Sarishabari Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Sarishabari
locator_position = right
latd = 24.7417
longd = 89.8333
division_name = Dhaka Division
district = Jamalpur District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 289106
population_density = 1097
area_total = 263.48
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/jamalpur/Sarishabari.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Sarishabari
footnotes =

Sarishabari ( _bn. সরিষাবাড়ী) is an Upazila of Jamalpur District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Geography

Sarishabari is located at coord|24.7417|N|89.8333|E|. It has 58,254 households and total area 263.48 km². ChandenPur near of Bausi is a famous village of Thana for MaulanaAbdul Jabber Khan. He is a peersb.mobile [phone].

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Sarishabari has a population of 289,106. Males constitute 51.66% of the population, and females 48.34%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 148,197. Sarishabari has an average literacy rate of 24.4% (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

Sarishabari has 11 Unions/Wards, 173 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 179 villages.

There is a urea fertilizer whose name is Jamuna Fertilizer Co. Ltd. It produces granular urea fertilizer. And some jute mills are here.

ee also

*Upazilas of Bangladesh
*Districts of Bangladesh
*Divisions of BangladeshAnd some jute mills are here.

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