[5][6] During the Bangladesh Liberation War, Pakistan Army established their base at the headquarters of the civil administration in the Upazila.

[4] Badrul Alam conducted bombing operations in Akhaura, Sylhet, and Raipura in Narsingdi.

[4] In 2009, Advocate Yunus Ali Bhuiyan and Sammilito Nagorik Samaj along with others demanded the government turn Raipura Upazila into a district.

Raipura had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 40.50%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1069 females per 1000 males.

[14] It is represented in parliament by Razi Uddin Ahmed of the Awami League.