[1] It is the birthplace of Bangladeshi cricketer Imrul Kayes.

[2][3] It has 1170 households and total area 1.854 square kilometres (0.716 sq mi).

Ujalpur is bounded by Meherpur town and Kalachandpur on the south, Manoharpur on the north, Jhaubaria and Subidpur on the east, Fatehpur and West Bengal (India) on the west.

[4] "Ujyālpūr" (as Irfan Habib spells it) was listed in the Ain-i-Akbari as a mahal in sarkar Mahmudabad.

[5]: 11A, 101  It was listed with an assessed revenue of 37,307 dams (this translation spells the name "Ajiyálpúr").