Sirajganj Sadar ( bn, সিরাজগঞ্জ 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 ...

Sirajganj District Sirajganj District ( bn, সিরাজগঞ্জ জেলা) is a district in the North Bengal region of Bangladesh, located in the Rajshahi Division. It is an economically important district of Bangladesh. Sirajganj district is the 25th l ...

in the Division of

Rajshahi Rajshahi ( bn, রাজশাহী, ) is a metropolitan city and a major urban, commercial and educational centre of Bangladesh. It is also the administrative seat of the eponymous division and district. Located on the north bank of the P ...

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

Sirajganj Sadar is located at .

Demographics

According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, 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 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: 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

mahalla is an Arabic word variously translated as district, quarter, ward, or "neighborhood" in many parts of the Arab world, the Balkans, Western Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and nearby nations. History Historically, mahallas were autonomous social i ...

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 Islamia Government College is a government owned college in Sirajganj Sirajganj ( bn, সিরাজগঞ্জ) is a city in north-western Bangladesh on the right bank of the Jamuna River. It is the administrative headquarters of Sirajganj ...

(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 Iqbal Hasan Mahmud ( bn, ইকবাল হাসান মাহমুদ), also known as Tuku ( bn, টুকু), is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former state minister of power and agriculture during 2001–2006. Early life ...

, former minister and politician * Rumana Mahmood, politician * Abdullah-Al-Muti, science educator and writer, was born at Fulbari in 1930.

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