Sreenagar
শ্রীনগর
Upazila
House of Jagadish Chandra Bose
House of Jagadish Chandra Bose
Location of Sreenagar
Coordinates: 23°32′10″N 90°17′30″E / 23.5361°N 90.2917°E / 23.5361; 90.2917
Country Bangladesh
DivisionDhaka
DistrictMunshiganj
Area
 • Total203.00 km2 (78.38 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total259,887
 • Density1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Websitesreenagar.munshiganj.gov.bd

Sreenagar (Bengali: শ্রীনগর) is an upazila of Munshiganj District[1] in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Division of Dhaka

Geography

Sreenagar is located at 23°32′10″N 90°17′30″E / 23.5361°N 90.2917°E / 23.5361; 90.2917. It has 57,111 households and total area 203.00 km2.

Demographics

Religions in Sreenagar upazila (2011)[2]
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 89.68%
Hinduism
 
 10.29%
Other or not stated
 
 0.03%

According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Sreenagar Upazila had 57,111 households and a population of 259,887. 54,839 (21.10%) were under 10 years of age. Sreenagar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 57.27%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1040 females per 1000 males. 14,862 (5.72%) lived in urban areas.[2][3]

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Sreenagar has a population of 205,797. Males constitute 49.88% of the population, and females 50.12%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 99514. Sreenagar has an average literacy rate of 39.1% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[4]

Administration

Sreenagar Upazila is divided into 14 Union Parishads: Atpara, Baghra, Baraikhali, Bhagyakul, Birtara, Hasara, Kolapara, Kukutia, Patabhog, Rarikhal, Sholaghar, Shyamsiddhi, Sreenagar, and Tantar. The union parishads are subdivided into 102 mauzas and 147 villages.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Md. Mosarraf Hossain Sarker (2012), "Sreenagar Upazila", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
  2. 1 2 3 "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Munshiganj" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
  3. ↑ "Community Tables: Munshiganj district" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2011.
  4. ↑ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.


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