Narail Sadar ( bn, নড়াইল সদর) is an
upazila
An ''upazila'' ( bn, উপজেলা, upôzela, lit=sub-district pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative region in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a ...
of
Narail District
Narail ( bn, নড়াইল, pron: ''nɔɽail'') is a district in south-western Bangladesh. It is a part of Khulna Division.
History
Narail town was named after a feudal lord (a zamindar). The zamindars established a market at Roopgonj, als ...
in the Division of
Khulna
Khulna ( bn, খুলনা, ) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative centre of Khulna District and Khulna Division. Khulna's economy is the third-largest in Bangladesh, contributing $53 b ...
,
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
. Narail Thana was established in 1861 and was converted into an upazila (a sub-district) in 1984.
[ The upazila takes its name from the district and the Bengali word ''sadar'' (headquarters). It is the subdistrict where the district headquarters, Narail town, is located.
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Geography
Narail Sadar Upazila has a total area of .[ It borders ]Magura District
Magura ( bn, মাগুরা) is a district in south-western Bangladesh, situated 176 kilometers from Dhaka. It is a part of Khulna Division. The main mode of transportation is by bus, and no train transport is available.
Administration
Magur ...
to the north, Lohagara Upazila Lohagara Upazila may refer to:
*Lohagara Upazila, Chittagong
Lohagara ( bn, লোহাগাড়া) is an upazila of Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. Lohagara is situated between Chattogram and Cox's Bazar. It is on ...
to the north and east, Kalia Upazila
Kalia ( bn, কালিয়া) is an upazila of Narail District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. Kalia Thana was established in 1866 and was converted into an upazila in 1984. It is named after its administrative center, the town of Kali ...
to the southeast, and Jessore District
Jessore District (Bengali: যশোর, pronounced Jaw-shore, Anglicised: Jessore), officially spelled Jashore District from April 2018, is a district in the southwestern region of Bangladesh. It is bordered by India to the west, Khulna Distr ...
to the south and west. The Chitra River
The Chitra River is located in southwestern Bangladesh. It is one of the large coastal rivers of the Ganges-Padma system. It joins with the Nabaganga, and then flows into the Bhairab River
Bhairab River ( bn, ভৈরব নদী) is a riv ...
flows south through the upazila.[
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Demographics
According to the 2011 Bangladesh census
In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh, which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census. Data were reco ...
, Narail Sadar Upazila had 62,795 households and a population of 272,872, 18.8% of whom lived in urban areas. 9.4% of the population was under the age of 5. The literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 65.5%, compared to the national average of 51.8%.
Arts and culture
A weeklong festival is held in Narail town in memory of artist SM Sultan
Sheikh Mohammed Sultan ( bn, শেখ মহম্মদ সুলতান; 10 August 1923 – 10 October 1994), popularly known as S M Sultan, was a Bengali decolonial artist who worked in painting and drawing. His fame rests on his striking ...
every year in January or February. Past events have included an art competition, art exhibition, music, bull fight, horse race, lathi khela
Lathi khela ( bn, লাঠি খেলা) is a traditional Bengali martial art – a kind of stick fighting practised India and Bangladesh. A practitioner is known as a ''lathial''.
Etymology
The word ''lathi'' is the Bengali word meaning s ...
, and wrestling. Shorter commemorations are held in August and October, around the anniversaries of his birth and death.
Museums
The SM Sultan Memorial Museum has 13 original Sultan artworks and digital prints of 28 others.
Administration
Narail Sadar Upazila is divided into Narail Municipality and 13 union parishads: Auria
Auria—also known as Oria—was an early consort of Pamplona. She is known from a single historical source, the ''Códice de Roda'', which only gives her name and not her parentage. Historian and professor Antonio Rei has put forward the hypothes ...
, Banshgram, Bhadrabila, Bisali, Chandiborpur, Habokhali, Kalora, Maijpara, Mulia, Shahabad, Sheikhati, Singasholpur, and Tularampur. The union parishads are subdivided into 180 mauzas and 231 villages.
Narail Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 24 mahallas.[
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Transport
The town of Narail is the road transport hub of the district. To the west it is connected by regional highway R750 to Jessore, about away. R720 runs north to Magura. Within the district, zilla road Z7503 runs east to Lohagara and on to the Kalna ferry ghat on the Madhumati River. Z7502 runs south, across the Nabaganga River at Baroipara Ghat by ferry, and on to Kalia.
Education
There are 16 colleges in the upazila. They include Abdul Hye City College, Maij Para College, and Mirzapur United College. Narail Government Victoria College
Narail Government Victoria College is a public college in Narail district, Education in Bangladesh, Bangladesh.
History
Narail Victoria College was established in 1886 by Chandra Roy. The college was named after Queen Victoria of Britain. After th ...
, founded in 1886,[ is the only honors level one.
According to Banglapedia, Narail Government High School, founded in 1903, is a notable secondary school.][
The madrasa education system includes one fazil and one kamil madrasa.
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Notable residents
* Saroj Dutta, communist activist and writer, was born in Narail in 1914 and attended Victoria Collegiate School there.
* Mashrafe Mortaza
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza ( bn, মাশরাফি বিন মর্তুজা ; born 5 October 1983), Popularly known as the 'Narail Express', is a Bangladeshi international cricketer and politician who is the former captain in all three form ...
, cricketer and current captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team
The Bangladesh men's national cricket team ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় ক্রিকেট দল), popularly known as The Tigers, is administered by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). It is a Full Member of the Inte ...
was born in Narail in 1983.
* Suvra Mukherjee, First Lady of India, was born in Bhadrabila village and attended primary school in Narail.
* Bijoy Sarkar, poet, baul
The Baul ( bn, বাউল) are a group of mystic minstrels of mixed elements of Sufism, Vaishnavism and Tantra from Bangladesh and the neighboring Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam's Barak Valley and Meghalaya. Bauls constitut ...
singer, lyricist, and composer, was born in Dumdi village in 1903.
* SM Sultan
Sheikh Mohammed Sultan ( bn, শেখ মহম্মদ সুলতান; 10 August 1923 – 10 October 1994), popularly known as S M Sultan, was a Bengali decolonial artist who worked in painting and drawing. His fame rests on his striking ...
, artist, was born in Machimdia village in 1923 and lived most of his life in Narail.
See also
*Upazilas of Bangladesh
An ''upazila'' ( bn, উপজেলা, upôzela, lit=sub-district pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative region in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a ...
* Districts of Bangladesh
* Divisions of Bangladesh
References