{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Bagharpara | native_name = বাঘারপাড়া <ref>{{cite web |url=http://bagherpara.jessore.gov.bd/ |script-title=bn:বাঘারপাড়া উপজেলা |website=Bagherpara Upazila}}</ref> | settlement_type = [[Upazilas of Bangladesh|Upazila]] | image_skyline = Voyrab River3.JPG | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = [[Bhairab River]] at Bagherpara Upazila | image_map = Bagherpara in Khulna division (Bangladesh).svg | coordinates = {{coord|23|{{#expr:.2167*60 round 1}}|N|89|{{#expr:.3500*60 round 1}}|E|type:adm3rd|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = [[Country]] | subdivision_name = {{flag|Bangladesh}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Divisions of Bangladesh|Division]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Bangladesh|District]] | subdivision_type3 = <!-- Capital --> | subdivision_name1 = [[Khulna Division|Khulna]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Jessore District|Jessore]] | subdivision_name3 = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | area_total_km2 = 308.29 | area_metro_km2 = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | population_total = 238106 | population_as_of = [[2022 Bangladeshi census|2022]] | population_footnotes = <ref name="census2022">{{Cite book |url=https://bbs.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/bbs.portal.gov.bd/page/b343a8b4_956b_45ca_872f_4cf9b2f1a6e0/2024-01-31-15-51-b53c55dd692233ae401ba013060b9cbb.pdf |title=National Report |date=November 2023 |publisher=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]] |isbn=978-9844752016 |series=Population and Housing Census 2022 |volume=1 |location=Dhaka |pages=400}}</ref> | population_density_km2 = auto | postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in Bangladesh|Postal code]] | postal_code = 7470<ref name="postalcode">{{Cite web |url=https://bdpost.portal.gov.bd/site/page/083dd6cf-eb5f-4dda-b929-c8b53b59a42f |title=Bangladesh Postal Code |date=21 October 2024 |publisher=Bangladesh Postal Department under the Department of Posts and Telecommunications of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology of the People's Republic of Bangladesh |location=Dhaka}}</ref> | area_code = 04223<ref name="areacode">{{Cite web |url=https://www.rebtel.com/en/international-calling-guide/phone-codes/bangladesh |title=Bangladesh Area Code |date=18 October 2024 |publisher=Rebtel.com |location=Stockholm, Sweden}}</ref> | website = [http://www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/jessore/Bagherpara.gif Official Map of Bagherpara] | footnotes = | timezone = [[Bangladesh Standard Time|BST]] | utc_offset = +6 }} [[File:Bagherpara Upazila mauza geocode map - Small Area Atlas Jessore.svg|thumb|Bagherpara Upazila mauza geocode map]]
'''Bagherpara''' ({{langx|bn|বাঘারপাড়া}}) is an [[upazila]] of [[Jessore District]]<ref name=Banglapedia>{{citation |author=Biplab Sen |chapter=Bagherpara Upazila |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bagherpara_Upazila |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |editor=Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]] |year=2012 |edition=Second}}</ref> in the Division of [[Khulna Division|Khulna]], [[Bangladesh]].
==Geography== Bagherpara is located at {{coord|23.2167|N|89.3500|E|}}. It has a total area of 308.29 km<sup>2</sup>. It is bordered by [[Jhenaidah District|Jhenaidah district]] to the north, [[Magura District|Magura]] and [[Narail District|Narail]] districts to the east, and [[Jessore Sadar Upazila|Jessore Sadar upazila]] to the west.
==Demographics==
{{bar box |title=Religions in Bagherpara Upazila (2022)<ref name="2022census"/> |titlebar=#Fcd116 |left1=Religion |right1=Percent |float=left |width= |bars= {{bar percent|[[Islam in Bangladesh|Islam]]|green|85.20}} {{bar percent|[[Hinduism in Bangladesh|Hinduism]]|darkorange|14.77}} {{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.03}} }}
According to the [[2022 Bangladeshi census]], Bagherpara Upazila had 60,247 households and a population of 238,106. 9.10% of the population were under 5 years of age. Bagherpara had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 74.18%: 76.34% for males and 72.16% for females, and a sex ratio of 94.99 males for every 100 females. 24,055 (10.10%) lived in urban areas.<ref name="2022census">{{Cite book |url=http://nsds.bbs.gov.bd/storage/files/1/Publications/PHCensus/Khulna/District%20Report%20Jashore.pdf |title=Population and Housing Census 2022 - District Report: Jashore |date=June 2024 |publisher=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]] |isbn=978-984-475-280-1 |series= District Series |location=Dhaka |pages=}}</ref>
As of the [[2011 Bangladesh census|2011 Census of Bangladesh]], Bagherpara upazila had 49,971 households and a population of 261,897. 43,882 (16.76%) inhabitants were under 10 years of age. Bagherpara's literacy rate was 52.79%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1016 females per 1000 males. 8,290 (3.17%) of the population lived in urban areas.<ref name="census2011">{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Jessore |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Zila_Jessore.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd |publisher=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]] |access-date=2018-12-18 |archive-date=2021-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712032704/http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Zila_Jessore.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="community">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Community Tables: Jhenaidah district |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCen2011/Com_Jessore.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd |publisher=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]] |access-date=2023-11-22 |archive-date=2017-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914081719/http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCen2011/Com_Jessore.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
As of the [[1991 Bangladesh census]], Bagherpara has a population of 168,938. Males constituted 51.21% of the population, and females 48.79%; this Upazila's eighteen-up population was 84303. Bagherpara has an average literacy rate of 34.5% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.<ref name="census">{{cite web | access-date = November 10, 2006 | url = http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archive-date = 2005-03-27 | title = Population Census Wing, BBS.}}</ref>
==Administration== Bagherpara Upazila is divided into Bagherpara Municipality and nine [[union parishad]]s: Bandabilla, Basuari, Darajhat, Dhalgram, Dohakula, Jaharpur, Jamdia, Narikelbaria, and Roypur. The union parishads are subdivided into 155 mauzas and 191 villages.<ref name="census2011" />
Bagherpara Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 12 [[mahalla]]s.<ref name="census2011"/>
==Education== {{unref section |date=September 2024}} * [[আজমপুর ইসলামিয়া আলিম মাদ্রাসা|Azampur Islamia Alim Madrasah]] * Azampur Darus-Sunnah Hafezia and Nurani Madrasah * Sekenderpur Secondary School * Gaidghat High School * Agra Secondary school * Charavita Secondary School * PHL Secondary High School * [[Bagherpara Pilot High School]] * Bagherpara Pilot Girls High School * Bagherpara Degree College * Bagherpara Mohilla College * Raipur School & College * Selumpur High school * Karimpur High School * Bagherpara siddikiya fazil madrashah * Narikelbariya degree college * Narikelbariya high school * Inra high school * Dayarampur Siddikya Senior Madrasha. * Borvagh high school. * Vitaballah High School. * C.S.A.High School. * Japan Bangladesh Friendship Agricultural College. * Jamdia High School. * Jamdia Hafijia Dakhil Madrasha * Khalshe Girls School. * Dargahpur Fazil Degree Madrasha * Andul Baria High School * Bir Protik Ishaqe College, Dhalgr * Karimpur Hafejia Dakhil Madrasa * Vangura Ideal College * Bagdanga primary school * Sommillio Biddapit Bagdanga Bohumukhi Maddomik Biddaloy
==See also== * [[Upazilas of Bangladesh]] * [[Districts of Bangladesh]] * [[Divisions of Bangladesh]]
==References== <references />
{{Jessore District}} {{Upazilas of Khulna Division}}
[[Category:Upazilas of Jessore District]] [[Category:Jessore District]] {{Khulna-geo-stub}}