Shahrasti ( bn, শাহরাস্তি) 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
Chandpur District
Chandpur District () is a district located in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. It was a part of the Cumilla District until 15 February 1984.Musa, Muhammad. Brahmanbariar Itibrittyo, Shetu Prokashoni, Brahmanbaria,1998.
History
During the ru ...
in the Division of
Chittagong
Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in 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 ...
.
Geography
Shahrasti is located at . It has 31,212 households and a total area of 154.83 km
2.
It is the south-easternmost upazila of Chandpur District that has borders with Comilla, Laxmipur and Noakhali districts.
River
"Dakatia" is the main river of this upazila.
Demographics
According to the
1991 Bangladesh census
In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age ...
, Shahrasti had a population of 180,643. Males constituted 48.59% of the population, and females 51.41%. The population aged 18 or over was 84,718. Shahrasti had an average literacy rate of 43% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%.
Economy
The main occupation is agriculture.
Administration
Shahrasti Upazila is divided into Shahrasti Municipality and ten
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: Dakshin Meher, Dakshin Raysree, Dakshin Suchipara, Dakshin Tamta, East Chitoshi, Uttar Meher, Uttar Raysree, Uttar Suchipara, Uttar Tamta, and West Chitoshi. The union parishads are subdivided into 152 mauzas and 163 villages.
Shahrasti Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 17
mahallas.
Shirin Akhtar, 31st batch of BCS Admin, is the current Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of this upazila. She is also an upazila land commissioner & executive magistrate of Shahrasti upazila. Besides Amzad Hossain Arnob, 36th batch of BCS Administration, is the current Assistant Commissioner of Land (AC Land) & the executive magistrate of Shahrasti upazila.
Infrastructure
Shahrasti upazila has only one hospital known as "Shahrasti upazila Health Complex". The hospital has 50 beds and is operated by government. It has several Family Welfare Centers and Community Clinics at Union level.
Another Private Hospitals are
1.Shahrasti Memorial Hospital
(Meher-Kalibari, Shahrasti)
2. Shahrasti General Hospital
(Thakurbazar, Shahrasti)
3.Shahrasti Popular Hospital
(Mazarroad, Shahrasti)
4. Shahrasti Medilab Hospital
Owaruk Bazar, Shahrasti
5. Shah-Sharif General Hospital
(Bernaiya, Bazar Shahrasti)
6. Bernaiya General Hospital
(Bernaiya, Bazar Shahrasti)
Notable residents
*
Nurul Islam (academic), Vice-Chancellor of
Eastern University and founding chairman of the English department at
Jahangirnagar University
Jahangirnagar University ( JU) is a publicly funded university located in Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the only fully residential university in Bangladesh. It operated as a project until 1973, when the 'Jahangirnagar Muslim University Act' w ...
, grew up in Waruk village, where he is buried.
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Tanjimul Islam Tareq, entrepreneur and founder of Wolf Express Limited.
References
Upazilas of Chandpur District
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