Sagarnal Union Council ( bn, সাগরনাল, Shagornal) is a
Union Parishad
Union council ( bn, ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ, translit=iūniyan pariṣad, translit-std=IAST), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit ...
of
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
, located in
Juri Upazila
Juri ( bn, জুড়ী) is an upazila of the Moulvibazar District. In 2001, its population was 122,853. It is located 48 km from District headquarters. The local high school was established in 1930.
History
After the Conquest of Sylhet ...
,
Moulvibazar District,
Sylhet Division. It has an area of 29 square kilometres and a population of 34,492.
Demography
Sagarnal has a population of 34,492.
Administration
Sagarnal constitutes the no. 6 union council of
Juri Upazila
Juri ( bn, জুড়ী) is an upazila of the Moulvibazar District. In 2001, its population was 122,853. It is located 48 km from District headquarters. The local high school was established in 1930.
History
After the Conquest of Sylhet ...
. It contains 16 villages and 14
mouza
In Bangladesh, Pakistan and parts of India a mouza or mauza (also mouja) is a type of administrative district, corresponding to a specific land area within which there may be one or more settlements. Before the 20th century, the term referred to a ...
s.
The villages are as follows: Sagornal (North, South and Tea Garden), Kapna Mountain Tea Garden, Bathnighat, Baradahar (North, South, East and West), Jalalpur, Hosnabad, Birgugali, Patilashangon, Jangaliya and Kharkuna.
Economy and tourism
Sagornal has four
Haat bazaars.
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Education
The Union has a literacy rate of 70%. It has 8 government primary schools, 7 private primary schools. Sagornal High School
Sagornal High School is a non-government secondary school, located in Sagornal, Juri Upazila
Juri ( bn, জুড়ী) is an upazila of the Moulvibazar District. In 2001, its population was 122,853. It is located 48 km from District hea ...
is one of two high schools. It also has 4 junior schools. There is one madrasa
Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...
which is Sagornal Senior Alim Madrasha.
Language and culture
The native population converse in their native Sylheti dialect
Sylheti ( Sylheti Nāgarī: ; bn, সিলেটি ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by an estimated 11 million people, primarily in the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh and in parts of Northeast India."Sylheti is an Indo-Aryan language spok ...
but can also converse in Standard Bengali. Languages such as Arabic
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and English are also taught in schools. The Union contains 30 mosques.eidgah
Eidgah or Idgah, also Eid Gah or Id Gah ( fa, "site of Eid bservances; bn, ঈদগাহ; pnb, ; ur, ; hi, ईदगाह) is a term used in South Asian Islamic culture for the open-air enclosure usually outside the city (or at th ...
s and they are: Sagornal Shahi Eidgah, South Sagornal Shahi Eidgah, Maqam Bari Eidgah, Batnighat Shahi Eidgah and Patilashangon Shahi Eidgah.
List of chairmen
References
Unions of Juri Upazila
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