Kishoreganj Sadar ( bn, কিশোরগঞ্জ সদর) is an

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Kishoreganj District Kishoreganj ( bn, কিশোরগঞ্জ) is a district in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. Earlier it was a Mohkuma (মহকুমা) under the Mymensingh district. It was taken 2495.07 sq. km of land from Mymensingh district to form prese ...

in the Division of

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. It is best known as the home upazila of

Syed Nazrul Islam Syed Nazrul Islam ( bn, সৈয়দ নজরুল ইসলাম, Soiyod Nozrul Islam; 1925 – 3 November 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician and a senior leader of the Awami League. During the Bangladesh Liberation War, he was declared a ...

, an Acting

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Geography

Kishoreganj Sadar is located at . It has 55,828 housing units and a total area 193.73 km². Kishoregonj is the name of a district where some important people were born. Kishoreganj Sadar Upazila (kishoreganj district) is bounded by Nandail upazila on the north, Pakundia and Katiadi upazilas on the south, Karimganj and Tarail upazilas on the east and Hossainpur and Nandail upazilas on the west. The principal river is the Narsunda.

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kishoreganj Sadar had a population of 300,337. Males constituted 51.52% of the population, females 48.48%. This

's population of eighteen and older was 149,926. Kishoreganj Sadar had an average literacy rate of 28.3% (7+ years). The national average was 32.4% literate.

Administration

Kishoreganj Upazila is divided into Kishoreganj Municipality and 11

union parishad Union council ( bn, ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ, translit=iūniyan pariṣad, translit-std=IAST), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit ...

s: Baulai, Binnati, Chauddasata, Danapatali, Jasodal, Korsha Kariail, Latibabad, Mahinanda, Maijkhapan, Maria, and Rashidabad. The union parishads are subdivided into 110 mauzas and 210 villages. Kishoreganj Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 56

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Education

According to Banglapedia,

Kishoregonj Government Boys' High School Kishorganj Govt. Boys' High School or KGBHS ( bn, কিশোরগঞ্জ সরকারি বালক উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়) is a higher secondary school in Kishoreganj Sadar Upazila, Kishoreganj, Bangladesh Bang ...

, founded in 1881, is a notable secondary school.

Gurudayal Government College Gurudayal Government College or Gurudayal College ( bn, গুরুদয়াল সরকারি মহাবিদ্যালয়) is a public tertiary higher education institution. It is affiliated to the National University in Banglad ...

or Gurudayal College (

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: গুরুদয়াল সরকারি মহাবিদ্যালয়) is a public college under

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located in Kishoreganj Municipality, Kishoreganj Sadar Upazila. Established in 1943, the college has produced a

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, 16th president of Bangladesh, was a student of this college.

References

Upazilas of Kishoreganj District {{Dhaka-geo-stub

Geography

Demographics

Administration

Education

See also

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