Fakirhat Upazila HQ

 township, subdistrict, fourth-level administrative division, local government

Fakirhat Upazila (Bagerhat district) with an area of 160.68 sq km, is bounded by Rupsa and Mollahat upazilas on the north, Rampal upazila on the south. Bagerhat sadar and Chitalmari upazilas on the east, Batiaghata and Rupsa upazilas on the west. Main river is Rupsa, Bhairab and Chitra. Notable Beels are Kalkolia and Koltita.

The location of the Fakirhat town is 22.7766685N 89.7027236E. Fakirhat (Town) The area of town is 22.09 sq km. It has a population of 23476; male 51.93%, female 48.07%. The density of population is 1063 per sq km. The literacy rate among the town people is 47.4%. The town has one dakbungalow.

Fakirhat thana was established in 1869 and was turned into an upazila in 1983. It consists of 8 union parishads, 67 mouzas, 87 villages.

Archaeological heritage: Khanjahania Mosque.

Religious institutions: Mosque 170, temple 66, sacred place 1, most noted is Khanjahania Mosque,

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census: Population 123956; male 51.12% and female 48.87%; Muslim 71.55%, Hindu 28.43% and others 0.02%.

Literacy and educational institutions: Average literacy 43%; male 49% and female 36.7%. Educational institutions: college 3, technical college 1, non-government high school 24, government high school 2, madrasa 27, government primary school 53 and non-government primary school 20. Noted institutions: Mulghar Government High School (1857), Bahirdia High School (1892).

Cultural organisations: Cinema hall 1, theatre group 5, women's organisation 30 and rural club 25.

Main occupations: Agriculture 38.15%, fishing 2.81%, agricultural labourer 16.94%, wage labourer 6.07%, commerce 14.86%, transport 3.01%, service 8.3%, others 9.86%.

Land use: Arable land 10072.03 hectares, fallow land 5804.53 hectares; single crop 64%, double crop 30% and treble land 6%.

Land control: Among the peasants 33% are marginal, 35% small, 25% intermediary and 7% rich.

Fisheries, dairies and poultries Fishery 7463, dairy 33, poultry 47.

Communication facilities- Roads: pucca 61 km, semi pucca 10 km and mud road 563; waterways 30 nautical mile; railways 10 km; railway station 3.

Manufactories: Ice factory 1, oil mill 10, rice mill 20, frozen shrimp preservation 2.

Cottage industries: Bamboo work 85, goldsmith 52, blacksmith 65, wood work 136, potteries 30, tailoring 125 and kantha sewing 15.

Main exports Coconut, betel leaf, shrimp, and betel nut.

NGO activities: Sukhee Manush, Drishtanto, Prodipon, Prisam, Viko Bangladesh, Nabolok, asa, brac, grameen bank and CARE.

Health centres: Upazila health complex 1, family planning centre 8, satellite clinic 1 and community clinic 7.