Rajnagar Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Rajnagar
locator_position = left
latd = 24.5194
longd = 91.8667
division_name = Sylhet Division
district = Maulvibazar District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 174280
population_density = 515
area_total = 338.15
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/maulvibazar/Rajnagar.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Rajnagar
footnotes =

"See Rajnagar for disambiguation"

Rajnagar ( _bn. রাজনগর) is an Upazila of Maulvibazar District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Geography

Rajnagar is located at coord|24.5194|N|91.8667|E| . It has 29305 units of house hold and total area 338.15 km².

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Rajnagar has a population of 174280. Males constitute are 50.66% of the population, and females 49.34%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 87249. Rajnagar has an average literacy rate of 27.2% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. cite web | accessdate = November 10 | accessyear = 2006 | url = http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archivedate = 2005-03-27 | title = Population Census Wing, BBS.]

Administrative

Rajnagar has 8 Unions/Wards, 149 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 255 villages. Rajnagar is a nery nice place where there are many tea gardens and historical places. The natural beauties of tea gardens has made Rajnagar one of the most attractive place in Bangladesh.The first Upazila Chairman Freedom Fighter Rana Choudhury is the founder of Rajnagar Degree College, Major General Abdu Rab is the Co-founder of that college.

ee also

*Upazilas of Bangladesh
*Districts of Bangladesh
*Divisions of Bangladesh

References