Bhairab 5.78

Bhairab is an Upazila of Kishoreganj District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.GeographyBhairab is located at. It has 34419 households and total area is 139.32 km². Bhairab is situated beside the rivers of Meghna and Brahmaputra. Bhairab Bazar (town) is notable for the Bhairab railway station and the railway bridge, Bhairab bridge that goes over the river of Meghna.DemographicsAs of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Bhairab has a population of 192448. Males constitute 51.11% of the population, and females 48.89%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 95910. Bhairab has an average literacy rate of 25.9% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.EducationThere are four colleges in the upazila. They include three honors level ones: Government Zillur Rahman Mohila College, Hazi Asmat College, founded in 1947, and Rafiqul Islam Girls' College (1987).According to Banglapedia, Bhairab K. B. Pilot Model High School, founded in 1919, Bangladesh Railway High School (1954), Sreenagar High School (1961), Bhairab M. P. Pilot Girls' High School (1962), and Kalika Prasad High School (1964) are notable secondary schools.The madrasa education system includes one fazil madrasa.Notable residentsMohammed Zillur Rahman Bengali: মোঃ জিল্লুর রহমান; was the 15th President of Bangladesh from 2009 to 2013. He was also a senior presidium member of the Awami League. 2009, Rahman was elected to the presidency by parliament in an uncontested vote; the Awami League had won the vast majority of seats in the 2008 parliamentary election.He is the third president of Bangladesh, after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Ziaur Rahman, to die in office, while being the first to die of natural causes.