Moulvibazar Sadar Upazila

Moulvibazar Sadar মৌলভীবাজার সদর
Division	Sylhet Division
District	Moulvibazar District
Government
• MP (Moulvibazar-3)	Vacant
Area
• Total	344.34 km2 (132.95 sq mi)
Population
• Total	239,378
• Density	700/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	BST (UTC+6)
Postal code	3200

Moulvibazar Sadar (Bengali: মৌলভীবাজার সদর) is an Upazila of Moulvibazar District^[1] in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Geography

Moulvibazar Sadar is located at 24°28′40″N 91°46′00″E / 24.4778°N 91.7667°E / 24.4778; 91.7667. It has 40573 households and total area 344.34 km².

Union Parishads

The upazila has 12 Union Parishads or UPs. They are as follow:

• Akhailkura
• Amtail
• Chandnighat
• Ekatuna
• Giasnagar
• Kamalpur
• Kanakpur
• Khalilpur
• Manumukh
• Mostafapur
• Nazirabad
• Kagabala

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Moulvibazar Sadar has a population of 239378. Males constitute 51.56% of the population, and females 48.44%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 126303. Moulvibazar Sadar has an average literacy rate of 36.1% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.^[2]

Administration

Moulvibazar Sadar has 12 Unions/Wards, 229 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 419 villages. Moulvibazar Govt. High School is the oldest one in the district

Education

According to Banglapedia, Ali Amzad Government Girls' High School, founded in 1932, is a notable secondary school.^[1]

See also

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

References

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

Moulvibazar District
Upazila/Thana:	Barlekha Kamalganj Kulaura Moulvibazar Sadar Rajnagar Sreemangal Juri