Kishoreganj Sadar Upazila


Kishoreganj Sadar is an Upazila of Kishoreganj District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Geography

Kishoreganj Sadar is located at. It has 55,828 housing units and a total area 193.73 km². Kishoregonj is the name of a district where some important people were born.
Kishoreganj Sadar Upazila is bounded by Nandail upazila on the north, Pakundia and Katiadi upazilas on the south, Karimganj and Tarail upazilas on the east and Hossainpur and Nandail upazilas on the west. The principal river is the Narsunda.

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kishoreganj Sadar had a population of 300,337. Males constituted 51.52% of the population, females 48.48%. This upazila's population of eighteen and older was 149,926. Kishoreganj Sadar had an average literacy rate of 28.3%. The national average was 32.4% literate.

Education

According to Banglapedia, Kishoregonj Government Boys' High School, founded in 1881, is a notable secondary school.
Besides Govt. Gurudayal College or Gurudayal College is a public college under National University located in Kishoreganj municipality, Kishoreganj Sadar Upazila, Bangladesh. The college was established in 1943. This college has produced a president of Bangladesh.
Abdul Hamid,16th president of Bangladesh, was a student of Gurudoyal Govt.College.