According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Sarishabari Upazila had 80,198 households and a population of 325,320. 74,900 (23.02%) were under 10 years of age. Sarishabari has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 44.6%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1039 females per 1000 males. 54,177 (16.65%) lived in urban areas.[2][3]
According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Sarishabari had a population of 289,106. Males constituted 51.66% of the population, while females constituted 48.34% of the population. The population for the age 18 and up was 148,197. Sarishabari had an average literacy rate of 24.4% (7+ years), with a national average of 32.4% literacy rate.[4]
Administration
Sarishabari Thana was formed in 1960 and it was turned into an upazila in 1983.[1]
Sarishabari Upazila is divided into Sarishabari Municipality and eight union parishads: Aona, Bhatara, Doail, Kamrabad, Mahadan, Pingna, Pogaldigha, and Satpoa. The union parishads are subdivided into 113 mauzas and 183 villages.[5]
^ abSayed Md. Abdullah Al Mamun Chowdhury (2012), "Sarishabari Upazila", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh