Sreenagar Upazila

Sreenagar Upazila (munshiganj district) area 203.00 sq km, located in between 23°27' and 23°38' north latitudes and in between 90°10' and 90°22' east longitudes. It is bounded by serajdikhan and nawabganj (dhaka) upazilas on the north, lohajang and shibchar upazilas on the south, Serajdikhan and Lohajang upazilas on the east, Nawabganj and dohar upazilas on the west.

Population Total 259887; male 127374, female 132513; Muslim 233062, Hindu 26755, Christian 64 and others 6.

Water bodies Main rivers: padma, ichamati.

Administration Sreenagar Thana was turned into an upazila in 1983.

Upazila
Municipality	Union	Mouza	Village	Population		Density (per sq km)	Literacy rate (%)
				Urban	Rural		Urban	Rural
-	14	99	147	14862	245025	1280	60.1	57.1

Upazila Town
Area (sq km)	Mouza	Population	Density (per sq km)	Literacy rate (%)
3.27	2	14862	4545	60.1

Union
Name of union and GO code	Area (acre)	Population		Literacy rate (%)
		Male	Female
Atpara 11	2618	6224	6461	61.2
Kukutia 54	3358	7506	8370	60.2
Kola Para 47	2571	6798	7031	64.0
Tantar 94	2167	7441	7771	59.2
Patabhog 61	2479	7619	7769	58.1
Baghra 13	6220	12955	12075	53.4
Baraikhali 20	6531	9542	10936	60.5
Birtara 33	2021	5886	6155	53.7
Bhagyakul 27	2985	12200	12614	52.4
Rarikhal 67	4068	10818	11351	59.7
Sholaghar 81	3675	9634	10432	54.7
Shyamsiddhi 88	5181	8056	8615	48.4
Sreenagar 74	2711	13320	12521	57.4
Hasara 40	3578	9375	10412	62.7

Source Bangladesh Population Census 2011, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

Archaeological heritage and relics Shyamsiddhir Math and Temple, Sholaghar Math, Bhagyakul Rajbari. Besides, sculpture, seal, copper plate, engraved granite pillar discovered from Vikrampur are now preserved in the National Museum.

War of Liberation In the month of September 1971 a direct encounter was held between the freedom fighters and the Pak army in the Shibrampur Canal of the upazila in which a number of Pakistani soldiers were killed. The freedom fighters had destroyed three gun boats of the Pak army in this encounter.

For details: see শ্রীনগর উপজেলা, বাংলাদেশ মুক্তিযুদ্ধ জ্ঞানকোষ (Encyclopedia of Bangladesh War of Liberation), বাংলাদেশ এশিয়াটিক সোসাইটি, ঢাকা ২০২০, খণ্ড ১০।

Religious institutions Mosque 369, temple 55, church 1.

Literacy rate and educational institutions Average literacy 57.3%; male 56.8%, female 57.7%. Educational institutions: college 4, vocational institute 1, secondary school 22, primary school 96, madrasa 31. Noted educational institutions: Hasara KK High School (1879), Bhagyakul Harendra Lal High School (1900), Beltali GJ High School (1901), Kukutia KK Institution (1904), Sholaghar AKSK Multilateral High School (1925), Baghra Swarup Chandra Pilot High School (1920), Rarikhal JG Basu Institution and College (1921), Rushdi High School (1924).

Cultural organisations Library 1, club 303, cinema hall 3, stadium 1.

Main sources of income Agriculture 36.12%, non-agricultural labourer 2.47%, industry 1.99%, commerce 23.60%, transport and communication 2.97%, service 12.83%, construction 3.01%, religious service 0.21%, rent and remittance 6.96% and others 9.84%.

Ownership of agricultural land Landowner 42.25%, landless 57.75%; agricultural landowner: urban 24.25% and rural 43.10%.

Main crops Paddy, potato, wheat, mustard, vegetables.

Main fruits Mango, guava, wood apple.

Fisheries, dairies and poultries Dairy 192, poultry 135, hatchery 1.

Communication facilities Pucca road 60.97 km, semi-pucca road 38.92 km, mud road 329.71 km; waterway 25 km.

Extinct or nearly extinct traditional transport Bullock cart.

Noted manufactories Rice mill, saw mill, dairy products, cold storage, brick field, welding factory.

CottagItalic texte industries Goldsmith, blacksmith, potteries, wood work.

Hats, bazars and fairs Hats and bazars are 22, fairs 3, most noted of which are Sreenagar Hat, Bhagyakul Hat, Kumargaon Hat, Kederpur Hat, Baraikhali Bazar, Hasara Bazar and Sholaghar Bazar.

Main exports Paddy, potato, vegetables.

Access to electricity All the unions of the upazila are under rural electrification net-work. However 91.3% of the dwelling households have access to electricity.

Sources of drinking water Tube-well 96.2%, tap 1.3% and others 2.5%. The presence of arsenic has been detected in shallow tube-well water of the upazila.

Sanitation 83.5% of dwelling households of the upazila use sanitary latrines and 15.1% of dwelling households use non-sanitary latrines; 1.4% of households do not have latrine facilities.

Health centres Upazila health complex 1, satellite clinic 3, pathological laboratory 3, family planning centre 10, veterinary hospital 1.

NGO activities Operationally important NGOs are brac, asa. [Md. Mosarraf Hossain Sarker]

References Bangladesh Population Census 2001 and 2011, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics; Cultural survey report of Sreenagar Upazila 2007.