Munshiganj Sadar Upazila
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| native_name = মুন্সীগঞ্জ সদর
| settlement_type = Upazila
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| subdivision_name2 = Munshiganj
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| population_total = 436018
| population_as_of = 2022
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Munshiganj Sadar ({{langx|bn|মুন্সীগঞ্জ সদর}}) is an upazila of Munshiganj District{{citation |author=Ratantanu Ghosh |chapter=Munshiganj Sadar Upazila |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Munshiganj_Sadar_Upazila |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |editor=Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh |year=2012 |edition=Second}} in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
History
=In 1971=
On 29 March 1971, days after the start of the Bangladesh Liberation War, people of Munshiganj raided the armoury and captured arms and ammunition, which they used to resist the Pakistan Army. The people of Narayanganj and Munshiganj together resisted an attack of the Pakistan Army on 31 March. The Pakistan Army killed some youths at Kewar on 14 May.{{cite book |author=Ratantanu Ghosh |chapter=Munshiganj District |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Munshiganj_District |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |editor1=Sirajul Islam |editor2=Ahmed A. Jamal |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh |year=2012 |edition=Second}}
Demographics
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According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Munshiganj Sadar Upazila had 81,146 households and a population of 383,263. 82,488 (21.52%) were under 10 years of age. Munshiganj Sadar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 55.17%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 970 females per 1000 males. 138,205 (36.06%) lived in urban areas.{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Munshiganj |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Zila_Munshiganj.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics}}{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Community Tables: Munshiganj district |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCen2011/C_Munshiganj.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics}}
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Munshiganj district, formerly a subdivision under Dhaka district, was established in 1984. It consists of 6 upazilas, 67 union parishads, 662 mouzas, 906 villages, 18 wards, 73 mahallas and 2 municipalities.{{cite web |accessdate=November 10, 2006 |url=http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm |archivedate=2005-03-27 |title=Population Census Wing, BBS.}}
Administration
Munshiganj Sadar Upazila is divided into Mirkadim Municipality, Munshiganj Municipality, and nine union parishads: Adhara, Bajrajogini, Banglabazar, Charkewar, Mohakali, Mollakandi, Panchashar, Rampal, and Shiloy. The union parishads are subdivided into 94 mauzas and 196 villages.
Mirkadim Municipality and Munshiganj Municipality are each subdivided into 9 wards.
Education
{{See also|Education in Bangladesh}}
There are six colleges in the upazila: Government Haraganga College, Mirkadim Hazi Amzad Ali (Degree) College, Munshigonj College, Munshigonj Government Mohila College, President Prof. DR. Iajuddin Ahmed Residential Model School & College, and Rampal College.{{cite web |url=http://shed.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/shed.portal.gov.bd/npfblock//college.xls |title=List of Colleges |author= |website=Department of Secondary and Higher Education |access-date=6 September 2020}}
According to Banglapedia, notable secondary schools include A. V. G. M. Government Girls' High School, founded in 1892, Bajrajogini J. K. High School (1883), Basirannesa High School (1972), Rikaby Bazar GIRLS' High School, Binodpur Ramkumar High School (1919), Edrakpur High School (1970), K. K. Government Institution (1942), Munshiganj M. L. High School (1885), and Rampal N. B. M. High School (1933) Mirkadim Hazi Amzad Ali High School.
Notable residents
See also
References
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{{Munshiganj District}}
{{Upazilas of Dhaka Division}}