Keshabpur Upazila HQ | town, township, subdistrict, fourth-level administrative division, local government

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

Keshabpur Upazila (Jessore district) with an area of 258.53 sq km, is bounded by Manipampur upazila on the north, Tala and Dumuria upazilas on the south, Dumuria upazila on the east, Kalaroa upazila on the west. Main rivers are Harthar and Chengral; Beels 20.

The location of the Keshabpur town is 22.9071194N 89.2166395E. Keshabpur (Town) consists of 7 mouzas. The area of the town is 18.46 sq km. The town has a population of 20697; male 50.88%, female 49.12%. Density of population is 1121 per sq km. Literacy rate among the town people is 32.9%.

Keshabpur thana was turned into an upazila in 1983. It consists of 9 union parishads, 142 mouzas and 143 villages.

Archaeological heritage and relics: Remnants of the Bharatbazar Rajbari, residence of Nawab Mir Jumla (17th century), residence of poet Madhusudan Dutt at Sagardari, remnants of an ancient fort at village Bidhyanandikathi.

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census: Population 200229; male 51.16%, female 48.84%; Muslim 80.14%, Hindu 19.5% and others 0.36%.

Religious institutions: Mosque 320, temple 81, most noted of which is Nawab Bari Mosque at Sheikhpara.

Literacy and educational institutions: Average literacy 31.7%; male 33.5% and female 29.8%. Educational institutions: college 5, high school 32, madrasa 97, government primary school 70, non-government primary school 85. Noted educational institutions: Keshabpur Degree College (1967), Panjia High School.

Cultural organisations: Press club 1, theatre group 3, cinema hall 2, public library 1, literary society 1, women's organisation 3, playground 10.

Main occupations: Agriculture 47.84%, agricultural labourer 26.52%, wage labourer 2.27%, commerce 9.43%, service 3.45%, industry 1.54%, transport 2.62% and others 6.33%.

Land use: Total cultivable land 20404.28 hectares; fallow land 297.86 hectares; single crop 28%, double crop 61% and treble crop 21%. Cultivable land under irrigation 63%.

Land control: Among the peasants 12% are landless, 64% small, 22% intermediate and 2% rich; cultivable land per head 0.12 hectare.

Fisheries, poultries Poultry 382, hatchery 1 and fishery 647.

Communication facilities- Roads: pucca 41 km, semi pucca 5 km and mud road 374 km; waterways: 9 nautical mile.

Cottage industries: Weaving 328, goldsmith 50, blacksmith 72, potteries 203, wood work 83, tailoring 125 and welding 12.

NGO activities: Operationally important ngos are brac, asa, grameen bank, caritas, Samadhan, Samaj Kalyan Sangstha, Dhaka Ahsania Mission.

Health centres: Upazila health complex 1, health and family planning centre 9, satellite clinic 2.