Shajahanpur Upazila
Shajahanpur Upazila is an upazila of Bogra District in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh. Created in 2003, it is the newest upazila in the District.
Geography
Shajahanpur Upazila has a total area of. It borders Bogura Sadar Upazila to the north, Gabtali and Dhunat upazilas to the east, Sherpur Upazila to the south, Nandigram Upazila to the southwest, and Kahaloo Upazila to the west. The Karatoya River flows south through the upazila.Demographics
According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Shajahanpur Upazila had 88,736 households and a population of 333,676. 8.10% of the population were under 5 years of age. Shajahanpur had a literacy rate of 78.85%: 80.95% for males and 76.70% for females, and a sex ratio of 103.34 males for every 100 females. 86,919 lived in urban areas.According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Shajahanpur Upazila had 72,685 households and a population of 289,804. 56,145 were under 10 years of age. Shajahanpur had a literacy rate of 57.71%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 939 females per 1000 males. 62,140 lived in urban areas.
Administration
Bogra Municipality falls mainly within Bogra Sadar Upazila, but a small part of the municipality 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. The union parishads are subdivided into 120 mauzas and 166 villages.Education
There are six colleges in the upazila. There are two degree colleges- Kamaruddin Islamia College founded in 1986 and Dublagari College, founded in 1986.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.