Chunarughat Upazila

Chunarughat is located at . It has 61,132 households and total area 495.50 km2. ==History==

in Murarband Darbar Sharif.|left Rajapur (Tekarghat) in Chunarughat was the capital of the Hindu kingdom of Tungachal. Raja Achak Narayan was its final Hindu ruler who was defeated in the Capture of Taraf in 1304. Tungachal was renamed Taraf and its first Muslim ruler was Syed Nasiruddin, who is buried in the famous Murarband Dargah Sharif. Syed Shah Israil wrote the Persian book ''Ma'dan al-Fawaid'' in 1534, is considered to be Sylhet's first author. The Battle of Jilkua took place in Chunarughat in 1581 between the Taraf and Twipra kingdoms. The Khowai River was the only mode of transport and communication with other places. A ghat was situated in the river's western bank in the Borail mauza. A famous lime (known as chun in Bengali) trader had a business at the ghat which was famed throughout Taraf. Thus, the name came to be known as Chunarughat. In 1914, the Chunarughat thana was established. During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, a mass killing was orchestrated in Nalua Tea Garden. Chunarughat Thana was upgraded to an upazila in 1983. There is now a memorial monument in Chunarughat. ==Demographics==

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Chunarughat Upazila had 76,301 households and a population of 342,289. 10.67% of the population were under 5 years of age. Chunarughat had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 70.21%: 72.36% for males and 68.25% for females, and a sex ratio of 92.59 males for every 100 females. 35,008 (10.23%) lived in urban areas. Ethnic population was 28439 (8.31%), of which Munda were 10304, Santal 3006 and Oraon 2028. According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Chunarughat Upazila had 61,132 households and a population of 302,110. 81,959 (27.13%) were under 10 years of age. Chunarughat had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 40.78%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1054 females per 1000 males. 19,651 (6.50%) lived in urban areas. Ethnic population was 39,286 (13.00%), of which Munda were 8,088, Santal 3,157 and Oraon 1,668. As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Chunarughat has a population of 233752. Males constitute 50.2% of the population, and females 49.8%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 119571. Chunarughat has an average literacy rate of 49.2% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. ==Archaeological heritage==

Chunarughat • Rema-Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary, Chunarughat Upazila • Shankarpasha Shahi Masjid, Chunarughat Upazila • Murarband Dargah Sharif, Chunarughat • Hujra Khana of Syed Nasir Uddin, Murarbandar Dargah Sharif, Chunarughat. • Shajeerbazar, Chunarughat Upazila • Barkota Railway Station, Chunarughat Upazila • Sakir Muhammad Railway Station, Chunarughat Upazila • Sutang Bazar Railway Station, Chunarughat Upazila • Chunarughat Railway Station, Chunarughat Upazila • Ancient limestone quarries, Chunarughat • Tea Gardens of Chunarughat • Amu Road Railway Station, Chunarughat Upazila • Assampara Railway Station, Chunarughat Upazila • Balla Railway Station, Chunarughat Upazila • Balla Land Port (Bangladesh's no. 23 border land port) Balla, Chunarughat Upazila • Balla Border Check Post Custom & Immigration Authority, Chunarughat Upazila ==Administration==

Chunarughat Upazila is divided into Chunarughat Municipality and ten union parishads: Ahmadabad, Chunarughat, Deorgachh, Gazipur, Mirashi, Paikpara, Ranigaon, Shankhala, Shatiajuri, and Ubahata. The union parishads are subdivided into 165 mauzas and 373 villages. ==Railroad==

• Habiganj Bazar–Shaistaganj–Balla line Shaistaganj-Habiganj railroad section's four railway station established by Assam Bengal railway 1928 • Habiganj Bazar • Habiganj Court • Dhuliakhal • Paikpara Shaistaganj Junction N.B.: Shaistaganj railway station established by Assam Bengal railway 1903. In 1928-29 when the Habiganj Bazar-Shaistaganj-Balla railway link was opened, it became a junction railway station. Shaistaganj-Chunarughat railroad section's seven railway station established by Assam Bengal railway 1929 • Barkota • Sakir Muhammed • Sutang Bazar • Chunarughat • Amu Road • Assampara • Balla Habiganj Bazar–Shaistaganj–Balla line During the colonial British rule, train services were started by rail at Habiganj Mahukuma in Sylhet district of the then (Undivided British-India) Assam province. Of these, the Shaistaganj-Habiganj (15 or 16 km) railway line was inaugurated in 1928 and the Shaistaganj-Balla (30 or 36 km) railway line was inaugurated in 1929. Coal-engined trains used to run between eight stations at Habiganj Bazar, Habiganj Court, Shaistaganj Junction, Sakir Mohammad, Chunarughat, Amuroad, Assampara and Balla bordering Tripura. After the Awami League government came to power in 2008, railway minister late Suranjit Sengupta was accorded a reception by the people of Shaistaganj. At that time, he assured that the Balla train would be started within a few days. Then it became a junction station when Habiganj Bazar–Shaistaganj–Balla line railway was opened in 1928–29. But later in 2003, that line was abandoned as is closed in an unannounced manner and in 2005, The Kulaura-Sylhet section was opened 1912–15, the Shaistaganj-Habiganj branch line in 1928, the Shaistaganj–Balla branch line in 1929 and the Sylhet–Chhatak Bazar line in 1954. A metre gauge link exists between Shahbajpur in Bangladesh and Mahisasan in India. ==Notable people==

• Mamun Chowdhury, British businessman • M. A. Rashid, Vice-Chancellor of East Pakistan University of Engineering and Technology • Syed Mahibul Hasan, politician • Syed Nasiruddin, Sipahsalar for Shamsuddin Firuz Shah • Syed Sayedul Haque Suman, lawyer and politician ==See also==