Manpura Upazila

Manpura is located at 22.2986°N 90.9792°E / 22.2986; 90.9792. It has 8,959 households and a total area of 373.19 km². It is bounded by Tazumuddin upazila on the north, Bay of Bengal on the south, Hatiya upazila on the east, Lalmohan and Char Fasson upazilas on the west.^[3]

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Monpura Upazila had 20,065 households and a population of 89,745. 13.22% of the population were under 5 years of age. Monpura had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 61.29%: 59.42% for males and 63.17% for females, and a sex ratio of 100.58 males for every 100 females. 30,213 (33.67%) lived in urban areas.^[1]

As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Manpura has a population of 76,582 living in 17,080 households. 22,066 (28.81%) were under 10 years of age. Manpura has an average literacy rate of 32.10% (7+ years) and a sex ratio of 977 females per 1000 males. 1,023 (1.34%) of the population lives in urban areas.^[4]

According to the 2001 Bangladesh census, Manpura had a population of 67,304. Males constituted 51.63% of the population, and females 48.37%. The population aged 18 or over was 20,940. Manpura had an average literacy rate of 21.3% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 50.4%+.^[5]

Manpura was formed as a Thana on 25 December 1970 and it was turned into an upazila on 7 November 1983.^[3]

Manpura Upazila is divided into four union parishads: Dakshin Sakuchia, Hazirhat, Monpura, and Uttar Sakuchia. The union parishads are subdivided into 18 mauzas and 30 villages.^[6]

• Monpura Degree College
• Monoyara Begum mohila college
• Abdullah al Islam Jakob College
• Sakuchia Badiuzzaman Dakhil Madrasah
• Monpura Girls' Secondary School
• Hazir Hat Girls School
• North Sakucia Secondary School ^{[citation needed]}

• Jafar Ullah Chowdhury, politician

• Upazilas of Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh