Wazirpur Upazila


Wazirpur, officially known as Ujirpur, is an upazila of Barisal District in Barisal Division, Bangladesh.
WWW wazirpur.barisal.gov.bd

Geography

Wazirpur is located at. It has a total area of 248.35 km2.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Ujirpur Upazila had 61,889 households and a population of 254,506. 8.61% of the population were under 5 years of age. Ujirpur had a literacy rate of 79.84%: 81.93% for males and 77.88% for females, and a sex ratio of 95.18 males for every 100 females. 43,366 lived in urban areas.
Union/PaurashavaMuslimHinduOthers
Ujirpur Paurashava13,7943,6455
Bamrail Union29,8581,574591
Barakotha Union29,6621,8761
Guthia Union24,7531,84835
Harta Union6,00217,9319
Jalla Union6,97416,074403
Otra Union21,5993,11421
Satla Union19,3787,765767
Shikarpur Union15,5961,315192
Sholak Union25,1584,5633

? Muslim majority ? Hindu majority
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Wazirpur Upazila had 52,959 households and a population of 234,959. 51,236 were under 10 years of age. Wazirpur had a literacy rate of 62.50%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1,070 females per 1,000 males. 11,716 lived in urban areas.
According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Wazirpur had a population of 227,115. Males constituted 50.8% of the population, and females 49.2%. The number of residents aged 18 or over was 114,254. Wazirpur has an average literacy rate of 47.7%, compared to the national average of 32.4%. There are 22 colleges and 50 primary schools in Wazirpur.

Administration

UNO: Md. Shakhawat Hossain.
Wazirpur Upazila is divided into nine union parishads: Shikerpur, Bamrail, Barakotha, Guthia, Harta, Jalla, Otra, Satla, and Sholak. The union parishads are subdivided into 118 mauzas and 125 villages.

Notable residents