Dasar Upazila


Dasar is an upazila of Madaripur district in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

History

A police investigation centre was set up in Dasar on February 2, 2012. Later, the Dasar Thana was formed on March 2, 2013, with five unions of Kalkini Upazila. Shortly thereafter, the local administration proposed to convert Dasar into upazila. At the meeting of the National Implementation Committee on Administrative Restructuring on November 20, 2017, the Dasar Thana was supposed to be upgraded to upazila but it was rejected and asked to conduct a further examination. Then on 26 July 2021, it was decided to make Dasar a full-fledged upazila at the 117th meeting of NICAR.

Administrative areas

Dasar Upazila consists of 5 unions and 67 mouzas.

Unions

  • Gopalpur Union
  • Kazibakai Union
  • Baligram Union
  • Dasar Union
  • Nabagram Union

    Geography

The geographical location of Dasar Upazila is. Its total area is 76.08 km2. Dasar upazila is bounded on the north by Madaripur Sadar upazila, on the south by Agailjhara Upazila, on the east by Kalkini upazila and on the west by Kotalipara upazila. The Palrodi river flows over the upazila.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Dasar Upazila had 17,939 households and a population of 75,172. 9.38% of the population were under 5 years of age. Dasar had a literacy rate of 77.33%: 80.52% for males and 74.46% for females, and a sex ratio of 91.56 males for every 100 females. 3,682 lived in urban areas.
UnionMuslimHinduOthers
Baligram Union22,6001,7190
Dasar Union11,8733,9232
Gopalpur Union9,1714130
Kazibakai Union12,2782941
Nabagram Union53711,877484

? Muslim majority ? Hindu majority
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Dasar Upazila had 15,595 households and a population of 71,494. 16,849 were under 10 years of age. Dasar had a literacy rate of 54.02%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 986 females per 1000 males. The entire population lived in rural areas.