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Sreenagar Upazila
Upazila in Dhaka, Bangladesh From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sreenagar (Bengali: শ্রীনগর) is an upazila of Munshiganj District[4] in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Division of Dhaka
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Geography
Sreenagar is located at 23.5361°N 90.2917°E. It has 57,111 households and total area 203.00 km2.
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Sreenagar Upazila had 57,111 households and a population of 259,887 of which 54,839 (21.10%) were under 10 years of age. Sreenagar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 57.27%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1040 females per 1000 males. 14,862 (5.72%) lived in urban areas.[6][7]
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Sreenagar has a population of 205,797. Males constitute 49.88% of the population, and females 50.12%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 99514. Sreenagar has an average literacy rate of 39.1% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[8]
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Administration
Sreenagar Upazila is divided into 14 Union Parishads: Atpara, Baghra, Baraikhali, Bhagyakul, Birtara, Hasara, Kolapara, Kukutia, Patabhog, Rarikhal, Sholaghar, Shyamsiddhi, Sreenagar, and Tantar. The union parishads are subdivided into 102 mauzas and 147 villages.[6]
Notable residents
- Labanyaprabha Bose, writer, was born in Rarikhal village.
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References
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