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Rajnagar Upazila Rajnagar ( bn, রাজনগর) is an upazila of the Moulvibazar District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh. The district has roughly 29,300 houses and an area of approximately 340 km2. There are three well-known rivers which flow ac ...

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of Moulvibazar District in the division of

Sylhet Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট) is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of the Sylhet Division. Located on the north bank of the Surma River at the eastern tip of Bengal, Sylhet has a subtropical climate an ...

, Bangladesh. It has an area of 15 square kilometres and a population of 37,323.

History

After the Conquest of Sylhet in 1303, Shah Jalal's companion, Shah Ruknuddin built an eidgah in Kadamhata, Ita Pargana. Ruknuddin's mazar remains in Kadamhata near Kulaura Road. Mansurnagar (the city of Mansur) was founded by Dewan Abd al-Mansur, the eldest son of Abd al-Majid. Abd al-Majid was the great grandson of Haji Khan - who was the son of Raja Subid Narayan, the final king of the Ita Kingdom who was defeated by Khwaja Usman in 1612. Mansurnagar was established following Mansur's emigration from his father's place in Balidighir Par. Mansur built his own house in a place which came to be known as Mansurnagar, and he had two sons by the name of Abd al-Muzaffar and Abul Fazal. Fazal remained built a house just north of Mansurnagar, in what is now the village of Madhipur. This Madhipur home remains in existence with no residents. The pond next to Fazal's home is also still there and is known as Fazal's pond.

Demography

Mansurnagar has a population of 37,323.

Administration

Mansurnagar constitutes the no. 8 union council of Moulvibazar Sadar Upazila. It contains 32 villages and 20

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Villages

* Jauwa, Banarai, Bisoinkirti, Tarachung, Shorokhnogor, Binayasri, Muraura * Mansurnagar, Pancheshwar, Bonomali Poncheshwor, Borkapon, Taharlamu * Katajuri, Gabindbati, Hariyarai, Fakirtula, Chhikka, Madhipur, Balisohosro * Chatura, Gabindasri, Shashmahal, Uttar Mahalal, Dakshin Mahalal, Vanurmahal * Parachakra, Bakshikona, Premnagar, Malikona, Ashrakapon, Kadamhata, Dhaishar

Economy and tourism

Mansurnagar has a small number of British immigrants contributing to its economy. It has five

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s including Choudhury Bazaar and Mahalal Bazaar.

Education

The Union has a literacy rate of 60% according to the

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Primary

It has 17 state primary schools and 3 private primary school.

Religious

There are seven madrasas.

Language and culture

The native population converse in their native

Sylheti dialect Sylheti ( Sylheti Nāgarī: ; bn, সিলেটি ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by an estimated 11 million people, primarily in the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh and in parts of Northeast India."Sylheti is an Indo-Aryan language spok ...

but can also converse in Standard Bengali. Languages such as Arabic and English are also taught in schools.

References

{{Moulvibazar District Unions of Rajnagar Upazila