Mirsharai Union

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Mirsharai Union
মীরসরাই ইউনিয়ন
Union
Country Chittagong Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh
Division Chittagong Division
District Chittagong District
Upazilas Mirsharai Upazila
Government
 • ChairmanVacant
Area
 • Total
11.4 km2 (4.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
16,828
Time zone UTC+6 (BST)
Postal code
4320 [1]
Website mirsharaiup.chittagong.gov.bd OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Mirsharai Union is a union, the smallest administrative body of Bangladesh, located in Mirsharai Upazila, Chittagong District, Bangladesh. [2] The total population is 16,828. [3]

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History

Mirsharai Union is an ancient administrative unit. A renowned Sufi and religious scholar, Mir Saheb, established a Tavern here during the British colonial period. The union was subsequently named after this Tavern. The union council was initially located at Mirsharai Municipality but in 2012 it was relocated approximately 1 kilometre north to Jafarabad village. [4]

Area

The area of Mirsharai Union is 2,816 acres (11.4 square kilometers). [5] [3]

Demographics

According to the 2011 Bangladeshi census, the total population of Mirsharai Union was 16,828. Of these, 7,953 were males and 8,875 were females. The total number of households was 3,164. [5] [3]

Geography

Mirsharai Union is located in the central part of Mirsharai Upazila, about 2 kilometres away from the upazila headquarters. It is bounded on the south by Khaiyachhara Union, on the east by Karerhat Union, on the north by Durgapur Union, and on the west by Mithanala Union and Mirsharai Municipality.

Administration

Mirsharai Union is the No. 9 Union Parishad under Mirsharai Upazila. The administrative activities of this union fall under the jurisdiction of Mirsharai Thana. It is part of Chittagong-1 (Constituency 278) of the National Parliament of Bangladesh. Mirsharai Union is divided into 8 mouzas. The villages of the union are distributed across its nine wards as follows: [6]

Ward No.Villages
1West Mathbaria
2East Mathbaria, Amantola, Mithachara (part)
3Mithachara (part), Amantola, Mandarbaria, Jorpuni
4Goriaish
5Sripur, Abunagar
6North Talbaria, Middle Talbaria
7East Kishmat Jafarabad, Tarakatia (part)
8West Kishmat Jafarabad (part), Mithachara (part)
9Tarakatia (part), West Kishmat Jafarabad (part), Bakkhola, South Talbaria, Ukil Para

Education

According to the 2011 Bangladeshi census, the literacy rate of Mirsharai Union was 54.4%. [5] [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Bangladesh Postal Code". Dhaka: Bangladesh Postal Department under the Department of Posts and Telecommunications of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "Union Parishad List". Local Government Engineering Department . Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Momtaz, Ahmed. "Mirsharai Upazila". Banglapedia. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "মীরসরাই ইউনিয়নের ইতিহাস" [History of Mirsharai Union]. mirsharaiup.chittagong.gov.bd. Archived from the original on 16 May 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 "National data on union statistics" (PDF). web.archive.org. Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ↑ "গ্রামভিত্তিক লোকসংখ্যা" [Village population by ward]. mirsharaiup.chittagong.gov.bd. Archived from the original on 16 May 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
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