Rampasha | |
Native Name: | রামপাশা |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Bangladesh |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Rampasha has shown within the map of Bangladesh |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Rampasha in Bangladesh |
Coordinates: | 24.8579°N 91.7277°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bangladesh |
Subdivision Type1: | Division |
Subdivision Name1: | Sylhet |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Sylhet |
Subdivision Type3: | Upazila |
Subdivision Name3: | Bishwanath |
Subdivision Type4: | Union council |
Subdivision Name4: | Rampasha |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | Rampashi |
Rampasha Union (Bengali: রামপাশা ইউনিয়ন) is a union parishad under Bishwanath Upazila of Sylhet District in north-east Bangladesh. It is famous for being the ancestral home of Hason Raja, a zamindar and prominent Bengali songwriter.
Rampasha Union has a total area of . It borders Khajanchi Union to the north, Alankari and Bishwanath unions to the west, Daulatpur Union to the south and west, and Lamakazi Union to the northwest.[1]
According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Rampasha Union had 3,072 households and a population of 37,014. Islam was the majority religion (98.1% of the population). Hindus were the second-largest religious community (1.8% of the population). 12.8% of the population was under the age of 5. The literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 42.3%, compared to the national average of 51.8%.[2] [3]
There is one college in the union, Uttar Bishwanath Amjod Ullah College, and one secondary school, Eklimiah Di-Pakkhik High School.[4] [5]