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{{Infobox settlement
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Rajapur
| official_name = Rajapur
| native_name = রাজাপুর
| native_name = রাজাপুর
| settlement_type = [[Upazilas of Bangladesh|Upazila]]
| settlement_type = [[Upazilas of Bangladesh|Upazila]]
| image_skyline =
| image_skyline = File:Saturia Zamindar Bari, Jhalokathi (65).jpg
| imagesize =
| imagesize =
| image_alt =
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Skyline of Rajapur, Bangladesh
| image_caption = The Saturia Mia Bari was the birthplace of [[Prime Minister of Bengal]] [[A. K. Fazlul Huq]]
| pushpin_map = Bangladesh
| image_map = Rajapur in Barisal division (Bangladesh).svg
| coordinates = {{coord|22|{{#expr:.5667*60 round 1}}|N|90|{{#expr:.1417*60 round 1}}|E|type:city_region:BD|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_label_position = right
| subdivision_type = [[Country]]
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Bangladesh
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| coordinates = {{coord|22|{{#expr:.5667*60 round 1}}|N|90|{{#expr:.1417*60 round 1}}|E|type:city_region:BD|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Divisions of Bangladesh|Division]]
| subdivision_type = [[Country]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Bangladesh|District]]
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| subdivision_type3 = Headquarters
| subdivision_type1 = [[Divisions of Bangladesh|Division]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Barisal Division]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Bangladesh|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jhalakati District]]
| subdivision_type3 = <!-- Capital -->
| subdivision_name3 = [[Rajapur Union, Rajapur Upazila|Rajapur Union]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Barisal Division]]
| established_title = [[Thana]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jhalakati District]]
| subdivision_name3 =
| established_date = 1920
| established_title1 = [[Upazila]]
| leader_title =
| established_date1 = 1983
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 =
| leader_title = Upazila Chairman
| leader_name1 =
| leader_name = Muhammad Maniruzzaman
| area_total_km2 = 164.33
| leader_title1 = MP ([[Jhalokati-1]])
| area_metro_km2 =
| leader_name1 = [[Bazlul Haque Haroon]]
| elevation_m =
| area_total_km2 = 164.59
| elevation_ft =
| area_metro_km2 =
| population_total = 143659
| elevation_m =
| population_as_of = 1991
| elevation_ft =
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 144681
| population_as_of = [[2022 Bangladeshi census|2022]]
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_footnotes = <ref name="2022census">{{Cite book |url=http://nsds.bbs.gov.bd/storage/files/1/Publications/PHCensus/Barishak/District%20Report%20Jhalokathi.pdf |title=Population and Housing Census 2022 - District Report: Jhalokathi |date=June 2024 |publisher=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]] |isbn=978-984-475-249-8 |series= District Series |location=Dhaka |pages=}}</ref>
| postal_code_type =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| postal_code =
| postal_code_type = [[Postal codes in Bangladesh|Postal code]]
| website =[http://lib.pmo.gov.bd/maps/images/jhalakati/Rajapur.gif Official Map of the Rajapur Upazila]
| postal_code = 8410<ref name="postalcode">{{Cite web |url=https://bdpost.portal.gov.bd/site/page/de6d2fbe-3bba-4403-a908-47ceeb3d9288 |title=Bangladesh Postal Code |date=21 October 2024 |publisher=Bangladesh Postal Department under the Department of Posts and Telecommunications of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology of the People's Republic of Bangladesh |location=Dhaka}}</ref>
| footnotes =
| website = {{URL|http://rajapur.jhalakathi.gov.bd}}
| timezone = [[Bangladesh Standard Time|BST]]
| utc_offset = +6
| footnotes =
| timezone = [[Bangladesh Standard Time|BST]]
| utc_offset = +6
}}
}}
'''Rajapur''' ({{lang-bn|রাজাপুর }}) is an [[Upazila]] of [[Jhalokati District]] in the Division of [[Barisal Division|Barisal]], [[Bangladesh]].<ref name=Banglapedia>{{cite book
'''Rajapur''' ({{langx|bn|রাজাপুর}}) is an [[upazila]] (sub-district) of southern [[Bangladesh]]'s [[Jhalokati District]], part of the [[Barisal Division]].<ref name=Banglapedia>{{cite Banglapedia|author=Siddiqui, Muhammad Golam Mustafa|article=Rajapur Upazila}}</ref>
|author=Muhammad Golam Mustafa Siddiqui
|chapter=Rajapur Upazila
|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Rajapur_Upazila
|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |editor=Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]] |year=2012 |edition=Second}}</ref>


== Geography ==
== Geography ==
Rajapur is located at {{coord|22.6667|N|90.1417|E|}}. It has 28,131 households and a total area of 164.33&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.
Rajapur is located at {{coord|22.6667|N|90.1417|E|}}. It has 28,131 households and a total area of 164.59&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.


==Demographics==
==History==
[[File:KhanBari Mosque.jpg|thumb|left|The historic Khan Bari triple mosque in [[Angaria, Jhalokati|Angaria village]] was situated in the home of Asmat Ali Khan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://study-research.net/%E0%A6%9D%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%90%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF-%E0%A6%B0/cultural-heritage/|website=Study Research|language=bn|title=ঝালকাঠির প্রত্নঐতিহ্য: রাজাপুরের খাঁনবাড়ি মসজিদ কম্প্লেক্স}}</ref><ref name=bulbul/>]]
According to the [[1991 Bangladesh census]], Rajapur had a population of 143,659. Males constituted 49.93% of the population, and females 50.07%. The population aged 18 or over was 72,392. Rajapur had an average literacy rate of 52.7% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 32.4%.<ref name="census">{{cite web | accessdate = November 10, 2006 | url = http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archivedate = 2005-03-27 | title = Population Census Wing, BBS.}}</ref>
Rajapur Upazila is home to many archeological sites such as forts and mosques. The Indrapasha Qila was thought to have been constructed during the reign of [[Mughal emperor]] [[Aurangzeb]] in the late seventeenth century. It was built to suppress the [[Maghs]] and [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] pirates around the [[Bay of Bengal]]. In 1664, [[Shaista Khan]] was appointed as the Mughal governor of Bengal to defeat the pirates. Khan constructed many forts with his accomplice, [[Muhammad Azam Shah|Muhammad Azam]], including the Indrapasha Fort. The fort no longer stands, existing only as a soil mound. In the same period, Keshwar Singh, who is thought to have been a Mughal general, constructed the triple mosques of [[Angaria, Jhalokati|Angaria Khan Bari]]. A triple mosque was also constructed in the Niz Galua Mia Bari which also remains as one of the archeological tourist attractions of Rajapur.<ref name=bulbul>{{cite book|author=Bulbul, Sayful Ahsan|title=বৃহত্তর বরিশালের ঐতিহাসিক নিদর্শন|location=[[Dhaka]]|year=2012|publisher=Gatidhara|trans-title=Historical signs of greater Barisal|chapter=খানবাড়ি মসজিদ, আংগারিয়া, ইন্দ্রপাশার কেল্লা}}</ref>

==Administration==
Rajapur Upazila is divided into six [[union parishad]]s: Baraia, Galua, Mathbari, Rajapur, Saturia, and Suktagarh. The union parishads are subdivided into 72 mauzas and 75 villages.<ref name="district-stats">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Jhalkathi.pdf |url-status=dead |title=District Statistics 2011: Jhalokati |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113184621/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Jhalkathi.pdf |archive-date=13 November 2014 |access-date=14 July 2014}}</ref>


During the Muslim rule, southern [[Chandradwip]] (including Rajapur) was governed by two ''[[sardar]]s'', one of whom was Reza Khan. The area was named Rezapur, which later became corrupted to Rajapur. In 1716, Mahmud Jan Akhand (Mamuji) established the Galua Paka Mosque in Durgapur village.<ref>{{cite news|title=গালুয়া পাকা মসজিদের ইতিহাস|url=http://dhakatimes.com.bd/2015/04/24/60233/jhalokati-historic-mosque-galuya-facilities|work=Dhaka Times|access-date=30 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425143848/http://dhakatimes.com.bd/2015/04/24/60233/jhalokati-historic-mosque-galuya-facilities/|archive-date=25 April 2015|language=bn}}</ref> Rajapur was also home to a ''[[zamindar]]'' family in Saturia descended from [[Khan Jahan Ali]]'s disciple Shaykh Ahmad Sajenda. Sajenda's descendant Sheikh Shahabuddin (1626-1745) assisted the widow of Pran Narayan, the ''zamindar'' of Rayerkathi, in restoring their ''zamindari'' privileges by visiting the court of the [[Nawabs of Bengal]] in [[Murshidabad]]. Pran Narayan's heir Mahendra Narayan successively became the next ''zamindar'' of Rayerkathi, and as a reward, his mother gifted Sheikh Shahabuddin with a [[taluk]] in Saturia. Sheikh Shahabuddin founded the historic Shuktagarh Mosque, and is buried in a [[mazar (mausoleum)]] in close proximity to it.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.266618/page/n373/mode/2up|page=363|language=bn|title=বৃহত্তর বাকরগঞ্জের ইতিহাস|year=2000|publisher=Radical Kolkata|author=Rai, Khosalchandra|trans-title=History of Greater Bakarganj|chapter=পরিশিষ্ট}}</ref> The Khanom Manzil in [[Barisal]] city was established by Mehrunnisa Khanom, who was the female ''zamindar'' of Sultanabad Pargana in present-day Rajapur along with Syed Abdullah Chowdhury. A police outpost was founded in Rajapur by the [[British Raj]] in 1920, which was established as a [[thana]] (police station) in 1937.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rajapur.jhalakathi.gov.bd/bn/site/page/wRWQ-%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF|website=Rajapur Upazila|title=উপজেলার পটভূমি|language=bn|access-date=21 November 2020}}</ref>
==Education==


[[File:Galua Paka Masjid, Jhalokathi.jpg|thumb|The Galua Paka Mosque is an archeological heritage site in Rajapur.]]
{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%;"
[[File:Ancient Jami Mosque, Rajapur Upazila.jpg|thumb|Ancient Triple Jame Mosque in Rajapur.]]
|+ Institutions of Rajapur Upazila <ref>{{cite web |title=Institutions of Rajapur Upazila |url=https://banbeis.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/banbeis.portal.gov.bd/page/ba082bf6_4e34_4c07_b2e5_a7368db2c4ab/LIST%20OF%20SCHOOL.pdf |website=banbeis.portal.gov.bd |accessdate=20 December 2020}}</ref>
In 1940, the Rajapur Fazil Madrasa was established. During the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] of 1971, a brawl took place between the [[Bengalis|Bengali]] freedom fighters against the [[Pakistan Army]] on 21 October at the Rajapur thana (police station compound). In the aftermath, 8 Pakistan Army soldiers and 3 freedom fighters were killed. The freedom fighters raided the thana on 27 November, gaining control and thus liberating Rajapur. Dilwar Husayn of Gopalpur village was appointed as a sub-sector commander for [[Dinajpur District, Bangladesh|Dinajpur]] under [[List of sectors in the Bangladesh Liberation War#List of sectors and subsectors|Sector 6]] and later awarded [[Bir Protik]]. Alamtaj Begum Sabi was a notable female freedom fighter of Rajapur.<ref name=siraj/> The status of Rajapur Thana was upgraded to [[upazila]] (sub-district) in 1983 as part of the [[President of Bangladesh]] [[Hussain Muhammad Ershad]]'s decentralisation programme.<ref name=Banglapedia/>


{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|+'''List of liberation war martyrs from Rajapur'''<ref name=siraj>{{cite book|author=[[Siraj Uddin Ahmed|Ahmed, Siraj Uddin]]|title=বরিশাল বিভাগের ইতিহাস|chapter=রাজাপুর উপজেলার শহীদ মুক্তিযোদ্ধাগণ|trans-title=History of Barisal Division|volume=1|publisher=Bhaskar Prakashani|location=[[Dhaka]]|year=2010|language=bn}}</ref>
! No. !! Educational Institute Identification Number (EIIN) !! Name!! Village/Road
!Name
!Village
!Notes
|-
|-
|Muhammad Yaqub Ali (1926-1971)
| 1 || 101870 || EAST KANUDASKATI ADARSHA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL || KANUDASKATI
|Saturia Mia Bari
|Secretary for [[A. K. Fazlul Huq]], killed in [[Dhaka]] on 15 December
|-
|-
|MD ALAMGIR HAIDER
| 2 || 101871 || PANCHAGRAM ADARSHA SECONDARY SCHOOL || PUTIAKHALI
|SHAHNAGAR ( SANGAR)
|-
|-
|Abul Kalam Babul
| 3 || 101872 || WEST FULHAR SECONDARY SCHOOL || WEST FULHAR
|Galua
|[[Master of Commerce|MCom]] student, tortured to death in Rajapur police station for possession of weaponry
|-
|-
|Qazi Abul Husayn
| 4 || 101873 || BATHKATI ADAKHOLA A. S. H. GIRLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL || BATHKATI
|Saturia
|[[East Pakistan Rifles]] member, killed in [[Jessore]]
|-
|-
|Muhammad Harun ar-Rashid
| 5 || 101874 || RAJAPUR PILOT GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL || RAJAPUR, THANA ROAD, RAJAPUR
|Manoharpur
|Sipahi killed on 1 November in [[Banaripara Upazila|Banaripara]]
|-
|-
|Ashrab Ali Hawladar
| 6 || 101875 || RAJAPUR PILOT HIGH SCHOOL || RAJAPUR
|Adakhola
|
|-
|-
|Mufazzal Husayn
| 7 || 101876 || G.K. SECONDARY SCHOOL || CHAR GALUA
|Sangar
|
|-
|-
|Abdur Rahman Ghazi
| 8 || 101877 || GALUA S.K. GIRLS secondary SCHOOL || GALUA
|Great Kaibarttakhali
|
|-
|-
|Ismail Khan
| 9 || 101878 || NIZAMIA M.L. HIGH SCHOOL || NIZAMIA
|Tarabunia
|
|-
|-
|Rahman Khan
| 10 || 101879 || SATURIA M.M. HIGH SCHOOL || SATURIA
|Tarabunia
|
|-
|-
|Abdur Razzaq
| 11 || 101880 || GALUA UNION SECONDARY SCHOOL || GALUA DURGAPUR
|Sangar
|Murdered in Rajapur police station
|-
|-
|Abdur Rashid Sardar
| 12 || 101881 || S.W. KATHIPARA HIGH SCHOOL || KATHIPARA
|Chankati
|
|-
|-
|Nesaruddin Hawladar
| 13 || 101882 || PUTIAKHALI ML HIGH SCHOOL || PUTIAKHALI
|Sangar
|
|-
|-
|Abdul Mannan Hawladar
| 14 || 101883 || SREEMANTA KATHI M. L GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL || SAKRAIL
|Naikathi
|
|-
|-
|Firoz Kabir
| 15 || 101884 || BARAIYA SECONDARY SCHOOL || BARAIYA
|Saikrail
|Murdered under the Dargah Bari bridge on 13 November
|-
|-
|Abul Husayn Taluqdar
| 16 || 101885 || CHARKEOTA secondary SCHOOL || CHARKEOTA
|Manoharpur
|
|}

==Demographics==

{{bar box
|title=Religions in Rajapur Upazila (2022)<ref name="2022census" />
|titlebar=#Fcd116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=left
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Islam in Bangladesh|Islam]]|green|94.89}}
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism in Bangladesh|Hinduism]]|darkorange|5.10}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.01}}
}}

According to the [[2011 Bangladesh census|2011 Census of Bangladesh]], Rajapur Upazila had 33,903 households and a population of 148,494. 34,870 (23.48%) were under 10 years of age. Rajapur has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 63.9%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1090 females per 1000 males. 16,133 (10.86%) lived in urban areas.<ref name="community">{{cite web |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCen2011/JhalokatiCommunity.pdf |title=Community Report: Jhalokati |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Population & Housing Census 2011 |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |format=PDF |access-date=15 August 2018}}</ref><ref name="2011census">{{cite web |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Zila_Jhalokathi.pdf |title=Bangladesh Population & Housing Census-2011, Zila Report: Jhalokati |website=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]] |page=18}}</ref>

According to the [[1991 Bangladesh census]], Rajapur had a population of 143,659. Males constituted 49.93% of the population, and females 50.07%. The population aged 18 or over was 72,392. Rajapur had an average literacy rate of 52.7% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 32.4%.<ref name="census">{{cite web | access-date = 10 November 2006 | url = http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archive-date = 2005-03-27 | title = Population Census Wing, BBS.}}</ref>

==Administration==
Rajapur Upazila is divided into six [[union parishad]]s: Baraia, Galua, Mathbari, Rajapur, Saturia, and Suktagarh. The union parishads are subdivided into 72 mauzas and 75 villages.<ref name="district-stats">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Jhalkathi.pdf |url-status=dead |title=District Statistics 2011: Jhalokati |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113184621/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Jhalkathi.pdf |archive-date=13 November 2014 |access-date=14 July 2014}}</ref>

===Chairmen===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''List of chairmen'''
!Name
!Notes
|-
|-
|Taluqdar Shamim Jahangir
| 17 || 101886 || PINGRI HIGH SCHOOL || PINGRI
|-
|-
|Muhammad Abdus Shukkur Mridha
| 18 || 101887 || ANOWARA KHATUN GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL || KOIBORTO KHALI
|-
|-
|Milan Mahmud Bacchu
| 19 || 101888 || CHARAKHALi M.L secondary SCHOOL || CHARAKHAL
|-
|-
|Muhammad Maniruzzaman
| 20 || 101889 || NORTH UTTAMPUR HIGH SCHOOL || NORTH UTTAMPUR
|-
|-
| 21 || 101890 || HAJEE SYED AFSERUDDIN MEMORIAL SECONDARY SCHOOL || SOUTH TARABUNIA
|-
| 22 || 101891 || YOUSUF ALI M.L. HIGH SCHOOL || RAJAPUR
|-
| 23 || 101892 || TARABUNIA RAMBADAK SECONDARY SCHOOL || RAMBADAK
|-
| 24 || 101893 || SONARGAON J.A.K. SECONDARY SCHOOL || ARUA
|-
| 25 || 101894 || MATH BARI UNION HIGH SCHOOL || PUKHARI JANA
|-
| 26 || 101895 || MONOHAR PUR HIGH SCHOOL || MONOHAR PUR
|-
| 27 || 101896 || SANGOR ADARSHA HIGH SCHOOL || SANGGOR
|-
| 28 || 101897 || BAMANKHAN PALLMANGAL MADHAMIC HIGH SCHOOL || BAMANKHAN
|-
| 29 || 101898 || MATRI KALLAYAN GIRS'S secondary SCHOOL || NIJGALUA
|-
| 30 || 101899 || BAGHRI GIRL'S HIGH SCHOOL || BAGHRI
|-
| 31 || 101900 || KANUNIA JUNIOR GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL || KANUNIA
|-
| 32 || 101901 || S.G.S high SCHOOL AUKHIRA || AUKHIRA

|}
|}

==Notable people==
*[[A. K. Fazlul Huq]], first and longest-serving Prime Minister of Bengal
*[[:bn:আব্দুল আউয়াল খান|Abdul Auwal Khan]], educationist
*[[Sultan Hossain Khan]], former chairperson of the [[Anti-Corruption Commission (Bangladesh)|Anti-Corruption Commission]] and [[Bangladesh Press Council]]
*[[Shahjahan Omar]], retired army major and former minister
*[[:bn:হারুন-অর-রশীদ (কৃষিতত্ত্ববিদ)|Harun ar-Rashid]], agricultural researcher


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Rajapur, Jhalokati]]
* [[Upazilas of Bangladesh]]
* [[Upazilas of Bangladesh]]
* [[Districts of Bangladesh]]
* [[Districts of Bangladesh]]
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Rajapur
রাজাপুর
Upazila
The Saturia Mia Bari was the birthplace of Prime Minister of Bengal A. K. Fazlul Huq
The Saturia Mia Bari was the birthplace of Prime Minister of Bengal A. K. Fazlul Huq
Location of Rajapur
Coordinates: 22°34′N 90°8.5′E / 22.567°N 90.1417°E / 22.567; 90.1417
Country Bangladesh
DivisionBarisal Division
DistrictJhalakati District
HeadquartersRajapur Union
Thana1920
Upazila1983
Government
 • Upazila ChairmanMuhammad Maniruzzaman
 • MP (Jhalokati-1)Bazlul Haque Haroon
Area
 • Total
164.59 km2 (63.55 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total
144,681
 • Density880/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Postal code
8410[2]
Websiterajapur.jhalakathi.gov.bd

Rajapur (Bengali: রাজাপুর) is an upazila (sub-district) of southern Bangladesh's Jhalokati District, part of the Barisal Division.[3]

Geography

Rajapur is located at 22°40′00″N 90°08′30″E / 22.6667°N 90.1417°E / 22.6667; 90.1417. It has 28,131 households and a total area of 164.59 km2.

History

The historic Khan Bari triple mosque in Angaria village was situated in the home of Asmat Ali Khan.[4][5]

Rajapur Upazila is home to many archeological sites such as forts and mosques. The Indrapasha Qila was thought to have been constructed during the reign of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in the late seventeenth century. It was built to suppress the Maghs and Portuguese pirates around the Bay of Bengal. In 1664, Shaista Khan was appointed as the Mughal governor of Bengal to defeat the pirates. Khan constructed many forts with his accomplice, Muhammad Azam, including the Indrapasha Fort. The fort no longer stands, existing only as a soil mound. In the same period, Keshwar Singh, who is thought to have been a Mughal general, constructed the triple mosques of Angaria Khan Bari. A triple mosque was also constructed in the Niz Galua Mia Bari which also remains as one of the archeological tourist attractions of Rajapur.[5]

During the Muslim rule, southern Chandradwip (including Rajapur) was governed by two sardars, one of whom was Reza Khan. The area was named Rezapur, which later became corrupted to Rajapur. In 1716, Mahmud Jan Akhand (Mamuji) established the Galua Paka Mosque in Durgapur village.[6] Rajapur was also home to a zamindar family in Saturia descended from Khan Jahan Ali's disciple Shaykh Ahmad Sajenda. Sajenda's descendant Sheikh Shahabuddin (1626-1745) assisted the widow of Pran Narayan, the zamindar of Rayerkathi, in restoring their zamindari privileges by visiting the court of the Nawabs of Bengal in Murshidabad. Pran Narayan's heir Mahendra Narayan successively became the next zamindar of Rayerkathi, and as a reward, his mother gifted Sheikh Shahabuddin with a taluk in Saturia. Sheikh Shahabuddin founded the historic Shuktagarh Mosque, and is buried in a mazar (mausoleum) in close proximity to it.[7] The Khanom Manzil in Barisal city was established by Mehrunnisa Khanom, who was the female zamindar of Sultanabad Pargana in present-day Rajapur along with Syed Abdullah Chowdhury. A police outpost was founded in Rajapur by the British Raj in 1920, which was established as a thana (police station) in 1937.[8]

The Galua Paka Mosque is an archeological heritage site in Rajapur.
Ancient Triple Jame Mosque in Rajapur.

In 1940, the Rajapur Fazil Madrasa was established. During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, a brawl took place between the Bengali freedom fighters against the Pakistan Army on 21 October at the Rajapur thana (police station compound). In the aftermath, 8 Pakistan Army soldiers and 3 freedom fighters were killed. The freedom fighters raided the thana on 27 November, gaining control and thus liberating Rajapur. Dilwar Husayn of Gopalpur village was appointed as a sub-sector commander for Dinajpur under Sector 6 and later awarded Bir Protik. Alamtaj Begum Sabi was a notable female freedom fighter of Rajapur.[9] The status of Rajapur Thana was upgraded to upazila (sub-district) in 1983 as part of the President of Bangladesh Hussain Muhammad Ershad's decentralisation programme.[3]

List of liberation war martyrs from Rajapur[9]
Name Village Notes
Muhammad Yaqub Ali (1926-1971) Saturia Mia Bari Secretary for A. K. Fazlul Huq, killed in Dhaka on 15 December
MD ALAMGIR HAIDER SHAHNAGAR ( SANGAR)
Abul Kalam Babul Galua MCom student, tortured to death in Rajapur police station for possession of weaponry
Qazi Abul Husayn Saturia East Pakistan Rifles member, killed in Jessore
Muhammad Harun ar-Rashid Manoharpur Sipahi killed on 1 November in Banaripara
Ashrab Ali Hawladar Adakhola
Mufazzal Husayn Sangar
Abdur Rahman Ghazi Great Kaibarttakhali
Ismail Khan Tarabunia
Rahman Khan Tarabunia
Abdur Razzaq Sangar Murdered in Rajapur police station
Abdur Rashid Sardar Chankati
Nesaruddin Hawladar Sangar
Abdul Mannan Hawladar Naikathi
Firoz Kabir Saikrail Murdered under the Dargah Bari bridge on 13 November
Abul Husayn Taluqdar Manoharpur

Demographics

Religions in Rajapur Upazila (2022)[1]
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 94.89%
Hinduism
 
 5.10%
Other or not stated
 
 0.01%

According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Rajapur Upazila had 33,903 households and a population of 148,494. 34,870 (23.48%) were under 10 years of age. Rajapur has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 63.9%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1090 females per 1000 males. 16,133 (10.86%) lived in urban areas.[10][11]

According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Rajapur had a population of 143,659. Males constituted 49.93% of the population, and females 50.07%. The population aged 18 or over was 72,392. Rajapur had an average literacy rate of 52.7% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 32.4%.[12]

Administration

Rajapur Upazila is divided into six union parishads: Baraia, Galua, Mathbari, Rajapur, Saturia, and Suktagarh. The union parishads are subdivided into 72 mauzas and 75 villages.[13]

Chairmen

List of chairmen
Name Notes
Taluqdar Shamim Jahangir
Muhammad Abdus Shukkur Mridha
Milan Mahmud Bacchu
Muhammad Maniruzzaman

Notable people

See also

References

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