Sujaul ( bn, সুজাউল, Shujaul, of Shuja) is a village in
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 ...
, located in
South Shahbazpur Union,
Barlekha Upazila
Barlekha ( bn, বড়লেখা, Bôrlekha) is an upazila (sub-district) of Moulvibazar District, located in Bangladesh's Sylhet Division.
Etymology
Barlekha Upazila is named after Barlekha (formerly 'Barlikha') which means Great ''Likha''. ' ...
,
Moulvibazar District
Moulvibazar ( bn, মৌলভীবাজার) also spelled Maulvibazar, Moulavibazar, and Maulavibazar, (former South Sylhet) is the southeastern district of Sylhet Division in northeastern Bangladesh, named after the town of Moulvibazar. It i ...
.
The
Sujaul Senior Fazil Madrasha
Sujaul Senior Fazil Madrasha ( bn, সুজাউল সিনিয়র ফাযিল মাদ্রাসা, ar, المدرسة شجاع الفاضلية) is a private madrasa in the village of Sujaul in Barlekha Upazila, which is located ...
is a notable educational institution here.
The village has a population of 5,117 and consists mostly of
Bengali Muslims
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. The village has a cemetery, the Sujaul Central Graveyard as well as a school called Sujaul Government Primary School. The Sujaul Club is one of the four sports clubs in the entire union. There are two mosques in the village, Sujaul Jame Masjid and Sujaul Dingal Jame Masjid, and one
eidgah
Eidgah or Idgah, also Eid Gah or Id Gah ( fa, "site of Eid bservances; bn, ঈদগাহ; pnb, ; ur, ; hi, ईदगाह) is a term used in South Asian Islamic culture for the open-air enclosure usually outside the city (or at th ...
, Sujaul Shahi Central Eidgah.
See also
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List of villages in Bangladesh
This is a list of villages in Bangladesh. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Some villages in Bangladesh may be cov ...
References
Villages in Maulvibazar District
Barlekha Upazila
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