Majority of the population are Bengalis but the upazila is also home to 1,934 Garos, Koch and other ethnic people.Īs of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Fulbari has a population of 345,283. Fulbaria has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 42.34%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1012 females per 1000 males. Main rivers are Khiru, Nageshwari, banar and Bajua main beel is Bhawal.Īccording to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Fulbaria Upazila had 101,189 households and a population of 448,467. Fulbaria upazila with an area of 398.70 km 2, is bounded by Muktagachha upazila on the north, Bhaluka upazila on the south, Trishal and Mymensingh sadar upazilas on the east, ghatail, madhupur and Muktagachha upazilas on the west. In 1998, the Keshoreganj College was founded. The Fulbaria thana was upgraded to an upazila (sub-district) on 2 July 1983. During a cyclone on 27 April 1972, many areas in Fulbaria were affected such as Bakta, Achim Patuli, Naogaon and Putijana in addition to seven deaths and many wounded. On 8 December of the same year, Fulbaria was liberated. In Lakshmipur, a fierce face-off took place between the freedom fighters and the Pakistan Army resulting in 70 total deaths. The boundaries were demarcated and the thana was officially established in 1867.ĭuring the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, a training camp for Bengali freedom fighters was founded in Kandania-Langal Shimul Bazar(Kandania High School Field) in Bhabanipur on 25 March. However, due to the influence and power of some people, the boundaries could not be determined. In 1864, Govindaganj was renamed to Fulbaria and administratively established as a thana. The use of phulkhari (a type of chalk) was very prevalent in the area from which the modern name is said to have come from. The north-western and north-eastern parts are composed mainly of ancient silt and loam soils.įulbaria was formerly known as Govindaganj. The southern and south-western and south-eastern parts of Phulbaria are composed of red soil. History Īccording to archaeologists, most of the Fulbaria is an extended part of the land formed by the red soil of Madhupur and Bhawal one of the oldest soils in the country.

Fulbaria ( Bengali: ফুলবাড়ীয়া) is an upazila of the Mymensingh District in Bangladesh.

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