, or Indian rhinoceros. The rhinoceros shields were the most prized variant among leather shields.[3]

Main water bodies in the upazila include Padma river, Kumar river, Arial Khan river, and Moynakata.

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Shibchar had a population of 306082. Males constituted 51.46% of the population, and females 48.54%. This Upazila's eighteen up population was 143975. Shibchar had an average literacy rate of 26.9% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[4]

Administration

Shibchar Thana was formed in 1930 and it was turned into an upazila in 1983.[2]

Shibchar Upazila is divided into Shibchar Municipality and 19 union parishads: Bahertala Dakshin, Baheratala Uttar, Bandarkhola, Baskandi, Charjanazat, Dattapara, Ditiyakhando, Kadirpur, Kathalbari, Kutubpur, Madbarerchar, Nilokhe, Panchar, Sannasirchar, Shibchar, Shiruail, Umedpur, Vhadrasion, and Vhandarikandi. The union parishads are subdivided into 108 mauzas and 519 villages.[5]

Shibchar Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 17 mahallas.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bangladesh: Administrative Division (Districts and Subdistricts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
  2. ^ a b Md. Shajahan Khan (2012), "Shibchar Upazila", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
  3. ^ Ciuk, Krzysztof; Woodward, Susan. "Shields of dreams: Mughal dhals sport "designer label" rhino". ROM: Magazine of the Royal Ontario Museum; Toronto. 34: 5 – via ProQuest.
  4. ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
  5. ^ a b "District Statistics 2011: Madaripur" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.