Shajahanpur Upazila
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Geography
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Demographics
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According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Shajahanpur Upazila had 72,685 households and a population of 289,804. 56,145 (19.37%) were under 10 years of age. Shajahanpur had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 57.71%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 939 females per 1000 males. 62,140 (21.44%) lived in urban areas.[2][4]
Administration
Bogra Municipality falls mainly within Bogra Sadar Upazila, but a small part of the municipality (one ward, portions of two others, Majhira Cantonment, and Jahangirabad Cantonment) lies inside Shajahanpur Upazila. These wards are divided into 18 mahallas. The remainder of the upazila is divided into nine union parishads: Amrool, Aria, Asekpur, Chopinagar, Gohail, Kharna, Khotta Para, Madla, and Majhira.[5] The union parishads are subdivided into 120 mauzas and 166 villages.[2]
Education
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Bogra Cantonment Public School and College, founded in 1979, is in Majhira Cantonment. Millennium Scholastic School & College, founded in 1998, is in Jahangirabad Cantonment.
Aria Rahimabad high school, founded in 2017, is in Nagarhat, Amrool Union. The technical and vocational education system has one college, Ranirhat Technical College, founded in 2000.
The madrasa education system includes six fazil and two kamil madrasas.[1][7]
See also
- Upazilas of Bangladesh
- Districts of Bangladesh
- Divisions of Bangladesh
- Administrative geography of Bangladesh
References
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