Mirzaganj is an Upazila of Patuakhali District

Patuakhali District

Patuakhali is a district in South-western Bangladesh. It is a part of the Barisal Division.This is the main entrance for the beach of Kuakata. Famous for watching both the sun rise and sun set. It is called "The Daughter of Sea".-Geography:...

 in the Division of Barisal

Barisal Division

Barisal Division is located in south-central Bangladesh, with an area of 13,644.85 km2, and with a population of 8,147,000 at the 2011 Census . It is bounded by Dhaka division on the north, the Bay of Bengal on the south, Chittagong division on the east and Khulna division on the west...

, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

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Geography

Mirzaganj is located at 22.3625°N 90.2417°E . It has 21345 units of house hold and total area 175.45 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census

1991 Bangladesh census

In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age distribution, marital status, economically active...

, Mirzaganj has a population of 110763. Males constitute are 50.06% of the population, and females 49.94%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 56446.

Administrative

Mirzaganj thana was established in 1812 and was turned into an upazila in 1983. Mirzaganj has 6 Unions/Wards, 68 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 72 villages.

Educational institutions

College: 5

High school: 32

Primary school: 70 (government), 62 (non-government)

Satellite school: 4

Old institutions: Subidkhali R I Pilot High School (1934), Subidkhali Government Model Primary School (1940), Kathaltali Government Primary School (1924), Basonda Government Primary School (1934)

Historical events

At the initial stage of the War of Liberation in 1971 a large number of youths were given military training in the training centre at village Deuli of this upazila. In an encounter between the Pak army and the local freedom fighters on the outskirts of Mirzaganj 32 freedom fighters lost their lives causing heavy casualty on enemy side.