Shailkupa Upazila HQ (Kabirpur)

 township, fourth-level administrative division, local government

Shailkupa Upazila (Jhenaidah district) with an area of 373.42 sq km, is bounded by Khoksa and Kumarkhali upazilas on the north, Jhenaidah sadar, Magura sadar and Harinakunda upazilas on the south, Pangsha and Sreepur (Magura) upazilas on the east, Kushtia sadar and Harinakunda upazilas on the west. Main rivers are Gorai, Kumar, Dakua.

The location of Shailkupa town is 23.6842454N 89.2471783E. Shailkupa (Town) consists of 9 wards and 24 mahallas. The area of the town is 20.93 sq km. The town has a population of 31788; male 51.98% and female 48.02%; population density per sq km 1519. Literacy rate among the town people is 32.4%.

Shailkupa thana was turned into an upazila in 1983. The upazila consists of 1 municipality, 9 wards, 14 union parishads, 181 mouzas and 258 villages.

Archaeological heritage and relics: Shailkupa Shahi Mosque (1519-1531)

Marks of War of Liberation Mass grave at village Kamanna; two martyr memorial monuments at Kabirpur.

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Population 293341; male 51.43%, female 48.57%; Muslim 85%, Hindu 13% and others 2%.

Religious institutions: Mosque 312, temple 161; noted religious institutions are Shahi Mosque, Ram Gopal Mandir.

Literacy and educational institutions: Average literacy 26.3%; male 32.2% and female 20%. Educational institutions: college 5, high school 39, junior high school 10, madrasa 36, government primary school 90, non-government primary school 66, satellite school 3 and low cost primary school 11. Noted educational institution: Shailkupa Pilot High School (1893).

Cultural organisations Rural club 45, public library 2, cinema hall 2, women's organisation 1.

Main occupations Agriculture 53.66%, agricultural labourer 16.68%, wage labourer 2.30%, commerce 12.23%, service 3.52% and others 11.61%.

Land use Total cultivable land 29730.06 hectares, fallow land 15288.45 hectares; single crop 19.18%, double crop 57.29% and treble crop land 23.53%; cultivable land under irrigation 53.12%.

Land control Among the peasants, 0.77% are landless, 21% small, 62.32% intermediate and 15.91% rich; cultivable land per head 0.12 hectare.

Fisheries, dairies, poultries Dairy 37, poultry 44, fishery 1, nursery 50.

Communication facilities Roads: pucca 75 km, semi pucca 92 km and mud road 545 km.

Manufactories Ice factory 46, rice mill 69, saw mill 5 and welding 22.

Cottage industries Weaving 32, bamboo and cane work 169, goldsmith 35, blacksmith 21, potteries 342, tailoring 175 and wood work 125.

NGO activities Operationally important NGOs are brac, asa, Disha, Focus.

Health centres Upazila health complex 1, family planning centre 14.