Rajnagar Upazila

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Rajnagar Upazila
Rajnagar
Division_name - District	Sylhet Division - Maulvibazar District
Coordinates	24.5194° N 91.8667° E
Area	338.15 km²
Time zone	BST (UTC+6)
Population (1991) - Density	174280 - 515/km²
Maplink: Official Map of Rajnagar

See Rajnagar for disambiguation

Rajnagar (Bengali: রাজনগর) is an Upazila of Maulvibazar District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Administrative
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Geography

Rajnagar is located at 24.5194° N 91.8667° E . It has 29305 units of house hold and total area 338.15 km².

[edit] Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh census^[1], Rajnagar has a population of 174280. Males constitute are 50.66% of the population, and females 49.34%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 87249. Rajnagar has an average literacy rate of 27.2% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. ^[2]

[edit] Administrative

Rajnagar has 8 Unions/Wards, 149 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 255 villages. Rajnagar is a nery nice place where there are many tea gardens and historical places. The natural beauties of tea gardens has made Rajnagar one of the most attractive place in Bangladesh.The first Upazila Chairman Freedom Fighter Rana Choudhury is the founder of Rajnagar Degree College, Major General Abdu Rab is the Co-founder of that college.