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550:, what is now Balaganj Upazila had 19,960 households and a population of 118,873. 31,824 (26.77%) were under 10 years of age. Balaganj had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 50.11%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1051 females per 1000 males. 7,811 (6.57%) lived in urban areas.
585:, Boaljur Bazar, Burunga, Dayamir, Dewan Bazar, Goula Bazar, Omarpur, Osmanpur, Paschim Gauripur, Paschim Pailanpur, Purba Gauripur, Purba Pailanpur, Saidpur, and Tajpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 239 mauzas and 473 villages. The current Upazila Chairman is Md. Mostaqur Rahman.
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known as the Madan Mohan Jiu Ashram, which renamed the area to
Madanganj. The female worshippers at the temple were known for wearing many bangles on both of their hands. The popularity of bangles in the area increased so much that the town eventually became known as Balaganj Bazaar.
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Main hats, bazars and fairs
Balaganj, Moyna Bazar, Goala Bazar, Tajpur Bazar, Doyamir Bazar, Pirer Bazar, Bualjur Bazar, Ilashpur Bazar, Azizpur Bazar, Goherpur Bazar/Murar Bazar, Madrasa Bazar, Bangla Bazar, Khaler Mukh Hats and Shior Khal Mela are notable.
410:. Geographically Balaganj Upazila is situated at about 24.36* and 24.47* longitude and 91.38* and 91.56* east latitude. The distance of the Upazila headquarter(HQ) from the district HQ is nearly 37 km. The land area is approximately 151.21 km
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migrated to modern-day
Balaganj (Gauharpur Pargana) where they preached Islam to the local people such as Aziz Chishti. Shah Alauddin went to Alapur, Shah Kala Miah Irani went to Shiyorkhal and Shah Sultan went to what is now Sultanpur.
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485:Religions in Balaganj upazila (2011)
818:"Community Tables: Sylhet district"
639:Maulana Azd Uddin Numan Golmokaponi
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16:Upazila in Sylhet, Bangladesh
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319:in 1303, many disciples of
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341:Bangladesh Liberation War
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643:Al-Haj Aftab Uddin Ahmed
678:Divisions of Bangladesh
673:Districts of Bangladesh
600:Balaganj Degree College
413:Balaganj is located at
374:Balaganj stands on the
873:balaganj.sylhet.gov.bd
668:Upazilas of Bangladesh
614:Enamul Haque Chowdhury
555:1991 Bangladesh census
548:2011 Bangladesh census
472:of Habiganj district.
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309:Jamia Islamia Hosainia
402:of this district and
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1014:Moulvibazar District
466:Jagannathpur Upazila
404:Jagannathpur Upazila
392:Moulvibazar District
380:Sylhet Sadar Upazila
262:is derived from the
159: • Density
634:Nur Uddin Gohorpuri
530:Other or not stated
432:24.6667°N 91.8333°E
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382:, to the south are
50:in Balaganj Upazila
1062:Sunamganj District
701:"Balaganj Upazila"
656:Tanzim Hasan Sakib
619:Islah Abdur-Rahman
456:, on the South by
454:Fenchuganj Upazila
408:Sunamganj District
400:Bishwanath Upazila
396:Fenchuganj Upazila
366:and 467 villages.
347:on 6 May 1971 and
345:Adityapur massacre
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151: • Total
138: • Total
126:Jatiya Oikya front
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1037:Moulvibazar Sadar
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608:Notable residents
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965:Baniyachong
624:Iqbal Ahmed
435: /
193:Postal code
1213:Categories
1178:Jaintiapur
1173:Gowainghat
1163:Fenchuganj
1143:Beanibazar
1047:Sreemangal
955:Ajmiriganj
825:bbs.gov.bd
800:bbs.gov.bd
684:References
553:As of the
450:Bishwanath
423:91°50′00″E
420:24°40′00″N
333:Fenchuganj
321:Shah Jalal
315:After the
248:Bangladesh
146:Population
109:Government
79:Bangladesh
1183:Kanaighat
1168:Golapganj
1148:Biswanath
1105:Jamalganj
1027:Kamalganj
985:Madhabpur
935:Capital:
745:30677644M
589:Education
370:Geography
284:sugarcane
258:The name
254:Etymology
198:3120-3129
180:Time zone
1198:Zakiganj
1138:Balaganj
1120:Tahirpur
1042:Rajnagar
1022:Barlekha
990:Nabiganj
737:52727562
662:See also
583:Balaganj
516:Hinduism
490:Religion
462:Rajnagar
351:against
337:Rajnagar
276:kushiyar
260:Balaganj
234:) is an
232:বালাগঞ্জ
224:Balaganj
209:balaganj
173:Sylhetis
116:Sylhet-2
98:District
86:Division
26:বালাগঞ্জ
23:Balaganj
1075:Chhatak
1032:Kulaura
960:Bahubal
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561:Economy
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495:Percent
299:History
264:Bengali
236:upazila
228:Bengali
211:.sylhet
204:Website
168:Demonym
154:118,873
66:Country
34:Upazila
1110:Sullah
980:Lakhai
938:Sylhet
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510:90.03%
364:mouzas
362:, 241
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288:ashram
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91:Sylhet
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525:9.96%
501:Islam
286:. An
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1052:Juri
855:2006
752:2024
733:OCLC
723:ISBN
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