Sarishabari Upazila

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

Geography

Sarishabari is located at . It has 58,254 households and total area 263.48 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, 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.^[1]

Administrative

Sarishabari has 1 municipality, 8 Unions, 173 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 179 villages.

There is a urea fertilizer factory named Jamuna Fertilizer Co. Ltd which is the largest fertilizer factory in the country. It produces granular urea fertilizer. And some jute mills are here. Alhaz Jute Mills Ltd, AR Jute Mills and Popular Jute Mill are notable.There Is Sarishabari Baro Bazar, Station, Chaperkona, Bausi Bazar,Faijmore Bazar,Gabtuli Bazar,Shimla Bazar,Sanikuir Hut are notable also.

See also

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

Educational Institutions:

• Kuthir Hat High School
• Sarishabari RUT High School
• Sarishabari Mahmuda Salam Girl's College
• Pogal Digha College,Tarakandi.
• Pogal Digha High School,Tarakandi.
• Pogal Digha Kinder Garten, Tarakandi.
• RUT College Sarishabari.
• Aramnagar Aliya Madrasa.
• RDM PIlot High School
• Pingna High School
• Bausi Bangali High School.
• Salema Khatun Girls School.
• Bausi Ponchopir Primary School .
• Bausi Gogaria Primary School.
• Bausi Primary school.
• Sarishabari R.U.T College .
• Sarishabari R .D M. High School.
• Vatara High School .
• Bausi Bangali Primary School.
• Sengua High School, Sengua
• FaijMore Dakhil Madrasha(Founded by Maulana Abdul Jabber Khan).
• Chandanpur Primary School.
• Phuldah Primary School.
• Bari Patal Primary School
• Bari Patal High School
• Chaperkona Mohesh Chandra High School
• Kuthir Hat Govt. Primary School
• Ragunathpur Govt. Primary School

References

1. ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS.". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm. Retrieved November 10, 2006.