Narail Sadar Upazila

Narail Sadar
নড়াইল সদর
Upazila
Narail Sadar

Location in Bangladesh

Coordinates: 23°10′N 89°30′E / 23.167°N 89.500°ECoordinates: 23°10′N 89°30′E / 23.167°N 89.500°E
Country  Bangladesh
Division Khulna Division
District Narail District
Area[1]
 • Total 381.75 km2 (147.39 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)[2]
 • Total 272,872
 • Density 710/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone BST (UTC+6)
Postal code 7500, 7501
Website narailsadar.narail.gov.bd(Bengali)

Narail Sadar (Bengali: নড়াইল সদর) is an upazila of Narail District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. Narail Thana was established in 1861 and was converted into an upazila in 1984.[3] The upazila takes its name from the district and the Bengali word sadar (headquarters). It is the subdistrict where the district headquarters, Narail town, is located.

Geography

Narail Sadar Upazila has a total area of 381.75 square kilometres (147.39 sq mi).[1] It borders Magura District to the north, Lohagara Upazila to the north and east, Kalia Upazila to the southeast, and Jessore District to the south and west. The Chitra River flows south through the upazila.[3][4]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop. (000)±%
1981 220—    
1991 251+14.1%
2001 269+7.2%
2011 273+1.5%
Source:
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics[1]

According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Narail Sadar Upazila had 62,795 households and a population of 272,872, 18.8% of whom lived in urban areas.[2] 9.4% of the population was under the age of 5.[5] The literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 65.5%, compared to the national average of 51.8%.[6][7]

Arts and culture

A weeklong festival is held in Narail town in memory of artist SM Sultan every year in January or February. Past events have included an art competition, art exhibition, music, bull fight, horse race, lathi khela, and wrestling. Shorter commemorations are held in August and October, around the anniversaries of his birth and death.[8] [9]

Museums

The SM Sultan Memorial Museum has 13 original Sultan artworks and digital prints of 28 others.[10]

Administration

Narail Sadar Upazila is divided into Narail Municipality and 13 union parishads: Auria, Banshgram, Bhadrabila, Bichhali, Chandibarpur, Habakhali, Kalora, Maij Para, Mulia, Sahabad, Shaikhati, Singasolpur, and Tularampur. The union parishads are subdivided into 180 mauzas and 231 villages.

Narail Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 24 mahallas.[1]

Transport

The town of Narail is the road transport hub of the district. To the west it is connected by regional highway R750 to Jessore, about 32 km away. R720 runs north 50 km to Magura. Within the district, zilla road Z7503 runs east to Lohagara and on to the Kalna ferry ghat on the Madhumati River. Z7502 runs south, across the Nabaganga River at Baroipara Ghat by ferry, and on to Kalia.[11]

Education

There are 16 colleges in the upazila. They include Abdul Hye City College, Maij Para College, and Mirzapur United College. Naril Government Victoria College, founded in 1886,[3] is the only honors level one.

The madrasa education system includes one fazil and one kamil madrasa.[12]

Notable residents

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "District Statistics 2011: Narail" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Population Census 2011: Narail Table C-01" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Tuku, Enamul Kabir (2012). "Narail Sadar Upazila". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  4. ↑ "Upazila Map: Upazila Narail Sadar". Local Government Engineering Department. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Population Census 2011: Narail Table C-04" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Population Census 2011: Narail Table C-06" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Population and Housing Census 2011: Bangladesh at a Glance" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
  8. ↑ Bose, Ponuel S (January 15, 2013). "Week-long Sultan Mela starts in Narail". The Daily Star (Dhaka). Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Sultan Mela in full swing in Narail". New Age (Dhaka). March 1, 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Sultan Museum still locked". The Daily Star (Dhaka). August 10, 2008. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  11. ↑ "RHD Road Network, Khulna Zone". Roads and Highways Department. May 2005. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  12. ↑ "List of Institutions". Ministry of Education. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Long Live Comrade Saroj Dutta". Liberation. Communist Party of India. March 2014. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Mashrafe Mortaza". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Mukherjee, wife make nostalgic trip to Narail". khulnanews.com. March 6, 2013. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
  16. ↑ Haq, Md. Enamul (2012). "Sarkar, Bijay Krishna". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  17. ↑ Islam, Syed Manzoorul (2012). "SM Sultan". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.