Brahmanbaria Sadar ( bn, ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া 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 ...

Brahmanbaria District Brahmanbaria ( bn, ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া, translit=Brahmôṇbaṛiya) is a district in eastern Bangladesh located in the Chittagong Division. Geographically, it is mostly farmland and is topographically part of the Ga ...

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 List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million pe ...

. Brahmanbaria Sadar is located at .

History

The area Syed Mahmud resided in was named Kazipara (Kazi being a variant of

Qadi A qāḍī ( ar, قاضي, Qāḍī; otherwise transliterated as qazi, cadi, kadi, or kazi) is the magistrate or judge of a ''sharīʿa'' court, who also exercises extrajudicial functions such as mediation, guardianship over orphans and minor ...

) after him, and his

mazar (mausoleum) A ''mazār'' ( ar, مزار), or ''darīh'' () in the Maghreb, is a mausoleum or shrine in some places of the world, typically that of a saint or notable religious leader. Medieval Arabic texts may also use the words ''mašhad'' or ''maqām'' ...

remains there. Brahmanbaria Thana was converted into an upazila in 1984. However, there are many opinions or discussions among the locals about the name of Brahmanbaria district being "Brahmanbaria". The most popular and accepted discussion is that once upon a time there were many people of Sanatan religion living in Brahmanbaria. (There are still significant Sanatan religious people living in various places). Then there was lack of Brahmins to perform puja or religious rituals for orthodox people. The then king of the region sent several Brahmin families from faraway Calcutta to settle here. From there the name of this area is Brahmanbaria. Initially a few families lived in Kazipara and Kandhipara areas of the city. Originally the name of this place was Brahmanbari. Later on, the entire district was named Brahmanbaria.

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 a ...

, Brahmanbaria Sadar had a population of 659,449. Males constituted 51.38% of the population, and females 48.62%. The population aged 18 or over was 312,696. Brahmanbaria Sadar had an average literacy rate of 30.1% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%.

Administration

Brahmanbaria Sadar Upazila is divided into Brahmanbaria Municipality and 11

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: Basudeb, Bodhal, Dakshin Natai, Machihata, Majlishpur, Ramrail, Sadekpur, Shuhilpur, Sultanpur, Talsahar, and Uttar Natai. The union parishads are subdivided into 103 mauzas and 146 villages. Brahmanbaria Municipality is subdivided into 12 wards and 34

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 ...

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{{Upazilas of Chittagong Division Upazilas of Brahmanbaria District

History

Demographics

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