Sirajdikhan Upazila

Sirajdikhan (Bengali: সিরাজদিখান) is an upazila of Munshiganj District[1] in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Villages in Sirajdikhan include Gopal Pur. Its total area is 180.19 km².

Sirajdikhan সিরাজদিখান
Upazila
Skyline of Sirajdikhan, Bangladesh
Sirajdikhan Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 23°34′15″N 90°23′00″E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Dhaka Division
District	Munshiganj District
Area
• Total	180.19 km^2 (69.57 sq mi)
Population  (1991)
• Total	229,085
• Density	1,300/km^2 (3,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)
Website	Official Website of Sirajdikhan

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Sirajdikhan has a population of 229,085. Males constituted 51.02% of the population, and females 48.98%. The population aged 18 or over was 108,535. Sirajdikhan has an average literacy rate of 33.9% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 32.4%.[2]

Administration

Sirajdikhan Upazila is divided into 14 union parishads: Bairagadi, Baluchar, Basail, Chitracoat, Ichhapura, Joyinshar, Keyain, Kola, Latabdi, Madhypara, Malkhanagar, Rajanagar, Rasunia, and Sekhornagar. The union parishads are subdivided into 124 mauzas and 178 villages.[3]

See also

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

References

1. Shamsul Haque Howlader (2012), "Serajdikhan Upazila", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), 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.
3. "District Statistics 2011: Munshiganj" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 14 July 2014.