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Sarail (Bengali: সরাইল, romanized: Shorail) is an upazila of Brahmanbaria District[1] located in the Chittagong Division and near the Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.

Sarail সরাইল
Upazila
Sarail Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 24°7.1′N 91°7.5′E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Chittagong Division
District	Brahmanbaria District
Area
• Total	239.52 km2 (92.48 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	315.208
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)
Postal code	3430
Website	Official Website of Sarail

History

The leader of the Baro-Bhuiyan zamindars, Isa Khan, had his first and temporary capital situated in Sarail.[2] During the Mughal era, Sarail was a mahallah (district) of the Sylhet Sarkar.[3]

During the dewani of Shahbaz Khan in 1650, the Hatirpul was constructed. It was a bridge built over the canal mainly for elephant pass. The Mughal dewans used to communicate by the elephant in this road and also took rest near this bridge. In 1662, the Arifil Mosque was constructed by Shah Arif. There are unknown tombs located near the mosque, supposedly belonging to the wives of Isa Khan.

During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, the Pakistani Army killed about 70 innocent people in the Bitghar area. On 5 May, the freedom fighters raided the Pakistani Army's camp in the Shahbazpur area and killed 9 Pakistani soldiers; one freedom fighter was killed during this raid. A number of Pakistani Army officers and the chairman of the Sarail Peace Committee were also killed. The freedom fighters set up a mine bomb north of Kalikaccha Bazar. This exploded and destroyed two military vehicles. Three mass graves remain in Sarail. Memorial monuments were established in the upazila's Bitghar area, the Annada Government High School, the Sarail Degree College and also a monument dedicated to the martyr Sheikh Mesbahuddin Saraili.

In 1990, Sarail was made an upazila of Bangladesh.[1]

Geography

Sarail is located at 24.118333°N 91.125°E / 24.118333; 91.125. It has 43,854 households and a total area of 227.22 km².[1]

Demographics

According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Sarail had a population of 254,481. Males constituted 50.32% of the population, and females 49.68%. The population aged 18 or over was 120,249. Sarail had an average literacy rate of 22.6% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%.[4]

Administration

Sarail Upazila is divided into nine union parishads: Auraol, Chunta, Kalikachchha, Noagaon, Pakshimul, Panishor, Sarail, Shahbazpur, and Shahjadapur. The union parishads are subdivided into 67 mauzas and 141 villages.[5]

Chairman: Rafiq ad-Din Thakur

Notable residents

• Sheuly Azad, Member of Parliament, lives in West Kuttapara.[6]
• Nurul Amin, Prime Minister Of Pakistan

• Isa Khan, a Muslim Rajput zamindar who was one of the Baro Bhuiyans (twelve landlords) and a Zamindar of the Khijirpur in 16th-century Bengal. Throughout his reign he resisted the Mughal empire invasion. It was only after his death that the region fell totally under Mughal control.

See also

• Upazilas of Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh

References

На других языках

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- [en] Sarail Upazila

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[ru] Сарайл

Сарайл (бенг. সরাইল, англ. Sarail) — город на востоке Бангладеш, административный центр одноимённого подокруга. Площадь города равна 14,03 км². По данным переписи 2001 года, в городе проживало 34 950 человек, из которых мужчины составляли 48,91 %, женщины — соответственно 51,09 %. Плотность населения равнялась 2491 чел. на 1 км².

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