Jahedpur

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Jahidpur
Village
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Jahidpur
Coordinates: 24°50′39″N91°38′05″E / 24.8443°N 91.6347°E / 24.8443; 91.6347 Coordinates: 24°50′39″N91°38′05″E / 24.8443°N 91.6347°E / 24.8443; 91.6347
Country Bangladesh
Division Sylhet Division
District Sunamganj
Upazila Chhatak
Union Parishad Dolarbazar
Ward4
Government
 • UP Member (Ward 4)Muhammad Abul Khayr Jahidpuri
Population
 (2011)
 • Total9,881
Time zone UTC+6 (BST)

Jahidpur is a village in the 4th ward of Dolarbazar Union in the south-eastern part of Chhatak Upazila in the Sunamganj District of Bangladesh's Sylhet Division. [1]

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Geography

Jahidpur is situated on the southern bank of Makunda River. The village is 2 km long from east to west.

Nearby villages

Demographics

According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Jahidpur had 1,548 households and a population of 9,881. The literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 51.4%, compared to the national average of 51.8%. [2] [3]

Economy

Most of the villagers work in agriculture. [2] Expatriates from the village support it economically.[ citation needed ]

Government offices

The Jahidpur post office formerly served 30 surrounding villages. Its post code number is 3087.

The Jahidpur police inspection centre was established on 29 September 2018.

Education

There is one primary school (Jahidpur Government Primary School) established in 1900; [4] one secondary school (Jahidpur High School) and one Dakhil (secondary) madrasa, and one Hafizia Madrasa. [5]

There was a Girls School, established in 1961, which was merged with Jahidpur Government Primary School by the Education Authority in 1972.

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References

  1. ↑ "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial Intelligence Agency . Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Community Report: Sunamganj" (PDF). Population & Housing Census 2011. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Population and Housing Census 2011: Bangladesh at a Glance" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 28, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
  4. ↑ প্রাথমিক বিদ্যালয় এর তালিকা [List of primary schools]. Dolar Bazar Union (in Bengali).[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "List of Institutions". Ministry of Education. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
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