Singair () is an

upazila An ''upazila'' ( pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative division in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a borough of Western countries. Rural upazilas ...

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in the Division of

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Geography

Singair is located at . It has 65,058 households and total area 221.45 km².

Demographics

According to the

2011 Census of Bangladesh In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh, which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census. Data were r ...

, Singair Upazila had 65,058 households and a population of 287,451. 62,790 (21.84%) were under 10 years of age. Singair had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 46.19%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1041 females per 1000 males. 26,885 (9.35%) lived in urban areas. As of the

1991 Bangladesh census In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and a ...

, Singair has a population of 461628. Males constitute 50.47% of the population, and females 49.53%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 267789. Singair has an average literacy rate of 21.1% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Administration

Singair Upazila is divided into Singair Municipality and 11

union parishad Union council (), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit in Bangladesh, with zila parishads (district councils) being the largest rural authori ...

s: Jamsha, Charigram, Singair, Dhalla, Bayra, Chandhar, Baldahara, Joymontop, Jamirta, Saista, and Talibpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 137 mauzas and 241 villages. Singair Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 14

mahalla is an Arabic word variously translated as district, Quarter (country subdivision), quarter, Ward (country subdivision), ward, or neighborhood in many parts of the Arab world, the Balkans, Western Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and nearby nations. ...

Education

There are three colleges in the upazila. According to Banglapedia, Dakkhin Jamsha High School founded in 1969, Basiruddin Foundation High School (Jamsha Union), Baira High School (1949), Charigram S A Khan High School (1948), Golaidanga High School (1967), Jamirta SG Multilateral High School (1921), Talebpur Adarsho High School (1973), Joymontop High School (1929), Nabagram Multilateral High School (1921), Shahrail High School (1964), Singair Pilot High School (1940), and Singair Pilot Girl's High School are notable secondary schools.

Notable people

* Noazesh Ahmed, plant geneticist and photographer, was born in the upazila in 1935.

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