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Kishoreganj Sadar (Bengali: কিশোরগঞ্জ সদর) is an upazila of Kishoreganj District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is best known as the home upazila of Syed Nazrul Islam, an Acting President of Bangladesh.

Kishoreganj Sadar কিশোরগঞ্জ সদর
Upazila
Shohidi Mosque
Kishoreganj Sadar Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 24°26′N 90°47′E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Dhaka Division
District	Kishoreganj District
Area
• Total	193.73 km2 (74.80 sq mi)
Population  (2007)
• Total	500,208
• Density	2,600/km2 (6,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)
Website	kishoreganjsadar.kishoreganj.gov.bd

Geography

Kishoreganj Sadar is located at 24.4333°N 90.7833°E / 24.4333; 90.7833. It has 55,828 housing units and a total area 193.73 km².^{[citation needed]} Kishoregonj is the name of a district where some important people were born.^{[citation needed]} Kishoreganj Sadar Upazila (kishoreganj district) is bounded by Nandail upazila on the north, Pakundia and Katiadi upazilas on the south, Karimganj and Tarail upazilas on the east and Hossainpur and Nandail upazilas on the west. The principal river is the Narsunda.

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kishoreganj Sadar had a population of 300,337. Males constituted 51.52% of the population, females 48.48%. This upazila's population of eighteen and older was 149,926. Kishoreganj Sadar had an average literacy rate of 28.3% (7+ years). The national average was 32.4% literate.[1]

Administration

Kishoreganj Upazila is divided into Kishoreganj Municipality and 11 union parishads: Baulai, Binnati, Chauddasata, Danapatali, Jasodal, Korsha Kariail, Latibabad, Mahinanda, Maijkhapan, Maria, and Rashidabad. The union parishads are subdivided into 110 mauzas and 210 villages.[2]

Kishoreganj Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 56 mahallas.[2]

Education

According to Banglapedia, Kishoregonj Government Boys' High School, founded in 1881, is a notable secondary school.[3]

Gurudayal Government College or Gurudayal College (Bengali: গুরুদয়াল সরকারি মহাবিদ্যালয়) is a public college under National University located in Kishoreganj Municipality, Kishoreganj Sadar Upazila. Established in 1943, the college has produced a president of Bangladesh. Abdul Hamid, 16th president of Bangladesh, was a student of this college.

See also

• Egarosindur
• Sholakia
• Upazilas of Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh

References

На других языках

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- [en] Kishoreganj Sadar Upazila

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[ru] Кишоргандж-Садар

Кишоргандж-Садар (бенг. কিশোরগঞ্জ সদর, англ. Kishoreganj Sadar) — подокруг на северо-востоке Бангладеш в составе округа Кишоргандж. Образован в 1860 году. Административный центр — город Кишоргандж. Площадь подокруга — 193,73 км². По данным переписи 1991 года численность населения подокруга составляла 300 337 человек. Плотность населения равнялась 1550 чел. на 1 км². Уровень грамотности населения составлял 28,30 %. Религиозный состав: мусульмане — 80 %, индуисты — 18 %, христиане — 0,5 %, прочие — 1,5 %.

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