Dumuria Upazila

Dumuria (ডুমুরিয়া) is an upazila of Khulna District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh.

Etymology
Dumuria is named for the presence of Dumur, the Bengali word for Wild Fig.

History
Ancient Monuments and Antiquities Chenchuri Nilkuthi, Chuknagar Nilkuthi, Madhugram Dak Bungalow.

Historical facts In 1948, the Tevaga movement took place in Sobna, Dhanibunia, Kanaidanga, Orabunia and Bakultala villages of the upazila. During the Liberation War, many Bengalis including Prafulla Kumar Biswas, Indubhushan, Lalchand, Amulya, Mahendra, Raicharan, Nihar and Ratan were martyred in the attack of Pak Army in Kalitalapara in April 1971. In addition, 14 soldiers of the allied forces were killed in the face-off between the liberation forces and the allied forces in Shalua Bazar. Chuknagar village was used as a transit point by the Bengali refugees going to India who were suffering from the atrocities of the Pakistan Army in the early days of the Liberation War. On May 20, 1971, a large number of refugees gathered in Chuknagar were indiscriminately killed by Pak forces. Every year this day is observed as 'Chuknagar Massacre Day'.

Geography
Dumuria is located at 22.8083°N, 89.425°W. It has 71,909 households and a total area of 454.23 km2. There are two major rivers, Shipsha and Shangrail.

Demographics
As of the 2011 Bangladesh census, Dumuria upazila had 71,909 households and a population of 305,675. 58,123 (19.01%) were under 10 years of age. Dumuria had an average literacy rate of 52.58%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 996 females per 1000 males. 19,828 (6.49%) of the population lived in urban areas.

According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Dumuria had a population of 256,503. Males constituted 51.12% of the population, and females 48.88%. The population aged 18 or over was around 138,764. Dumuria had an average literacy rate of 36.1% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 32.4%.

Administration
Dumuria Upazila is divided into 14 union parishads: Atlia, Dhamalia, Dumuria, Ghutudia, Khornia, Magurkhali, Maguraghona, Raghunathpur, Rangpur, Rudaghora, Sahos, Shorafpur, Shovna, and Vandarpara. The union parishads are subdivided into 189 mauzas and 240 villages.

Notable residents

 * Gazi family of Chuknagar, Dumuria
 * Gazi Shamsur Rahman (1921–1998), lawyer, writer, translator, columnist and television personality
 * Gazi Ainun Nishat (born 1948), water resource and climate change specialist
 * Haldar Mohammad Abdul Gaffar (1936–2020), lieutenant general
 * Khan Tipu Sultan (1950–2017), politician
 * Narayan Chandra Chanda, MP (Khulna-5), Minister of Ministry of Fisheries And Livestock of Bangladesh