Araihazar Upazila
Araihazar is an upazila of the Narayanganj District in Bangladesh, part of the Dhaka Division.
Etymology
Araihazar is named after the leftover 2,500 Mughal soldiers of Man Singh I that fought with Isa Khan in the 17th century. The word for "two thousand and five hundred" in Bangla is "Araihazar", hence the name.History
In 1921, a thana was established in Araihazar, under the former Dhaka district. Araihazar Thana's status was upgraded to upazila in 1983 as part of the President of Bangladesh Hussain Muhammad Ershad's decentralisation programme.Geography
Araihazar is located at. It has 111,040 households and total area 181.07 km.Demographics
According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Araihazar Upazila had 111,021 households and a population of 467,547. 10.27% of the population were under 5 years of age. Araihazar had a literacy rate of 69.34%: 70.73% for males and 67.95% for females, and a sex ratio of 99.85 males for every 100 females. 90,937 lived in urban areas.According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Araihazar Upazila had 77,462 households and a population of 376,550. 96,076 were under 10 years of age. Araihazar had a literacy rate of 41.0%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 999 females per 1000 males. 14,423 lived in urban areas.
As of the 2001 Bangladesh census, Araihazar has a population of 331566. Males constitute 51.75% of the population, and females 48.25%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 142883. Araihazar has an average literacy rate of 32%, and the national average of 32.4% literate.