Ullahpara Upazila

Ullapara (Bengali: উল্লাপাড়া) is an upazila, or sub-district of Sirajganj District, located in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh.

[4] Around 4500 BC, the region of Varendra consisted of parts of Dinajpur, Joypurhat, Bogra, Rajshahi and western Pabna.

According to the Chinese traveler Xuanzang, Sirajgonj was inhabited for seven centuries before the Jamuna began to separate the region from the rest of Mymensingh.

Ullapara, with 123,864 households and an area of 409.06 square kilometres (157.94 sq mi), was built on alluvial soil deposited by the Padma, Jamuna and other rivers.

Ullapara is an estimated 10–12 feet (3.0–3.7 m) above sea level, and is drained by the Karatoya, Fulzor, Jopjopia and Kamla Dargadoh rivers.

Ullahpara had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 43.63%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1004 females per 1000 males.

A road network exists, and the Bangabandhu Bridge over the Jamuna has reduced the overland travel time to Dhaka to about three hours.