Nalchity Upazila

Nalchity
নলছিটি
Upazila
Location of Nalchity
Coordinates: 22°37.3′N 90°16.2′E / 22.6217°N 90.2700°E / 22.6217; 90.2700
Country Bangladesh
DivisionBarisal Division
DistrictJhalakati District
Area
 • Total231.42 km2 (89.35 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total193,556
 • Density840/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
WebsiteOfficial Map of the Nalchity Upazila

Nalchity (Bengali: নলছিটি) is an upazila of Jhalokati District in the division of Barisal, Bangladesh.[1]

History

Some family members of Isa Khan moved from Sarail to Nalchity. Abdul Ghani Khan, a 14th-generation descendant of Isa Khan, is the current head of this branch of the family. The region later became a free looting field and slave trading zone for Magh and Portuguese pirates. In 1654, Shah Shuja built two forts in one night in the village of Shujabad to better control the region, and to counter piracy. One was built with mud, and the other with bricks. The ruins of the forts are visible from the Barisal-Jhalokati highway.[2]

In 1924, the British authorities established a thana (police administrative headquarters) in Nalchity. On 7 March 1927, the British Raj police killed twenty Bengali Muslims in a mosque compound in the village of Kulkati. The event is known as the Ponabalia Massacre.[3] During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, the Pakistan Army shot down 13 Bengalis on 13 May. In midnight on 30 June, Bengali freedom fighters raided the Nalchity Police Station and freedom fighter Yunus was killed in the affray. Nalchity was liberated on 8 December. Nalchity Thana was upgraded to an upazila (sub-district) in 1983 as part of the President of Bangladesh Hussain Muhammad Ershad's decentralisation programme.[1]

Geography

Nalchity is located at 22°37′20″N 90°16′15″E / 22.6222°N 90.2708°E / 22.6222; 90.2708. It has 38,006 households and a total area of 231.42 km2.

Demographics

Religions in Nalchity upazila (2011)[4]
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 95.11%
Hinduism
 
 4.85%
Other or not stated
 
 0.04%

According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Nalchity Upazila had 43,066 households and a population of 193,556. 43,364 (22.40%) were under 10 years of age. Nalchity has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 67.2%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1051 females per 1000 males. 30,805 (15.92%) lived in urban areas.[4][5]

According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Nalchity had a population of 203,563. Males constituted 50.02% of the population, and females 49.98%. The population aged 18 or over was 100,836. Nalchity had an average literacy rate of 47.1% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 32.4%.[6]

Administration

Nalchity Upazila is divided into Nalchity Municipality and ten union parishads: Bhairabpasha, Dapdapia, Kulkati, Kusanghal, Mollahat, Magar, Nachan Mohal, Ranapasha, Siddhakati, and Subidpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 118 mauzas and 138 villages.[7]

Nalchity Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 21 mahallas.[7]

The current mayor of Nalchity is Taslim Chowdhury while the MP of the region is Amir Hossain Amu (2018). Yunus Lasker is the Upazila Chairman representing Awami League, which was previously represented by MD Salauddin Khan Selim. The Upazila is part of the 4 sub-districts of Jhalakati Zilla Parishad. The current elected chairman of the Zilla Parishad is Adv. Khan Saifullah Panir.

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Md. Mizanur Rahman (2012). "Nalchity Upazila". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  2. ^ Bulbul, Saiful Ahsan (2012). বৃহত্তর বরিশালের ঐতিহাসিক নিদর্শন (in Bengali). Dhaka: Gotidhara.
  3. ^ MA Halim (2012). "Ponabalia Massacre". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Community Report: Jhalokati" (PDF). Population & Housing Census 2011. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Bangladesh Population & Housing Census-2011, Zila Report: Jhalokati" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. p. 18.
  6. ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
  7. ^ a b "District Statistics 2011: Jhalokati" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.


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