Sarishabari Upazila
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| official_name = Sarishabari
| native_name = সরিষাবাড়ী
| settlement_type = Upazila
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| subdivision_type1 = Division
| subdivision_type2 = District
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| subdivision_name1 = Mymensingh Division
| subdivision_name2 = Jamalpur District
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| area_total_km2 = 263.50
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| population_total = 343194
| population_as_of = 2022
| population_footnotes = {{Cite book |url=https://bbs.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/bbs.portal.gov.bd/page/b343a8b4_956b_45ca_872f_4cf9b2f1a6e0/2024-01-31-15-51-b53c55dd692233ae401ba013060b9cbb.pdf |title=National Report |date=November 2023 |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |isbn=978-9844752016 |series=Population and Housing Census 2022 |volume=1 |location=Dhaka |pages=401}}
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| timezone = BST
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| area_code = 09827{{Cite web |url=https://en.chahaoba.com/Bangladesh |title=Bangladesh Area Code |date=18 October 2024 |publisher=Chahaoba.com |location=China}}
| website = [http://www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/jamalpur/Sarishabari.gif Official Map of Sarishabari]
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Sarishabari ({{langx|bn|সরিষাবাড়ী}}) is an upazila of Jamalpur District in the Division of Mymensingh, Bangladesh.{{citation
|author=Sayed Md. Abdullah Al Mamun Chowdhury
|chapter=Sarishabari Upazila
|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sarishabari_Upazila
|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |editor=Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh |year=2012 |edition=Second}}
Geography
Sarishabari is located at {{coord|24.7417|N|89.8333|E|}}. It has 58,254 households and total area 263.50 km2. The upazila is bounded by Madarganj and Jamalpur Sadar upazilas on the north, Tangail district of Dhaka division to the east, and Sirajganj and Bogra districts of Rajshahi division to the west.
Demographics
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According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Sarishabari Upazila had 80,198 households and a population of 325,320. 74,900 (23.02%) were under 10 years of age. Sarishabari has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 44.6%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1039 females per 1000 males. 54,177 (16.65%) lived in urban areas.{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Community Tables: Jamalpur district |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCen2011/Jamalpur.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd}}{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Jamalpur |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Zila_JAMALPUR.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics}}
According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Sarishabari had a population of 289,106. Males constituted 51.66% of the population, and females 48.34%. The population aged 18 and up was 148,197. Sarishabari had an average literacy rate of 24.4% (7+ years), with a national average of 32.4% literacy rate.{{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
Sarishabari Thana was formed in 1960 and it was turned into an upazila in 1983.
Sarishabari Upazila is divided into Sarishabari Municipality and eight union parishads: Aona, Bhatara, Doail, Kamrabad, Mahadan, Pingna, Pogaldigha, and Satpoa. The union parishads are subdivided into 113 mauzas and 183 villages.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Jamalpur.pdf |title=District Statistics 2011: Jamalpur |author= |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |access-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113185353/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Jamalpur.pdf |archive-date=13 November 2014}}
See also
References
{{Jamalpur District}}
{{Upazilas of Mymensingh Division}}
Category:Upazilas of Jamalpur District
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