Mymensingh Sadar Upazila
Mymensingh Sadar is an upazila of Mymensingh District in the Division of Mymensingh, Bangladesh. Most of the area of this sadar upazila is now under the Mymensingh City Corporation.
Geography
Mymensingh Sadar is located at. It has 167,472 units of household and its total area is 380.72 km2. The River Brahmaputra just crosses the section of Mymensingh. A hundred plus years ago the river was widened 5–10 km and now it is a seasonal flow, not an ever-flowing river. A huge land recovered from this riverbed for a hundred years named 'chars' is a big part of Mymensingh and as it was riverine land regular seasonal flood water namely from the Garo hills of Meghalaya of India flash up to these chars. Flooding by seasonal reasons for refreshing fertility of land and a trend of native fishes add some protein budget assistance in these poor CHAR villages.
Demographics
According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Mymensingh Sadar Upazila had 99,609 households and a population of 421,422. 11.16% of the population were under 5 years of age. Mymensingh Sadar had a literacy rate of 67.54%: 68.60% for males and 66.53% for females, and a sex ratio of 97.52 males for 100 females. 58,371 lived in urban areas.
Administration
Mymensingh Sadar Upazila is divided into 13 union parishads: Aqua, Austadhar, Bhabkhali, Bororchar, Boyra, Char Ishwardia, Char Nilaxmia, Dapunia, Ghagra, Khagdohor, Kushtia, Paranganj, and Sirta. The union parishads are subdivided into 136 mauzas and 175 villages.