Ulipur

 subdistrict, fourth-level administrative division, local government

Ulipur Upazila (Kurigram district) with an area of 504.19 sq km, is bounded by Kurigram sadar and Rajarhat upazilas on the north, Chilmari and Sundarganj upazilas on the south, Raumari upazila and Assam State of India on the east, Pirgachha upazila on the west. Main rivers are Brahmaputra, Dharla, Tista and Dudhkumar.

Ulipur is located at 25.6639°N 89.6333°E. It has 63216 units of house hold. Ulipur (Town) consists of 9 wards and 15 mahallas. The area of the town is 15.78 sq km. The town has a population of 43170; male 49.99%, female 50.01%; population density per sq km 2736. Literacy rate among the town people is 33.5%. The town has one dakbungalow.

Ulipur thana, now an upazila, was established in 1902. There are 14 union parishads, 147 mouzas and 418 villages in the upazila.

Heritage and relics: Kazi Mosque in Daldalia Union (1214 AH), Arabic inscription of an unknown mosque of Husain Shahi period (preserved in the varendra research museum).

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Population 345205: male 50%, female 50 %; Muslim 89.79%, Hindu 8.65% and others 1.56%.

Religious institutions: Mosque 575, temple 14, most noted of which are Ulipur Masjidul Huda, Shahi Jami Mosque, Daldalia Kazi Mosque, three domed Panch Pir Mosque, Govinda Jeo Mandir and Kali Mandir.

Average literacy 23.9%; male 31.3% and female 16.4%. Educational institutions: government college 1, non-government college 4, madrasa 184, government primary school 118, non-government primary school 124, vocational school 1, technical college 1. Noted educational institutions: Ulipur Maharani Sarnamoye High School (1864), Ulipur Government Girls' High School.

Main occupations Agriculture 45.57%, agricultural labourer 29.03%, wage labourer 2.01%, commerce 8.51%, service 4.17% and others 10.71%.

Land use Total cultivable land 29542.7 hectares; single crop 18%, double crop 60% and treble crop 22%. Cultivable land under irrigation 85%.

Land control Among the peasants, 63.7% are landless, 24.5% small, 6.9% intermediate and 4.9% rich; cultivable land per head 0.9 hectare.

Manufactories: Husking mill 11, flour mill 2, welding 20, ice factory 1, tredol pump factory 1. Narendra Nath Dev of Ulipur invented Tredol Pump (locally known as Dheki Kal) in 1978. Small and marginal cultivators mostly use this irrigation pump.

Cottage industries Weaving 250, goldsmith 20, blacksmith 60, potteries 20, wood work 500, tailoring 220, bidi 1.

Fisheries, dairies and poultries Fishery 10, poultry 52, hatchery 1.

Communication facilities Roads: pucca 47 km, semi pucca 3 km and mud road 819 km; railways 15 km; waterways 10 nautical mile.

Health centres: Upazila health complex 1, family planning centre 14, eye hospital 1 and satellite health centre 4, maternity and child care centre 1

NGO activities Operationally important NGOs are brac, asa, rdrs, grameen bank, Aso Kaj Kori, Alor Pathey.