Kishoreganj district
6 parliamentary seats · 13 upazilas. The current member for each seat, according to Parliament's database.
About Kishoreganj district
Kishoreganj District is a district in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. The establishment of the Kishorganj began with 2495.07 km2 of land requisition from Mymensingh district to form Kishoreganj District. Earlier it was a mahakuma under Mymensingh district. Kishorganj consists of Ten municipalities, 13 upazilas, 105 union parishads, 39 wards, 145 mahallas, 946 mouzas, and 1775 villages.
History
The history of Kishoreganj dates from ancient times. The village of Egarosindur in Pakundia Upazila has evidence of trade with distant foreign countries dating back at least 2500 years. Historically, the region of Kishoreganj has been seen as forming the southern boundary of Kamarupa. It was part of the Pala and Sena empires, and after their fall, it was mainly administered by a large number of petty Koch and Barman chieftains. These chieftains were nominally subject to the Bengal Sultans, but were never fully conquered.
Geography
Kishoreganj district is situated in the northeastern part of Bangladesh in the Dhaka Division. It adjoins Sunamganj and Habiganj districts to the east, Brahmanbaria District to the southeast, Narsingdi District to the southwest, Mymensingh District to the west and northwest, and Netrokona District to the north. The district is covered almost entirely in agricultural land.
People
According to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, Kishoreganj District had 760,952 households and a population of 3,267,626 with an average 4.25 people per household. Among the population, 520,051 inhabitants were under 10 years of age. The population density was 1,215 people per km2.
Places to see
Kishoreganj District is a place of Islam and Hinduism. The Meghna and Brahmaputra rivers have contributed to its development. Many traditional events are observed every year, including Kurikhai Mela, a celebrated shrine-oriented festival held every year on the last Monday of the month of Magh at the shrine in Katiadi thana. The notable Shamsuddin Aulia, one of the figures of Hajrat Shahjalal, died there.
Source: Wikipedia, Kishoreganj District · CC BY-SA 4.0
Rivers of Kishoreganj
- Main depressions
- Humaipur
- Somai
- Barir
- Surma Baula
- Tallar Haors
Notable people of Kishoreganj
- Azimuddin Hanafi, Islamic scholar, author, orator and poet
- Farid Uddin Masood, Islamic scholar
- Zainul Abedin, painter
- Debabrata Biswas, Rabindra Sangeet artist
- Trailokyanath Chakravarty, Indian revolutionary
- Hamiduddin Ahmad Khan, lawyer and politician
- AFM Alim Chowdhury, an eye doctor and intellectual
- Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, author, painter
- Abdul Monem Khan, longest serving governor of East Pakistan
- Abul Fateh, Diplomat and politician
- Prabodh Chandra Goswami, Indian educationist
- Abdul Hamid, former president of Bangladesh
Map of the district
Boundaries from the Election Commission's description of the seats, drawn on the maps of OpenStreetMap (upazilas), OCHA (city corporations) and geoBoundaries (city wards; BBS, 2015); approximate. Background map from OpenStreetMap. 6 seats; tap an area to open that seat's page.
Seats and their members
Kishoreganj is a district in Dhaka division with 6 seats in Parliament: Kishoreganj-1 (Kishoreganj Sadar and Hossainpur upazilas), Kishoreganj-2 (Katiadi and Pakundia upazilas), Kishoreganj-3 (Tarail and Karimganj upazilas), Kishoreganj-4 (Itna, Mithamain and Austagram upazilas), Kishoreganj-5 (Nikli and Bajitpur upazilas) and Kishoreganj-6 (Kuliarchar and Bhairab upazilas). In the 13th Parliament, of these seats the BNP holds 5 and an independent 1. In the 12th Parliament (2024), of these seats the Awami League held 4, an independent 1 and the Jatiya Party 1.
Mohammad Mazharul IslamKishoreganj-1, BNP
Advocate Md. Jalal UddinKishoreganj-2, BNP
Dr. Muhammad Osman FarrukKishoreganj-3, BNP
Md. Fazlur RahmanKishoreganj-4, BNP
Sk. Mozibur Rahman IqbalKishoreganj-5, Independent
Md. Shariful AlamKishoreganj-6, BNP
Source: Parliament of Bangladesh | Updated 24 October 2026