Mymensingh Sadar Upazila
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Mymensingh Sadar is an Upazila of Mymensingh District
in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh
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, Mymensingh Sadar has a population of 566368. Males constitute are 52.18% of the population, and females 47.82%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 284112. Mymensingh Sadar has an average literacy rate of 37% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.
Mymensingh District
Mymensingh is one of the districts of Dhaka division, Bangladesh, and is bordered on the north by Meghalaya state of India and Garo Hills, on the south by Gazipur district, on the east by districts of Netrokona and Kishoreganj, and on the west by districts of Sherpur, Jamalpur and Tangail...
in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
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Geography
Mymensingh Sadar is located at 24.7500°N 90.4167°E . It has 104567 units of house hold and total area 388.45 km². The River Brahmaputra just crossed the section of Mymensingh. A hundred plus years ago the river was wided 5-10 km and now it is a seasonal flow not an ever flowing river. A huge land recovered from this riverbed for hundred years as named 'CHARS' is 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
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census1991 Bangladesh census
In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age distribution, marital status, economically active...
, Mymensingh Sadar has a population of 566368. Males constitute are 52.18% of the population, and females 47.82%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 284112. Mymensingh Sadar has an average literacy rate of 37% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.
Administrative
Mymensingh Sadar has 20 Unions/Wards, 213 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 173 villages. The City council ( Mymensingh Pourasova) is river side center of Mymensingh established by colonial native kings.See also
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- Divisions of BangladeshDivisions of Bangladesh||Bangladesh is divided into seven major administrative regions called divisions . Each division is named after the major city within its jurisdiction that serves as the administrative capital of that division:...
- MymensinghMymensinghMymensingh , pronounced moy-mon-shing-haw, is a city of Bangladesh situated on the river Brahmaputra. It is the headquarters of the administrative unit Mymensingh District. Mymensingh is the anglicized pronunciation of the original name Momenshahi, referring to a ruler called Momen Shah. The cadet...