Sagornal Union

Sagarnal Union Council (Bengali: সাগরনাল, romanized: Shagornal) is a Union Parishad of Bangladesh, located in Juri Upazila, Moulvibazar District, Sylhet Division.[1] It has an area of 29 square kilometres and a population of 34,492.

Sagornal Union

সাগরনাল ইউনিয়ন, ꠡꠣꠉꠞꠘꠣꠟ

Shagornal, Sagarnal
Union Council
No. 6 Sagornal Union Council
CountryBangladesh
DivisionSylhet Division
DistrictMoulvibazar District
UpazilaJuri Upazila
Population
 • Total34,492
Demonym(s)Sagarnali, Shagornali, Sagornali
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Websitesagornalup.moulvibazar.gov.bd

Demography

Sagarnal has a population of 34,492.

Administration

Sagarnal constitutes the no. 6 union council of Juri Upazila. It contains 16 villages and 14 mouzas.[2]

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.[3]

Economy and tourism

Sagornal has four Haat bazaars.[2]

Education

The Union has a literacy rate of 70%. It has 8 government primary schools, 7 private primary schools. Sagornal High School is one of two high schools. It also has 4 junior schools. There is one madrasa which is Sagornal Senior Alim Madrasha.

Language and culture

The native population converse in their native Sylheti dialect but can also converse in Standard Bengali. Languages such as Arabic and English are also taught in schools. The Union contains 30 mosques.[4] They are as follows:

  1. Kashinagar Jame Masjid
  2. Batnighat Jame Masjid
  3. Birgugali Jame Masjid
  4. South Patila Shangon Jame Masjid, Patila Shongon Baytul Jannat Dorer Par Jame Masjid, Patila Shangon Chutiyabari Jame Masjid
  5. West Patila Shangon Jame Masjid, Patila Shangon Hatiwali Jame Masjid, Patila Shangon Jame Masjid, Patila Shangon Baytul Aman Jame Masjid
  6. Jangaliya Jame Masjid
  7. Hosnabad Jame Masjid Babusingh Gaon
  8. Boroitola Jame Masjid Boroituli, Boroituli Panjegana Jame Masjid
  9. East Baradahar Jame Masjid, South Baradahar Jame Masjid, North Baradahar Jame Masjid
  10. North Sagornal Tilagaon Baytus Salam Jame Masjid, North Central Sagornal Jame Masjid, North Sagornal Nalarpar Jame Masjid, North Sagornal Jurirpar Jame Masjid
  11. Northeast Sagornal Jame Masjid, North Sagornal Timukhi Jame Masjid, South Sagornal Jame Masjid, Southeast Sagornal Jame Masjid,
  12. South Sagornal Rahmaniya Jame Masjid Kathatila, Southwest Sagornal Jame Masjid and Mazar
  13. Sagornal Tea Garden Jame Masjid
  14. Kapna Pahar Jame Masjid

It also has 5 eidgahs and they are: Sagornal Shahi Eidgah, South Sagornal Shahi Eidgah, Maqam Bari Eidgah, Batnighat Shahi Eidgah and Patilashangon Shahi Eidgah.[5]

List of chairmen
List of chairmen
Number Name Term
01 Haji Ghiyathuddin Chowdhury 1960 - 1972
02 Alhaj Mahmud Ali 1974 - 1984
03 Abdul Hannan Chowdhury 1984 - 1988
04 Abdun Nur 1988 - 1992
05 Abdul Hannan Chowdhury 1992 - 1998
06 Abdun Nur 4/2/1998 - 3/3/2003
07 Abdul Hannan Chowdhury 2003-2011
08 Imdadul Islam Chowdhury Liyaqat 2011–present
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References
  1. "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  2. "Sagornal Union at a glance". Sagornal Union. Retrieved 12 Oct 2019.
  3. "Population by village". Sagornal Union. Retrieved 12 Oct 2019.
  4. মসজিদ (in Bengali). Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  5. "Eidgah" (in Bengali). Retrieved 3 April 2019.


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