Kishoreganj Sadar Upazila

Kishoreganj Sadar
কিশোরগঞ্জ সদর
Upazila
Kishoreganj Sadar

Location in Bangladesh

Coordinates: 24°26′N 90°47′E / 24.433°N 90.783°E / 24.433; 90.783Coordinates: 24°26′N 90°47′E / 24.433°N 90.783°E / 24.433; 90.783
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 BST (UTC+6)
Website Official Map of Kishoreganj Sadar

Kishoreganj Sadar (Bengali: কিশোরগঞ্জ সদর) is an Upazila of Kishoreganj District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Geography

Kishoreganj Sadar is located at 24°26′00″N 90°47′00″E / 24.4333°N 90.7833°E / 24.4333; 90.7833. It has 55,828 housing units and a total area 193.73 km². Kishoregonj is the name of a district where some important people were born. 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. Main river is 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 Sadar has 11 Unions/Wards, 125 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 203 villages.

Education

According to Banglapedia, Kishoregonj Government Boys' High School, founded in 1881, is a notable secondary school.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Population Census Wing, BBS.". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
  2. ↑ Rahman, Hakim Md Fazlur (2012). "Kishoreganj Sadar Upazila". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/10/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.