Sarishabari Upazila

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Coordinates: 24.7417° N 89.8333° E

Sarishabari Upazila

Sarishabari
Division_name
 - District
Dhaka Division
 - Jamalpur District
Coordinates 24.7417° N 89.8333° E
Area 263.48 km²
Time zone BST (UTC+6)
Population (1991)
 - Density
289106
 - 1097/km²
Maplink: Official Map of Sarishabari

Sarishabari (Bengali: সরিষাবাড়ী) is an Upazila of Jamalpur District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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[edit] Geography

Sarishabari is located at 24.7417° N 89.8333° E. It has 58,254 households and total area 263.48 km². ChandenPur near of Bausi is a famous village of Thana for Maulana Abdul Jabber Khan. He is a peersb.mobile 01719977864.

[edit] Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh census[1], Sarishabari has a population of 289,106. Males constitute 51.66% of the population, and females 48.34%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 148,197. Sarishabari has an average literacy rate of 24.4% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. [2]

[edit] Administrative

Sarishabari has 11 Unions/Wards, 173 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 179 villages.

There is a urea fertilizer whose name is Jamuna Fertilizer Co. Ltd. It produces granular urea fertilizer. And some jute mills are here.

[edit] See also

And some jute mills are here.

[edit] References

  1. ^ GR Error
  2. ^ Population Census Wing, BBS.. Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved on November 10, 2006.