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Tungipara Upazila (gopalganj
district) with an area of 127.25 sq km, is bounded by
gopalganj sadar
and
kotalipara
upazilas on the north,
chitalmari
and
nazirpur
upazilas on the south, Kotalipara upazila on the east,
mollahat
and Gopalganj Sadar upazilas on the west. Main rivers:
madhumati,
Ghagat and Shailadaha.Tungipara (Town) a
municipal town, consists of 9 wards and 13 mahallas. The
area of the town is 30.39 sq km. The town has a
population of 30747; male 51.09%, female 48.91%; density
of population is 1012 per sq km. Literacy rate among the
town people is 36.1%. The tomb of Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman is located in the town.
Administration Tungipara thana
was turned into an upazila in 1995. It consists of one
municipality, 5 union parishads, 34 mouzas, 67 villages. Population
88102; male 51.25%, female 48.75%; Muslim 65.05%, Hindu
34.74% and others 0.21%. Religious institutions
Mosque 155, temple 50, church 3, tomb 1. Literacy and
educational institutions Average literacy 33.3%;
male 38% and female 28.4%. Educational institutions:
college 2, high school 15, junior school 3, madrasa 2,
technical training centre 1. Cultural organisations
Rural club 27, library 2, cinema hall 1, literary
society 1, tourist motel 1. Main occupations
Agriculture 57.14%, agricultural labourer 21.05%,
commerce 7.07%, service 5.35%, fishing 2.88%, others
6.51%. Land use Total cultivable 13428 hectares,
fallow land 290 hectares; single crop 28.7%, double crop
50.6% and treble crop land 20.7%; cultivable land under
irrigation 23.71%. Land control Among the
peasants, 35% are landless, 33.54% small, 25.36%
intermediate and 6.1% rich. Value of land Market
value of land of the first grade is approximately 3500
per 0.01 hectare. Main crops Paddy, wheat,
sugarcane, onion, garlic, betel leaf, vegetable and
ground nut. Extinct or nearly extinct crops Jute,
paira, kaun. Main fruits Mango,
jackfruit, papaya, palm, guava, lemon, litchi, coconut,
banana. Fisheries, dairies, poultries Poultry 2,
fishery 6, dairy 2, hatchery 2. Communication
facilities Roads: pucca 35.5 km, semi pucca 6 km and
mud road 138 km. Traditional transport Palanquin
(extinct). Hats, bazars and fairs Hats and bazars
are 20, fair 5, most noted of which are Patgatir hat,
Kushli hat, Bashbaria hat, Gahardanga mela. Mineral
resource Pit coal.Main exports Wheat, ground
nut, molasses, onion, vegetables, etc.NGO activities
Operationally important NGOs are
brac,
proshika,
grameen bank,
caritas,
ccdb,
asa,
World Vision, HCCB. Health centres Upazila health
complex 1, hospital 1, family planning centre 5,
satellite clinic 2. |
