Dumuria Upazila


Dumuria is an upazila of Khulna District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh.
WWW dumuria.khulna.gov.bd

Etymology

Dumuria is named for the presence of Dumur, the Bengali word for Wild Fig.

History

Ancient Monuments and Antiquities Chenchuri Nilkuthi, Chuknagar Nilkuthi, Madhugram Dak Bungalow.
Historical facts In 1948, the Tevaga movement took place in Sobna, Dhanibunia, Kanaidanga, Orabunia and Bakultala villages of the upazila. During the Liberation War, many Bengalis including Prafulla Kumar Biswas, Indubhushan, Lalchand, Amulya, Mahendra, Raicharan, Nihar and Ratan were martyred in the attack of Pak Army in Kalitalapara in April 1971. In addition, 14 soldiers of the allied forces were killed in the face-off between the liberation forces and the allied forces in Shalua Bazar. Chuknagar village was used as a transit point by the Bengali refugees going to India who were suffering from the atrocities of the Pakistan Army in the early days of the Liberation War. On May 20, 1971, a large number of refugees gathered in Chuknagar were indiscriminately killed by Pak forces. Every year this day is observed as 'Chuknagar Massacre Day'.

Geography

Dumuria is located at. It has 71,909 households and a total area of. There are two major rivers, Shipsha and Shangrail.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Dumuria Upazila had 87,953 households and a population of 343,899. 7.72% were under 5 years of age. Dumuria had a literacy rate of 75.97%: 79.87% for males and 72.10% for females, and a sex ratio of 99.55 males per 100 females. 38,845 lived in urban areas.
UnionMuslimHinduOthers
Atlia Union25,66110,336180
Bhandarpara Union8,38510,14211
Dhamalia Union19,3784,2913
Dumuria Union24,6387,67336
Gutudia Union22,44215,42326
Kharnia Union18,3514,27617
Maguraghona Union23,6902,414153
Magurkhali Union157112,1234
Ragunathpur Union15,88510,69818
Rangpur Union3,39315,61428
Rudaghara Union18,7426,5967
Sahas Union17,2803,5347
Sharafpur Union13,1095,1914
Shovna Union11,45911,0888

? Muslim majority ? Hindu majority
As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Dumuria upazila had 71,909 households and a population of 305,675. 58,123 were under 10 years of age. Dumuria had an average literacy rate of 52.58%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 996 females per 1000 males. 19,828 of the population lived in urban areas.
According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Dumuria had a population of 256,503. Males constituted 51.12% of the population, and females 48.88%. The population aged 18 or over was around 138,764. Dumuria had an average literacy rate of 36.1%, compared to the national average of 32.4%.

Administration

Dumuria Upazila is divided into 14 union parishads: Atlia, Dhamalia, Dumuria, Ghutudia, Khornia, Magurkhali, Maguraghona, Raghunathpur, Rangpur, Rudaghora, Sahos, Shorafpur, Shovna, and Vandarpara. The union parishads are subdivided into 189 mauzas and 240 villages.

Notable residents