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Mohanganj Upazila

Mohanganj (Bengali: মোহনগঞ্জ) is an upazila of Netrokona District in the Mymensingh Division of Bangladesh. It is one of the 10 upazilas of Netrakona district. Mohanganj is largely known as the capital of Lower Bangladesh as it is the economic heart of Lower Bangladesh generally known as Haor.

Mohanganj is located at 24°52′00″N 90°58′00″E / 24.8667°N 90.9667°E / 24.8667; 90.9667. It has 24011 households and a total area of 243.2 km2. The Upazila is bounded by Barhatta Upazilas and Sunamganj district on the north, Khaliajuri and Sunamganj district on the east, Madan Upazila on the south and Atpara Upazila on the west.

Mohanganj is a true example of riverine Bangladesh. This part of Bangladesh is beautified by the famous Kangsha River (Bengali: কংস নদী) which is also the backbone of transportation and economic system. Except this, numerous canals, small rivers crisscrossed that land and established itself as an important Upazila of rural Bangladesh.[citation needed]

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Mohanganj Upazila had 39,029 households and a population of 166,421. 10.12% of the population were under 5 years of age. Mohanganj had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 66.60%: 67.57% for males and 65.66% for females, and a sex ratio of 97.59 males for 100 females. 38,612 (23.21%) lived in urban areas.

There is an ancient fort at the village Betham (Sultan Alauddin Hussain Shah period), Sheikh Bari Mosque (same period), and Daulatpur Temple (876 BS).

Agriculture 48.25%, fishing 2.62%, agricultural laborer 21.21%, wage laborer 2.53%, commerce 9.84%, service 3.49% and others 12.06%.

Fertile land 24864.43 hectares, fallow land 390.84 hectares; single crop 52%, double crop 38% and treble crop land 10%; land under irrigation 71%.

Mohanganj Thana, now an upazila, was formed on 6 April 1920.

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