Ulpur information

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Ulpur is a village to the north of Golpalganj in Bangladesh. It was founded by the Basu Roy Chowdhury of Ulpur family as seat of their Zamindari and Jagir called Shahpur.

Shahpur Pargana consisted of 27 maujas (village plus surrounding greens, farmlands, lakes, etc.) and a population of 30,200 in 1931 with Ulpur being the central village and seat of the Zamindari.

Shahpur pargana was the name of the area in Moghul times. Ulpur acted as a kind of capital as that was where the Roy Chowdhurys who were the Zamindars and Mansabdars/Jagirdars of Shahpur lived. The name no longer exists in administrative records as administrative divisions were changed in British times. Now it is part of Gopalganj district (the British had made Gopalganj a sub-division headquarters within Barisal district. The Bangladeshi government has turned Gopalganj into a separate district).