Kishoreganj Sadar Upazila

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

Kishoreganj Sadar

কিশোরগঞ্জ সদর
Upazila
Shohidi Mosque
Kishoreganj Sadar
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 24°26′N 90°47′E
Country Bangladesh
DivisionDhaka Division
DistrictKishoreganj District
Area
 • Total193.73 km2 (74.80 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total500,208
 • Density2,600/km2 (6,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Websitekishoreganjsadar.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. 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. 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]

Education
Gurudayal Government Collage Mokti State

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


Besides Govt. Gurudayal College or Gurudayal College (Bengali: গুরুদয়াল সরকারি মহাবিদ্যালয়) is a public college under National University located in Kishoreganj municipality, Kishoreganj Sadar Upazila, Bangladesh. The college was established in 1943. This college has produced a president of Bangladesh.

Abdul Hamid,16th president of Bangladesh, was a student of Gurudoyal Govt.College.

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. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.


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