Kotalipara Upazila

Kotalipara (কোটালীপাড়া) is an upazila of Gopalganj District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Geography
Kotalipara is located at 22.9833°N, 89.9917°W. It has 48,029 households and a total area of 355.90 km2. It is a mofussil town. It is 4–5 hours from Dhaka via highway by bus (Aricha point) and 3 hours from Mawa point. It is bordered to the north by Rajoir and Madaripur Sadar upazilas of Madaripur district, to the west by Gopalganj Sadar and Tungipara upazilas, to the south by Nazirpur Upazila of Pirojpur district, and to the east by Wazirpur and Agailjhara upazilas of Barisal district, and Dasar upazila of Madaripur district.

Demographics
According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Kotalipara Upazila had 48,029 households and a population of 230,493. 58,162 (25.23%) were under 10 years of age. Kotalipara had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 59.16%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1031 females per 1000 males. 11,844 (5.14%) lived in urban areas. Kotalipara and Dacope (in Khulna district) were the only two upazilas where Hindus were the largest community at the time of the 2011 census.

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kotalipara had a population of 206,195, of whom 102,198 were aged 18 or over. Males constituted 50.48% of the population, and females 49.52%. Kotalipara had an average literacy rate of 34.8% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%.

Administration
Kotalipara Upazila is divided into Kotalipara Municipality and 12 union parishads: Amtali, Bandhabari, Ghagar, Hiran, Kalabari, Kandi, Kushla, Pinjuri, Radhaganj, Ramshil, Sadullapur and Suagram. The union parishads are subdivided into 101 mauzas and 208 villages.

Kotalipara Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 9 mahallas.

Notable residents

 * Haridas Siddhanta Bagish
 * Tarapada Chakraborty
 * Sukanta Bhattacharya
 * Jogen Chowdhury