Mohanpur Upazila
Mohanpur Upzila is an upazila of Rajshahi District in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh.
Geography
Mohanpur is located at. It is 25 km away from Rajshahi district headquarter. It has 43984 households and a total area of 162.65 km2. The Postal Code is 6220. It is surrounded by Tanore Upazila of Rajshahi District and Manda Upazila of Naogaon District to the north, Bagmara Upazila to the east, Paba Upazila and Durgapur Upazila to the south, Tanore Upazila to the west.History
Mohanpur Thana was formed in 1917 and it was turned into an upazila in 1983.Independence War
The local Razakars established a camp in a madrasa at village Sankoa and conducted mass torture to the families of pro-independence fighters and other people of the nearby localities. The Razakars killed fighter Abdul Aziz in his residence at village Bihatra; they also sacked his house. In November the pro-independence fighters launched an attack on the Razakar camp and killed six Razakars.Demographics
According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Mohanpur Upazila had 52,681 households and a population of 186,904. 8.15% of the population were under 5 years of age. Mohanpur had a literacy rate of 73.88%: 77.82% for males and 69.97% for females, and a sex ratio of 99.77 males for every 100 females. 33,976 lived in urban areas.According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Mohanpur Upazila had 43,984 households and a population of 170,021. 31,622 were under 10 years of age. Mohanpur had a literacy rate of 51.25%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 995 females per 1000 males. 29,860 lived in urban areas. Ethnic population was 1,223