Sreepur Upazila HQ

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Sreepur Upazila (Magura district) with an area of 179.14 sq km, is bounded by Pangsha and Baliakandi upazilas on the north, Magura sadar upazila on the south, Madhukhali and Baliakandi upazilas on the east, Shailkupa upazila on the west. Main rivers are Gorai, Kumar and Mara Kumar; Gazari Beel and Goaldaha Baor are notable.

The location of the Sreepur town is 23.5887818N 89.3981242E. Sreepur (Town) consists of two mouzas. The area of the town is 3.11 sq km. It has a population of 4152; male 51.13%, female 48.87%; population density per sq km is 1335. Literacy rate among the town people is 42.4%.

Sreepur thana was turned into an upazila in 1983. The upazila consists of eight union parishads, 83 mouzas and 162 villages.

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census: Population 144471; male 51.01%, female 48.99%; Muslim 76.29%, Hindu 23.42%, Christian 0.09%, Buddhist 0.04% and others 0.16%.

Religious institutions: Mosque 115, temple 20, tomb 1, noted of which are Upazila Jami Mosque, tomb of Hazrat Pir Karim Shah (Sabdalpur).

Literacy and educational institutions: Average literacy 32%; male 36.2% and female 27.8%. Educational institutions: college 4, high school 20, junior high school 2, madrasa 14, government primary school 52, non-government primary school 14, KG school 3.

Cultural organisations: Club 14, public library 1, cinema hall 4, voluntary organisation 11, VDP club 9, auditorium 1 and cooperative society 94.

Main occupations: Agriculture 52.27%, fishing 1.62%, transport 2.44%, agricultural labourer 17.25%, wage labourer 2.07%, industry 1.24%, commerce 10.19%, service 5.95% and others 6.97%.

Land use: Total cultivable land 173970.04 hectares, fallow land 3480.08 hectares; single crop land 17.94%, double crop 50% and treble crop land 32.06%; land under irrigation 52%.

Land control: Among the peasants, 0.75% are landless, 25% small, 65% intermediate and 9.25% rich; land per head 0.16 hectare.

Fisheries, dairies, poultries Poultry 8, fishery 38 and dairy 32.

Communication facilities- Roads: pucca 71 km, semi pucca 15 km and mud road 612 km; waterways 35 nautical mile.

Manufactories: Rice mill 22, ice factory 6.

Cottage industries: Weaving 273, blacksmith 41, potteries 9.

NGO activities: Operationally important NGOs are brac, asa, Sreejani, Palli Shishu Foundation and Uday.

Health centres: Upazila health complex 1, family welfare centre 8.