Sarishabari Upazila
Sarishabari is an upazila of Jamalpur District in the Division of Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
Geography
Sarishabari is located at. It has 58,254 households and total area 263.50 km2. The upazila is bounded by Madarganj and Jamalpur Sadar upazilas on the north, Tangail district of Dhaka division to the east, and Sirajganj and Bogra districts of Rajshahi division to the west.Demographics
According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Sarishabari Upazila had 89,171 households and a population of 343,194. 8.75% of the population were under 5 years of age. Sarishabari had a literacy rate of 64.42%: 66.77% for males and 56.44% for females, and a sex ratio of 93.44 males for 100 females. 68,285 lived in urban areas.Administration
Sarishabari Thana was formed in 1960 and it was turned into an upazila in 1983.Sarishabari Upazila is divided into Sarishabari Municipality and eight union parishads: Aona, Bhatara, Doail, Kamrabad, Mahadan, Pingna, Pogaldigha, and Satpoa. The union parishads are subdivided into 113 mauzas and 183 villages.
Notable people
- Maulana Muhammad Nurul Islam, state minister of religious affairs
- Abdus Salam Talukder, lawyer and government minister
- Anwarul Kabir Talukdar, major general and state minister
- Muhammad Anisur Rahman Anu, academic, economist and political activist
- Muhammad Samad, pro-vice chancellor of the University of Dhaka
- Murad Hasan, former state minister
- Mahmudul Hasan Sohag, founder of Rokomari.com
- Md Ismail Hossain, 14th Inspector General of Bangladesh Police