Mymensingh Sadar Upazila

Mymensingh Sadar (Bengali: ময়মনসিংহ সদর) is an upazila of Mymensingh District[1] in the Division of Mymensingh, Bangladesh. Most of the area of this sadar upazila is now under the Mymensingh City Corporation.

Mymensingh Sadar
ময়মনসিংহ সদর
Upazila
Skyline of Mymensingh city
Skyline of Mymensingh city
Location of Mymensingh Sadar
Coordinates: 24°45′N 90°25′E
Country Bangladesh
DivisionMymensingh
DistrictMymensingh
HeadquartersMymensingh
Area
 • Total380.72 km2 (147.00 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total775,733
 • Density2,000/km2 (5,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Websitemymensinghsadar.mymensingh.gov.bd

Geography

Mymensingh Sadar is located at 24.7500°N 90.4167°E / 24.7500; 90.4167. It has 167,472 units of household and its total area is 380.72 km2. The River Brahmaputra just crosses the section of Mymensingh. A hundred plus years ago the river was widened 5–10 km and now it is a seasonal flow, not an ever-flowing river. A huge land recovered from this riverbed for a hundred years as named 'chars' is a big part of Mymensingh and as it was riverine land regular seasonal flood water namely from the Garo hills of Meghalaya Of India flashes up to these char's. Flood is some where seasonal reasons for refreshing fertility of land and a trend of native fishes add some protein budget assistance in this poor CHAR villages.

Demographics
Religions in Mymensingh Sadar upazila (2011)[2]
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 93.83%
Hinduism
 
 5.96%
Other or not stated
 
 0.21%

According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Mymensingh Sadar Upazila had 167,472 households and a population of 775,733. 187,926 (24.23%) were under 10 years of age. Mymensingh Sadar has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 51.74%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 983 females per 1000 males. 389,918 (48.85%) lived in urban areas. Muslims formed 93.83% of the population, Hindus 5.96%, Christians 0.17% and others 0.04%.[3][2]

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Mymensingh Sadar had a population of 566,368. Males constituted 52.18% of the population, and females 47.82%. This Upazila's eighteen-up population was 284,112. Mymensingh Sadar has an average literacy rate of 37% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[4]

Administration

Mymensingh Sadar Upazila is divided into 13 union parishads: Aqua, Austadhar, Bhabkhali, Bororchar, Boyra, Char Ishwardia, Char Nilaxmia, Dapunia, Ghagra, Khagdohor, Kushtia, Paranganj, and Sirta. The union parishads are subdivided into 136 mauzas and 175 villages.[5]

See also

References
  1. Azahar Sarkar (2012), "Mymensingh Sadar Upazila", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
  2. "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Mymensingh" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
  3. "Community Tables: Mymensingh district" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. 2011.
  4. "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
  5. "District Statistics 2011: Mymensingh" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.


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