Bhandaria Upazila

{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Bhandaria | native_name = ভাণ্ডারিয়া | settlement_type = [[Upazilas of Bangladesh|Upazila]] | image_skyline = Baleshwar river.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = [[Baleshwari River]] at Bhandaria | image_map = Bhandaria in Barisal division (Bangladesh).svg | coordinates = {{coord|22|{{#expr:.4889*60 round 1}}|N|90|{{#expr:.0733*60 round 1}}|E|type:city_region:BD|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = [[Country]] | subdivision_name = {{flag|Bangladesh}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Divisions of Bangladesh|Division]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Bangladesh|District]] | subdivision_type3 =  | subdivision_name1 = [[Barisal Division]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Pirojpur District]] | subdivision_name3 = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | area_total_km2 = 163.56 | area_metro_km2 = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | population_total = 163654 | population_as_of = [[2022 Bangladeshi census|2022]] | population_footnotes = <ref name="2022census"/> | population_density_km2 = auto | postal_code_type = [[Postal codes in Bangladesh|Postal code]] | postal_code = 8550<ref name="postalcode">{{Cite web |url=https://bdpost.portal.gov.bd/site/page/6a111018-d761-49fe-ab27-717e37b26b91 |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 |access-date=21 October 2024 |archive-date=1 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241201024506/https://bdpost.portal.gov.bd/site/page/6a111018-d761-49fe-ab27-717e37b26b91 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | area_code = 04623<ref name="areacode">{{Cite web |url=https://en.chahaoba.com/Bangladesh |title=Bangladesh Area Code |date=18 October 2024 |publisher=Chahaoba.com |location=China}}</ref> | website = [http://lib.pmo.gov.bd/maps/images/pirojpur/Bhandaria.gif Official Map of the Bhandaria Upazila] | footnotes = | timezone = [[Bangladesh Standard Time|BST]] | utc_offset = +6 }} '''Bhandaria''' ({{langx|bn|ভাণ্ডারিয়া }}) is an [[upazila]] of [[Pirojpur District]] in the Division of [[Barisal Division|Barisal]], [[Bangladesh]].<ref name=Banglapedia>{{cite book |author=Golam Mostafa Siddiqui |chapter=Bhandaria Upazila |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bhandaria_Upazila |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |editor=Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]] |year=2012 |edition=Second}}</ref>

==Geography== Bhandaria is located at {{coord|22.4889|N|90.0733|E|}}. It has 27,969 households and a total area of 163.56 km<sup>2</sup>.

==Demographics==

{{bar box |title=Religions in Bhandaria Upazila (2022)<ref name="2022census" /> |titlebar=#Fcd116 |left1=Religion |right1=Percent |float=left |bars= {{bar percent|[[Islam in Bangladesh|Islam]]|green|91.53}} {{bar percent|[[Hinduism in Bangladesh|Hinduism]]|darkorange|8.44}} {{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.01}} }} [[File:Bhandaria Upazila mauza geocode map - Small Area Atlas Pirojpur.svg|thumb|Bhandaria Upazila mauza geocode map]] According to the [[2022 Bangladeshi census]], Bhandaria Upazila had 41,365 households and a population of 163,654. 9.51% of the population were under 5 years of age. Bhandaria had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 84.51%: 85.01% for males and 84.04% for females, and a sex ratio of 95.36 males for every 100 females. 51,240 (31.31%) lived in urban areas.<ref name="2022census">{{Cite book |url=http://203.112.218.101/storage/files/1/Publications/PHC_2021/Barishal%20Division/District%20Report%20Pirojpur%20Full.pdf |title=Population and Housing Census 2022 - District Report: Pirojpur |date=June 2024 |publisher=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]] |isbn=978-984-475-260-3 |series= District Series |location=Dhaka |pages=}}</ref>

According to the [[2011 Bangladesh census|2011 Census of Bangladesh]], Bhandaria Upazila had 34,338 households and a population of 148,159. 34,318 (23.16%) were under 10 years of age. Bhandaria has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 67.7%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1050 females per 1000 males. 25,260 (17.05%) lived in urban areas.<ref name="community">{{cite web |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCen2011/PirojpurCommunity.pdf |title=Community Report: Pirojpur |author= |website=Population & Housing Census 2011 |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |access-date=15 August 2018}}</ref><ref name="2011census">{{cite web |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Zila_Pirojpur.pdf |title=Bangladesh Population & Housing Census-2011, Zila Report: Pirojpur |website=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]] |page=18 |access-date=2023-09-14 |archive-date=2022-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929235255/http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Zila_Pirojpur.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

According to the [[1991 Bangladesh census]], Bhandaria had a population of 145,233. Males constituted 50.34% of the population, and females 49.66%. The population aged 18 or over was 74,509. Bhandaria had an average literacy rate of 51.9% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 32.4%.<ref name="census">{{cite web | accessdate = November 10, 2006 | url = http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archivedate = 2005-03-27 | title = Population Census Wing, BBS.}}</ref> {{clear|left}}

==Administration== '''UNO''': Md. Easin Arafat Rana.<ref>{{cite web | script-title=bn:উপজেলা নির্বাহী অফিসার | url = https://www.pirojpur.gov.bd/en/site/view/employee_list/7-উপজেলা%20নির্বাহী%20অফিসার | date = 2024-08-26 | archiveurl = https://archive.today/20240826144002/https://www.pirojpur.gov.bd/en/site/view/employee_list/7-%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%20%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%80%20%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0 | archivedate = 2024-08-26 }}</ref>

Bhandaria Upazila is divided into seven [[union parishad]]s: Bhandaria, Bhitabaria, Dhaoa, Gouripur, Ikri, Nudmulla, and Telikhali. The union parishads are subdivided into 37 mauzas and 45 villages.<ref name="district-stats">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Pirojpur.pdf |url-status=dead |title=District Statistics 2011: Pirojpur |author= |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113184601/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Pirojpur.pdf |archive-date=13 November 2014 |access-date=14 July 2014}}</ref>

==Notable people== *[[Ayub Ali]] (1919–1995), Islamic scholar and educationist *[[Aboul Khan|Aboul Bashar Khan]] (born 1960), American politician

==References== <references/>

[[Category:Upazilas of Pirojpur District]] [[Category:Bhandaria Upazila]]