Dohar Upazila
Dohar () is an upazila of Dhaka District in the division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The upazila is situated in the southernmost part of Dhaka District. The Padma River borders the southern part of the upazila. History. During the Pakistani period chesramarka raja , farmers in this area were forced to cultivate nil (indigo) and joined the indigo rebellion. Mahatma Gandhi visited the area in 1940. Geography. Dohar is an upazila of Dhaka district is located at . It has 31,645 households and a total area of 161.49 km. One of the largest rivers of Bangladesh, the Padma, is situated in the  southern, south central-western and south-western part of Dohar. This upazila is bordered by Nawabganj, Sri Nagar and a small part of Sirajdikhan, which is an upazila of the district Munshiganj (formerly known as Bikrampur). North side Manikgonj Dist. and West side is Padma river/Faridpur Dist. Demographics. As of the 2011 Bangladesh census, Dohar has a population of 2,26,439. Males constituted 47.27% of the population and females 52.73%. This upazila's eighteen-up population is 1,51,770. Dohar had an average literacy rate of 32.9% (7+ years) compared with the national average of 32.4% literacy. The rate of  literacy is increasing nowadays. Administration. Dohar Upazila is divided into Dohar Municipality and eight union parishads: Bilaspur, Kushumhati, Mahmudpur, Muksudpur, Narisha, Nayabari, Roypara, and Sutarpara. The union parishads are subdivided into 91 mauzas and 133 villages. Dohar Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 26 mahallas.