Tarash ( bn, তাড়াশ) is an
upazila of
Sirajganj District in the Division of
Rajshahi,
Bangladesh.
Geography
Tarash is located at . It has 26254 households and total area 297.2 km
2. The upazila is bounded by
Sherpur (
Bogura
Bogra ( bn, বগুড়া), officially known as Bogura, is a major city located in Bogra District, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh. The city is a major commercial hub in Northern Bangladesh. It is the second largest city in Rajshahi Divi ...
) upazila on the north,
Bhangura and Chatmohar upazilas on the south, Raiganj and Ullahpara upazilas on the east, Gurudaspur and Singra upazilas on the west.
Demographics
As of the
2011 Bangladesh census
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 reco ...
, Tarash has a population of 195964. Males constituted 99,240, and females 96,724. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 98421. Tarash has an average literacy rate of 39% (7+ years), and the national average of 60.0% literate.
Administration
Tarash, primarily formed as a Thana, was turned into an upazila in 1983.
Tarash Upazila is divided into Tarash Municipality and eight
union parishads:Talam, Baruhas, Deshigram, Madhainagar, Magura Binod, Naogaon, Saguna, and Tarash. The union parishads are subdivided into 171 mauzas and 254 villages.
Notable people
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Ataur Rahman (politician)
Ataur Rahman was a freedom fighter of the Liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971, a Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD politician and the former Member of Parliament of Sirajganj-3.
Career
Ataur Rahman was elected to parliament from Sirajganj-3 in 1988.
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Gazi M M Amjad Hossain
Gazi M M Amjad Hossain (11 November 1949 – 18 April 2021) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from Sirajganj-3.
Early life
Hossain was born on 11 November 1949 in Magura Binod, Tarash Upazila, Sir ...
See also
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Upazilas of Bangladesh
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Districts of Bangladesh
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Divisions of Bangladesh
References
এক নজরে তাড়াশ(in Bengali)
Upazilas of Sirajganj District
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