Sirajganj Sadar ( bn, সিরাজগঞ্জ সদর) is an upazila of Sirajganj District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Geography

Sirajganj Sadar is located at .

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 ...

, Sirajganj Sadar Upazila had 125,485 households and a population of 555,155, 30.1% of whom lived in urban areas. 10.4% of the population was under the age of 5. The literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 48.0%, compared to the national average of 51.8%.

Administration

Sirajganj Sadar Upazila is divided into Sirajganj Municipality and ten union parishads: Bagbati, Bohuli, Kaliahoripur, Khokshabari, Kowakhola, Mesra, Ratankandi, Sheyalkol, Songacha, and Soydabad. The union parishads are subdivided into 187 mauzas and 294 villages. Sirajganj Municipality is subdivided into 15 wards and 50 mahallas.

Education

Sirajganj Sadaar upazila boasts numerous educational institutions including: Shaheed Munsur Ali Medical College (2014), North Bengal medical college (2001), Sirajganj Government College (1940), Islamia Government College (1921), Rashiddozzoha government women's college(1966), Vashani degree college(1994), Rajob ali memorial science college(1999), Abdullah al mahmood college(1987), sirajganj govt. MATS, Sheikh hasina nursing college, sirajganj government technical college(1966), Sirajganj polytechnic institute(2000), B.L government boys high school(1869), Baghbati high school(1866), jnanadainy high school(1882), victoria high school(1898), Char Songachha Islamia Fazil Madrasah (1919), Vathpiari high school(1933), Saleha Ishaque government girls high school(1937), Mechra high school(1948), Gotia High school(1982), Rupsha High School(1989), Suchona Kinder Garten High School-Rupsha(2003), Sabuj Kanan High School (1980), Siajganj collectorate school & college(2003), Jewels oxford international school(2002), Haji ali ahmed high school(1947), jahanara high school(1969), Gowri-urban high school(1968), S.B Railway colony high school&college(1964), PDB High school(1973), Police Line school&college(2011), Shaheed Model School(2012), Goyla Model Govt. Primary School(1845).

Notable people

* Abdullah al Mahmood, lawyer and politician * Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, former minister and politician * Rumana Mahmood, politician *

Abdullah-Al-Muti Abdullah Al Muti Sharafuddin (1 January 1930 – 30 November 1998), mostly known as "Abdullah Al Muti" was a Bangladeshi educationist and science writer. He wrote tough scientific ideas in an easy fashion suitable for children and teenagers. He b ...

, science educator and writer, was born at Fulbari in 1930.

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