Bishwanath Upazila
| Bishwanath বিশ্বনাথ |
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| Nickname(s): Biswanath rajnagar | |
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| Division | Sylhet Division |
| District | Sylhet District |
| Government | |
| • MP (Sylhet-2) | Elias Ali |
| Area | |
| • Total | 214.5 km2 (82.8 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 169,730 |
| • Density | 791/km2 (2,050/sq mi) |
| Time zone | BST (UTC+6) |
| Postal code | 3130-34 |
Bishwanath (Bengali: বিশ্বনাথ) is an Upazila of Sylhet District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.
Biswanath is located at 24°48′30″N 91°45′50″E / 24.8083°N 91.7639°E . It has 26,346 households and a total area of 214.5 km². Biswanath borders Jagannathpur, Balagonj and Sylhet Town. It is located between Sylhet City and Jagannathpur Tana.
At the 1991 Bangladesh census, Bishwanath had a population of 169,730, of whom 83,794 were aged 18 or older. Males constituted 50.99% of the population, and females 49.01%. Bishwanath had an average literacy rate of 30.6% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%.
Bishwanath has 8 Unions/Wards, 122 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 432 villages.
The unions are:
History Of Hason Raja Hason Raja literally Hason the king, was a mystical poet and songwriter in Bengal, now Bangladesh. Born at the end of the 19th century 1854 to a traditional Zamindar or landowner family near Sunamganj, Sylhet, though his ancestral home is in Rampasha, Biswanath, Sylhet. Hason indulged himself in material pursuits in his youth. Later, he came to believe worldly pleasures are meaningless and wrote songs that have been described as some of the most thoughtful songs, touching the deepest emotions of the human mind.
Hason's father, Dewan Ali Raja (Choudhury), was a direct descendant of the Hindu king Raja Birendra Singhdev, (who later converted to Islam and became known as Babu Khan). Hason's mother was Ali Raja's second wife, Huramat Jahan Begum. As befitted Hason's ancestry, he was tall, handsome and charming, with a regal manner and dress sense.
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