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প্রিয় দাসেরজঙ্গল

Dasherjangal (Bengali: দাসেরজংগল) is a mouza as well as village of Idilpur Union of Gosairhat Upazila under Shariatpur District in the Dhaka Division which is located at southern-central Bangladesh beside the west bank of Jayanti river.

Location & History

Dasherjangal is located at 23.0765277; 90.4318679. It is bounded on the north by Dhipur Mouza, on the south by Khordajangal and Ikrakandi mouza, on the east by Joyanti river and Mohishkandi mouza, on the west by Moheswar patty mouza.

It is said that Dasherjangal name came from "Das-er-jangle" or "Jungle of Das” that means jungle of God's servant. During the British Raj in 1854 Dasherjangal was a Mouza of Idilpur Pargana of Madaripur subdivision under Bakerganj District and later in 1873 it came under Faridpur District where Dasherjangal was shown as 63th mouza of Faridpur District in C.S. survey of 1888-1905. After independence of Bangladesh a new Shariatpur District formed in 1984 and Dasherjangal came under it.

Demography

Dasherjangal is the most populated mouza of Gosairhat Upazila (3,213 inhabitants per square kilometer) where the national density is 1099 per sq km. Urban area of Dasherjangal is 1.47 sq.km., House hold 922, Population 4723, Male 2489 Female 2234, Sex Ratio (M/F) 111, Literacy rate (7+yrs) 52.32%.

Administrative

Dasherjangal is under Idilpur Union Parishad local government body and for central government it is administered by Gosairhat Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO). Gosairhat Upazila Sub-Post Office, Gosairhat police station, Marriage registry office, Rupali bank, Sonali bank and Bangladesh Krishi Bank are situated in Dasherjangal area.

Education & Culture

Idilpur Girls' High School and Dasherjangal Government Primary School are main schools of this village also have other primary schools. Male students go to near by Idilpur Pilot High School and intermediate students are adjacent Shamsur Rahman College. There is a Sirajuddin Kawmi Madrasah in this village. A large number of Muslim families send their children to attend part-time Islamic religious courses to Masjids and Maktabs or even to pursue full-time religious education, which is imparted in Bangla and Arabic in Madrasahs. Dasherjangal Bazar Jamye Masjid is the biggest mosque of Dasherjangal where Jumu'ah and daily 5 times namaj are held in congregation. There are mandirs also for prayer for Hindu religion people. People from all religion live here with communal harmony.

Commerce and Economy

Dasharjangal Bazaar is very popular in this region for it's Dasherjangal hat (marketplace) which sits Friday and Monday, where people form allover the district and Barisal District come for marketing. Vegetables and river fishes including Hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha) are available in morning bazaar.

Dasherjangal is also famous for its Dasherjangal Goo Hat (marketplaces for cattle) which sits bazaar adjacent field in every Friday. Cattle dealers drove large boats from all over Shariatpur District and Barisal district to sell their livestock here.

Agriculture is the main sources of economy of Dasherjangal. Main crops are rice, paddy, chilly, jute, paan and khujerer gur (date tree molasses). Paan is mostly exported to capital city Dhaka and from there abroad also. Other sources are livestock, fishing, business, communication and non-agricultural labor.

Communication

As a riverbank area main communication was river based or water vessel like boat, launch, and cargo since long. After Farakka Barrage operated by India all rivers and canals became dry and river communications had disrupted. On the other hand, there were no pitch road and all were mud roads till 1998, as it was an under-developed area.

During the last decade all roads were repaired and converted to asphalt concrete road and new roads were also constructed with the initiative of Shamsul Alam, private secretary of Bangladesh Prime Minister. Nearly 200 kilometer roads of Gosairhat Upazila were made concrete during this period where bus, trucks and cars run. There is a direct bus communication with capital city Dhaka and district head quarter Shariatpur. Launch and trawler services to Dhaka, Chandpur, Muladi are available, are used for people's movement as well as merchandise transportation.

Notable Personalities

Abdul Majid Sarder, former senior project manager of ICDDRB.
Begum Azufa Khatun, a Ratnagarva Ma awardee.
Golok Roy Chowdhury (Late), zamindar of Idilpur pargana (partial).
Jasim uddin Dewan, former upazila chairman of Gosairhat Upazila.
K B Roy Chowdhury (Late), deputy secretary of East Pakistan Government.
Laksmi Kanata master (Late), teacher.
Dr. Md. Yousuf Ali (Late), physician.
Moslem Ali Sarder (Late), district family planning officer.
Mohammad Shamsul Alam, former private secretary of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.
Salimuddin Dewan (Late), social reformer.