আমাদের শাহজাদপুর Amader Shahzadpur

Shahzadpur (Bengali: শাহজাদপুর) is
an Upazila of Sirajganj District in the
Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Makhdum Shah Daulah Shahid was a
Fourteenth Century Muslim saint
recognized for his preaching of Islam
in northern India. He was martyred
at Shahjadpur in Sirajganj District,
Rajshahi District in what is now
northwestern Bangladesh.
Makhdum Shah was the second son
of Muaz bin Jabal, a king of Yemen.
Together with some twenty
companions, he travelled east by the
land route through Bukhara and into
India preaching Islam. Eventually
they settled in Shahzadpur, at the
time part of a Hindu kingdom. The
king was displeased with the
disruption caused by Makhdum Shah
and his followers and ordered them
expelled from his kingdom.
Makhdum Shah refused to comply
and he and nearly all of his
followers were killed.
Makhdum Shah is buried beside the
old Shahi mosque at Shahjadpur in
Sirajganj District.
Demographics
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census,
Shahzadpur has a population of
420452. It has 70998 households and
a total area of 324.47 km². Males
constitute 52.05% of the population,
and females 47.95%. This Upazila's
eighteen up population is 197052.
Shahzadpur has an average literacy
rate of 24.8% (7+ years), and the
national average of 32.4% literate.
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Administrative
Shahzadpur thana was established
in 1845 and was turned into an
upazila in 1982. Shahzadpur Upazila
has 16 Unions/Wards, 226 Mauzas/
Mahallas, and 279 villages.
Shahzadpur is also a municipal town,
consisting of 9 wards and 31
mahallas. The area of the town is
19.52 km2. The town has a
population of 65897; male 51.95%
and female 48.05%. The density of
population is 3376 per km2. Literacy
rate among the town people is
34.5%. The town has one
dakbungalow.
Places of interest
Shahzadpur is emotionally
connected with the fond memory of
the Nobel-lauriete Poet
Rabindranath Tagore, who used to
stay here in connection with
administration of his father's
zamindary. He wrote a lot of verses
while living here. His Kuthibari
(revenue office) is still there like the
other place, Shilaidaha in Kushtia
district.