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19-451: Muladi is located at 22°54′55″N 90°24′54″E  /  22.9153°N 90.4150°E  / 22.9153; 90.4150 . It has a total area of 261.02 km. It borders Gosairhat Upazila on the north, Barisal Sadar Upazila on the south, Hizla and Mehendiganj Upazilas on the east and Kalkini , Gournadi and Babuganj Upazilas on the west. Following the Conquest of Bakla in

38-485: A Thana in 1921, was turned into an upazila in1983. Gosairhat Upazila is divided into eight union parishads : Alawalpur, Goshairhat, Idilpur , Kodalpur, Kuchaipatti, Nager Para, Nalmuri, and Samantasar. The union parishads are subdivided into 84 mauzas and 221 villages. In the 2009 upazila elections, Fazlur Rahman was elected Upazila Chairman, while Chowdhury Ahsan Siddiqui and Ferdousi Begum were elected vice chairmen. The Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) , who administers

57-600: A kindergarten. The noted educational institutions are Bheduriachar Government Primary School (1892) and Tayak Tomchar Government Primary School (1845). Educational institutions in Muladi Upazila include: Cabinet Secretary Mahbub Hossain Gosairhat Upazila Gosairhat ( Bengali : গোসাইরহাট ) is an upazila of Shariatpur District in the Division of Dhaka , in south central Bangladesh . Gosairhat Upazila has

76-687: A point near Bhola, Meghna is 13 km wide. In its lower reaches, this river's path is almost perfectly straight. The Meghna is formed by the confluence of the Surma and Kushiyara rivers originating from the hilly regions of eastern India . Down to Chandpur , Meghna is hydrographically referred to as the Upper Meghna. After the Padma joins, it is referred to as the Lower Meghna. Near Muladhuli in Barisal district,

95-599: A population of 174,775, 18.5% of whom lived in urban areas. 11.1% of the population was under the age of 5. The sex ratio was 1117 females per 1000 males and the literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 56.0%, compared to the national average of 51.8%. 51.17% of the population work in agriculture, 20.67% as agricultural labourers , 3.18% as wage labourers, 7.52% in commerce, 7.13% in services, 2.5% in fishing and 7.83% in other occupations. Cultivable land covers 26159.45 hectares and fallow land 237.56 hectares; single crop 42%, double crop 50% and treble crop land 8%. 74% of cultivable land

114-555: A single stream but braids into two distinct streams that remain separate before re-joining the Meghna. In Daudkandi, ( Comilla District ), the Meghna is joined by the Gumti River , which increases the Meghna water flow considerably. The pair of bridges over the Meghna and Gumti are two of the country's largest bridges. Meghna is reinforced by the Dhaleshwari before Chandpur. Further down,

133-456: A total area of 196.72 square kilometres (75.95 sq mi). It is the southernmost upazila of Shariatpur District. Located on the western bank of the Meghna River , it borders Damudya and Bhedargan upazilas to the north, Haimchar Upazila of Chandpur District to the east, Muladi and Hizla upazilas of Barisal District to the south, and Kalkini Upazila of Madaripur District to

152-749: Is one of the major rivers in Bangladesh , one of the three that form the Ganges Delta , the largest delta on earth, which fans out to the Bay of Bengal . A part of the Surma-Meghna River System , the Meghna is formed inside Bangladesh in Kishoreganj District above the town of Bhairab Bazar by the joining of the Surma and the Kushiyara , both of which originate in the hilly regions of eastern India as

171-632: Is under irrigation . Among the peasants, 29% are landless, 7.09% marginal, 32.82% small, 27% intermediate and 4.09% rich; cultivable land per head 0.14 hectare. The market value of land of the first grade is approximately 5000 Tk per 0.01 hectares. The main crops are Paddy , wheat, sweet potatoes, pulses , brinjal and betel leaves, and the main fruits are mangoes, jackfruits , bananas, blackberries, coconuts, lychee , palms, betel nuts and amra. The extinct or nearly extinct crops are Jute , tobacco, mustard seeds, groundnuts , garlic, sugar cane, arahar, china and kaun. UNO : Md. Nizam Uddin. Muladi thana

190-733: The Barak River . The Meghna meets its major tributary, the Padma , in Chandpur District . Other major tributaries of the Meghna include the Dhaleshwari , the Gumti , and the Feni . The Meghna empties into the Bay of Bengal in Bhola District via four principal mouths, named Tetulia (Ilsha), Shahbazpur, Hatia, and Bamni. The Meghna is the widest river that flows completely inside the boundaries of Bangladesh. At

209-725: The Padma River - the largest distributary of the Ganges in Bangladesh, along with the Jamuna River - the largest distributary of the Brahmaputra, join with the Meghna in Chandpur District , resulting in the Lower Meghna. After Chandpur, the combined flow of the Padma, Jamuna, and Meghna moves down to the Bay of Bengal in an almost straight line, braiding occasionally into a number of riverines including

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228-460: The Pagli, Katalia, Dhonagoda, Matlab, and Udhamodi. All of these rivers rejoin the Meghna at different points downstream. Near Bhola , just before flowing into the Bay of Bengal , the river again divides into two main streams in the Ganges delta and separates an island from both sides of the mainland. The western stream is called Ilsha while the eastern one is called Bamni. They form the largest delta in

247-577: The Safipur River is an offshoot of the Surma that creates one of the main rivers in South Bengal. 1.5 km wide, this river is one of the widest in the country as well. At Chatalpar of Brahmanbaria District , the river Titas emerges from Meghna and after circling two large bends by a distance of about 240 kilometres (150 mi) , falls into the Meghna again near Nabinagar Upazila . The Titas forms as

266-465: The early 17th-century, Emperor Jahangir awarded parts of Chandradwip to Ulfat Ghazi for his participation, and these areas became the Nazirpur pargana of Bakla. His son, Syed Qutb Shah, first settled in the village of Terachar in present-day Muladi. He was renowned for his Muslim missionary activities across Barisal , Madaripur and Bagerhat . He also dug reservoirs and ponds and built mosques for

285-451: The national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1072 females per 1000 males. 10,969 (6.96%) lived in urban areas. The boundaries of the upazila were expanded in 2006 by the addition of Kuchaipatti Union, transferred from the adjacent Hizla Upazila of Barisal District . The transfer accounts for 21,313 of the growth in population from 2001. Without it the population increase from 2001 to 2011 would have been 10.5%. Gosairhat, formed as

304-569: The upazila for the central government, is MST Kamrunnahar. Parliamentary constituency Shariatpur-3 covers Damudya and Gosairhat upazilas, and the Bhedarganj Thana portion of Bhedarganj Upazila. Nahim Razzak of the Bangladesh Awami League was elected Member of Parliament in a 2012 by-election in which he was unopposed. Meghna River The Meghna ( Bengali : মেঘনা নদী , romanized :  Mēghanā Nadī )

323-528: The welfare of locals. A large pond was excavated by Syed Qutb Shah in Terachar but has now been submerged with the Arial Khan River. Qutb Shah subsequently migrated to Nalchira due to the unsafe conditions in Terachar and his descendants continued to hold influential positions in the history of Barisal for several centuries. According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh , Muladi Upazila had 38,394 households and

342-440: The west. The upazila headquarters is spread over the only two urban areas of the upazila, Dhipur and Daser Jangal mauzas . Together they have a total area of 4.33 square kilometres (1.67 sq mi). According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh , Gosairhat Upazila had 33,169 households and a population of 157,665. 45,485 (28.85%) were under 10 years of age. Gosairhat had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 42.1%, compared to

361-604: Was established in 1967 and was turned into an upazila in 1983. Muladi Upazila is divided into Muladi Municipality and seven union parishads : Batamara, Char Kalekhan, Gachhua, Kazir Char, Muladi, Nazirpur, and Safipur. The union parishads are subdivided into 77 mauzas and 102 villages. Upazila Chairman  : Tariqul Hasan Khan Mithu Woman Vice Chairman :Samima Nasrin Vice Chairman  : There are 6 colleges, 30 high schools, 5 junior schools, 78 government primary schools, 50 non-government primary schools, 17 madrasas and

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