# Shariatpur District, Dhaka Division – Upazilas & Population

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/dhaka/shariatpur/

District · Dhaka Division 

# Shariatpur District

Shariatpur District is a district (zila) of Bangladesh in Dhaka Division. It had an estimated **1,188,172 people** in 2022 on 1,203 km² (about 988 per km²). It is divided into 6 upazilas. 482 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 273 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 1,188,172people (2022)
- 1,203km²
- 6upazilas
- 273mapped services

## How many people live in Shariatpur District?

Shariatpur District had an estimated **1,188,172 people** in 2022 — 2.5% of Dhaka Division, 50th of 64 districts. There are 1,133 women for every 1,000 men (above the Dhaka Division figure of 960). Spread over 1,203 km², that is about **988 people per km²**, 35th of 64 districts.

29.3% of people are children under 15 and 9.3% are 65 or older; the median age is about 29 years (it is 28 across Dhaka Division). For every 100 people of working age (15–64) there are 63 children and older people.

0–4 ****110,839**

5–9 ****116,827**

10–14 ****120,052**

15–19 ****100,897**

20–24 ****85,711**

25–29 ****81,509**

30–34 ****79,372**

35–39 ****77,075**

40–44 ****72,314**

45–49 ****67,340**

50–54 ****64,805**

55–59 ****52,133**

60–64 ****49,372**

65–69 ****37,682**

70–74 ****32,130**

75–79 ****20,117**

80+ ****19,997**

Source: [UNFPA and US Census Bureau (USCB) via OCHA HDX, population 2022 (COD-PS, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ps-bgd).

## Where is Shariatpur District?

Shariatpur District lies in [Dhaka Division](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/dhaka/), [Bangladesh](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/). It borders 4 other districts: [Barishal District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/barishal/barishal/), [Chandpur District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/chandpur/), [Madaripur District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/dhaka/madaripur/) and [Munshiganj District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/dhaka/munshiganj/). By area it is the 52nd largest of 64 districts in Bangladesh. It covers 5.9% of [Dhaka Division](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/dhaka/). The centre of Shariatpur District is about 52 km in a straight line from Dhaka, the capital. The centre point is at 23.2446° N, 90.4146° E.

Source: [Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-bgd).

## Things to see in and around Shariatpur District

OpenStreetMap lists 6 named sights in Shariatpur District: 4 attractions; 1 castle or fort; 1 monument.

- মোতালেব মাস্টারের বাড়ি · castle or fort
- BAPARI KANDI · attraction
- Darveshkha Kandi wooden pool, Tourist attraction, Dogree · attraction
- Padma Bridge Embankment Project, Padma Brg Rd, Naodoba · attraction
- বাবুল খার দিঘী · attraction
- Shariatpur Shahid Minar · monument

Source: [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

Named attractions, museums, viewpoints, historic sites and natural features mapped in OpenStreetMap. Places of worship are not listed.

## Know before you go: Shariatpur District

- Time zoneUTC+6, no daylight saving · Asia/Dhaka
- CurrencyTaka (BDT)
- Country calling code+880
- LanguagesBengali, English
- Plug typesType A, C, G, K · 220 V
- Driving sideLeft
- Postcode format4 digits (####)

### Nearest airports

- Barisal Airport (BZL) · Barisal51 km
- Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (DAC) · Dhaka67 km

### Nearest railway station

Chandpur (Chandpur Sadar), about 23 km from the centre.

### Daylight

Days are longest in Jun (about 13.6 hours, sunrise around 05:11) and shortest in Dec (about 10.7 hours, sunrise around 06:31, sunset around 17:14).

Source: [GeoNames country and time-zone files (CC BY 4.0)](https://www.geonames.org/); [Wikidata (CC0) — plug types, mains voltage, driving side; retrieved 2026-11-02](https://www.wikidata.org/); [OurAirports (public domain)](https://ourairports.com/data/).

Airports with scheduled passenger flights; straight-line distances. Daylight is calculated for the 15th of each month in local standard time. Check entry and visa rules with official government sources before travelling.

## Upazilas of Shariatpur District

Upazila Area km² Localities Services 

[Bhedarganj Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/dhaka/shariatpur/bhedarganj/) 278 59 34 

[Damudya Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/dhaka/shariatpur/damudya/) 98 48 12 

[Gosairhat Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/dhaka/shariatpur/gosairhat/) 181 66 13 

[Naria Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/dhaka/shariatpur/naria/) 230 109 47 

[Shariatpur Sadar Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/dhaka/shariatpur/shariatpur-sadar/) 174 115 81 

[Zajira Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/dhaka/shariatpur/zajira/) 241 89 86 

Source: [Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-bgd); [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

## Villages and localities in Shariatpur District

Open gazetteers list **482 villages, towns and localities** in Shariatpur District. The largest with a recorded population: Pālang (67,652). Settlements here lie between about 0 m and 18 m above sea level (median 10 m).

- Achhānulla Munsir Kāndi
- Akkelmāmud Munsir Kāndi
- Arāchandi
- Bagādi
- Baksampatti
- Bara Binodpur
- Bara Chhaygaon
- Bara Dulukhanda
- Bara Gopālpur
- Bara Krishnanagar
- Bara Kāchna
- Bara Kālīnagar
- Bara Kāndi
- Bara Mulna
- Bara Sidhalkura
- Bara Sonāmukhi
- Bara Sundwip
- Barāil
- Basār Char
- Beltola
- Bera Chikandi
- Bhadda
- Bhadrachāp
- Bharatāisār
- Bhedarganj
- Bhesālia
- Bhitar Kusia
- Bhojeshwar
- Bhojeswar
- Bhuchura
- Bhumkhāra
- Bhānu Mālliker Kāndi
- Bhāskardi
- Bhāsānchar
- Bhātita
- Bhātkul
- Bijhāri
- Bil Deonia
- Bilāskhān
- Bilāspur
- Binatia
- Bishugaon
- Bishākuri
- Boālia
- Budhāi Mātbarer Kāndi
- Bunna
- Bāaikāndi
- Bāghia
- Bāher Char Kadamtali
- Bāhir Chandrapur
- Bāhir Char
- Bāhir Kusia
- Bāisrasi
- Bājanpāra
- Bālikuri
- Bālākhāna
- Bāraijangal
- Bārāipāra
- Bāsudeb Chāp
- Bāsudebpur
- Chandankar
- Chandālkāndi
- Char Bhayra
- Char Bhuāi
- Char Bhāga
- Char Bindāikāti
- Char Chatāng
- Char Chhātiāni
- Char Chānda
- Char Dhuparia
- Char Dhānakāti
- Char Duhipur
- Char Fateh Jungipur
- Char Gangeskāti
- Char Goālkua
- Char Gāzipur
- Char Joynagar
- Char Jusirgaon
- Char Jādabpur
- Char Kashimpur
- Char Khanepur
- Char Khorātala
- Char Khāmār
- Char Kirttinagar
- Char Kotāpāra
- Char Kāndapāra
- Char Kāsābhog
- Char Lakshmi Nārāyan
- Char Lāulāni
- Char Madhyapāra
- Char Mahishkhāli
- Char Manpura
- Char Mālgaon
- Char Nākkāta
- Char Patāng
- Char Pātālia
- Char Pātānidhi
- Char Rasundi
- Char Rāripāra
- Char Sakinpur
- Char Sidhalkura
- Char Singāria
- Char Sonāmukhi
- Char Swarnaghosh
- Char Sājānpur
- Char Sāmantsār
- Char Sātmātia
- Char Tārābunia
- Char Ātra
- Cherāgāli Bepārir Kāndi
- Chhatramuria
- Chhilār Char
- Chhota Binodpur
- Chhota Kāchna
- Chhota Mulna
- Chhota Sidhalkura
- Chhota Sundwip
- Chhārimamud Sikdārer Kāndi
- Chhātiāni
- Chikāndi
- Chitalia
- Chākdha
- Chāmta
- Chāndani
- Chāndsār
- Chāru Mollar Kāndi
- Dagri
- Daingaon
- Dakhin Gozāria
- Dakhin Goāldi
- Dakhin Gāgrijora
- Dakhin Madyapāra
- Dakhin Sutalkāti
- Dakshin Chhaygoon
- Dakshin Dubaldia
- Dakshin Dāmadya
- Dakshin Halāipatti
- Dakshinpāra
- Damudya
- Dari Char Dāpur
- Darihāola
- Daula
- Demargaon
- Dengar Bepārir Kāndi
- Deobhog
- Deojuri
- Des Bhuāi
- Dhanai
- Dhipur
- Dhon Boālia
- Dhākairhāti
- Dhālikāndi
- Dhāmsi
- Dhāmāran
- Dhānakāti
- Dhānuka
- Diara Gopālpur
- Digal Mohish khāli
- Digambarpatti
- Digsul
- Dingāmānik
- Dināra
- Diāgaon
- Domsār
- Dublādānga
- Dular Char
- Dwip Char
- Dādpur
- Dāimaddin Hājir Kāndi
- Dāimaddin Khalifār Kāndi
- Dāker Char
- Dāmgāria
- Dārikāndi
- Dārāiskāti
- Dāserjangal
- Dāsmantāra
- Dāsārta
- Dātara
- Dātra
- Echānbāla
- Ekāndal
- Erikāti
- Fakirmāmud Akaner Kāndi
- Fatejangapur
- Gahar Mollar Kāndi
- Gajaria
- Gajnipur
- Gangādharpatti
- Gayghar
- Gharisār
- Ghātākhān
- Gobinda Mangal
- Gorāgaon
- Gosairhāt
- Goshairhat
- Goālbāthān
- Goālkua
- Gulmāij
- Guākhola
- Gāngsār
- Gāzipur
- Habipur
- Hajrāsār
- Harendranagar
- Hariāsa
- Hogla Char
- Hogli
- Hājatkhola
- Hālaisār
- Hāldār Kāndi
- Hāmgaon
- Hāserkāndi
- Hāturia
- Hātārbhog
- Hāziābād
- Ichhāpāra
- Ikari
- Ikarkāndi
- Ikarākāndi
- Itālkua
- Iākub Mātbarer Kāndi
- Jabberāli Akaner Kāndi
- Janjira
- Japsa
- Jaysāgār
- Jogpāta
- Joynagar
- Jāliāhāti
- Jāmāl Mātbarer Kāndi
- Jān Khāner Kāndi
- Kabiraj Kāndi
- Kagdi
- Kalikāta
- Kalmirchar
- Kalukāti
- Kalyānpatti
- Kalārgaon
- Kanakeswar
- Kaoādi
- Karan hagla
- Kechhuār Char
- Kedārpur
- Khilgaon
- Khord Jangal
- Khorātala
- Khosāl Sikdārer Kāndi
- Khās Gāzipur
- Kirttinagar
- Konda
- Koārpur
- Koārāg
- Kshirapāra
- Kulkuri
- Kunder Char
- Kundhāria
- Kuritākār Char
- Kurāsi
- Kutubpur
- Kāchhāri Kāndi
- Kāichkuri
- Kāilāra
- Kājalkot
- Kākrābhog
- Kānargaon
- Kānchanpāra
- Kāndigaon
- Kāndāpāra
- Kāpāspāra
- Kārtikpur
- Kāshipur
- Kāshtasāgra
- Kāsābhog
- Kāthugli
- Kāthāltali
- Kāzisukur
- Kāziār Char
- Lakhāi Kāzir Kāndi
- Lakshmīpur
- Latābāg
- Lonsingha
- Lābankāti
- Lākāchua
- Lākārta
- Lāukhola
- Magar
- Maheswarpatti
- Mahish kāndi
- Mahisār
- Malangchara
- Maniruddin Sardārer Kāndi
- Mankala
- Manāi Chhaiyāler Kāndi
- Masura
- Meherāli Munsir Kāndi
- Mirpur
- Mirzāpur
- Mirāsār
- Mitrasen Patti
- Miāchān Munsir Kāndi
- Mohish Khola
- Muhammadpur
- Mukhutisār
- Mulgaon
- Mulāi Bepārir Kāndi
- Māchhuākhāli
- Māijpāra
- Māksāhār
- Mālgaon
- Mālāi Mridhār Kāndi
- Māmudpatti
- Mānda
- Māniknagar
- Mānua
- Mānākhān
- Nagar Boālia
- Najumaddin Bepārir Kāndi
- Nalmuri
- Nalta
- Nandansār
- Nandigrām
- Naodoba
- Naogaon
- Narahardi
- Naria
- Narikelta
- Narsingpur
- Nasāsan
- Nayan Mātbarerkāndi
- Nilgun
- Nilkāndi
- Nitira
- Niāmatpur
- North Bāiksa
- North Bālichara
- North Char Kumaria
- North Goāldi
- North Gāgrijora
- North Ātang
- Nāgerpāra
- Nāngla
- Nāobhānga Char
- Nārāyanpur
- Paikāti
- Painpāra
- Paithkati
- Pakhamsār
- Palong
- Panchāli
- Panditsar
- Paschim Bāgdi
- Paschim Chhābbishpāra
- Paschim Dhanai
- Paschim Guripāra
- Paschim Kāndi
- Paschim Nāndra
- Paschimpār
- Pom
- Pom Mīrzāpur
- Puber Char
- Punaikhar Kandi
- Purba Bāgdi
- Purba Chhābbishpāra
- Purba Guripāra
- Purba Kotāpāra
- Purba Nāodoba
- Purbakāndi
- Putia
- Putijuri
- Pāchak
- Pālang
- Pānchgaon
- Pānchkāti
- Pāprāil
- Pārāgaon
- Pātdal
- Pāthāla Kāndi
- Pātnigaon
- Raghurbāg
- Rahimuddin Sikdārer Kāndi
- Rokandapur
- Rudrakar
- Rudrakar Hogla
- Rāhāpāra
- Rājnagar
- Rājābāri
- Rāmbhadrapur
- Rāmrāyerkār
- Rānisār
- Rāripāra
- Rāyer Kāndi
- Rāypur
- Saiddbasta
- Sambukati
- Santoshpur
- Sarankhola
- Satyapur
- Saula
- Saulpāra
- Sener Char
- Shakhipur

…and 82 more.

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

## Landscape and landmarks of Shariatpur District

Named natural and historic features inside Shariatpur District, from the GeoNames gazetteer.

### Water

2 rivers and streams.

- Dubaldia
- Ganges River

### Getting around

1 bridge.

- Padma Multipurpose Bridge

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/).

Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate.

## Weather in Shariatpur District and the best time to visit

In Shariatpur District, the warmest month is May (average 29 °C) and the coolest is Jan (18 °C). About 2,468 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (530 mm) and the driest Jan (10 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **November to March**.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 18 10 

Feb 22 21 

Mar 27 46 

Apr 29 131 

May 29 283 

Jun 29 419 

Jul 28 530 

Aug 28 424 

Sep 28 326 

Oct 26 213 

Nov 23 46 

Dec 19 18 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Shariatpur District

Places mapped inside Shariatpur District in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations.

- Hospitals34
- Banks15
- Petrol pumps7
- Hotels10
- Shopping malls1
- Schools127
- Colleges and universities29
- Pharmacies10
- Restaurants34
- Police stations4
- Dental clinics2

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown.

## Quick answers

- Where is Shariatpur District?In Dhaka Division, Bangladesh
- What is the population of Shariatpur District?1,188,172 (2022 estimate)
- What is the median age in Shariatpur District?About 29 years (2022 estimate)
- What is the population density of Shariatpur District?About 988 people per km²
- What borders Shariatpur District?Barishal District, Chandpur District, Madaripur District and Munshiganj District
- What is there to see in Shariatpur District?BAPARI KANDI, Darveshkha Kandi wooden pool, Tourist attraction, Dogree, Padma Bridge Embankment Project, Padma Brg Rd, Naodoba, Shariatpur Shahid Minar
- What time zone is Shariatpur District in?UTC+6
- What currency is used in Shariatpur District?Taka (BDT)
- What language is spoken in Shariatpur District?Bengali, English (main languages nationally)
- How many villages are in Shariatpur District?482 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Shariatpur District?Settlements lie between 0 m and 18 m
- What is the best time to visit Shariatpur District?November to March
- How many hospitals are in Shariatpur District?34 mapped
- How many banks are in Shariatpur District?15 mapped
- How many petrol pumps are in Shariatpur District?7 mapped
- What is the P-code of Shariatpur District?BD3086 (OCHA common operational dataset)