Dakshin Surma Upazila
sub-district in Sylhet
Dakshin Surma (Bengali: দক্ষিণ সুরমা, romanized: Dokkhin Shurma), also known as South Surma, is an upazila of Sylhet District in Sylhet Division, Bangladesh.
History
After the Conquest of Gour in 1303, many disciples of Shah Jalal settled in the Jalalpur, Godhrail and Renga parganas in modern-day South Surma where they would preach Islam to the locals. Shah Mir Afzal Khandakar migrated to the village of Mirargaon (Jalalpur), Shah Kamal Pahlawan Yemeni, Shah Moinuddin and Shah Jawharuddin to Maqamduar, Sheikh Jalal Shah Milon, Shah Muhammad Taqiuddin and Shah Sheikh Fathuddin to Jalalpur, Sheikh Farid Ansari and Sheikh Shah Sikandar to Lalabazar, Makhdum Zafar Sheikh Ghaznawi to Muhammadpur (Godhrail), Khwaja Taif Salim to Silam (Godhrail), Shah Sheikh Rahimuddin Ansari to Purbobhag (Jalalpur), Syed Qutbuddin Sheikh and Syed Jalaluddin Sheikh to Bungigram (Godhrail), Sayyid Zakir Shah Fatimi Makki to Turukkhola (Renga) and Shah Sheikh Daud Qureshi to Daudpur (Renga).
Demographics
According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Dakkhin Surma Upazila had 51,193 households and a population of 262,787. 8.70% of the population were under 5 years of age. Dakkhin Surma had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 79.89%: 81.88% for males and 78.01% for females, and a sex ratio of 96.08 males for every 100 females. 15,366 (5.85%) lived in urban areas.
According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Dakshin Surma Upazila had 43,004 households and a population of 253,388. 60,786 (23.99%) were under 10 years of age. Dakshin Surma had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 56.01%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1006 females per 1000 males.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Dakshin Surma Upazila” as sub-district in Sylhet. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as sub-district in Sylhet. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q18379786. Authority coordinates are 24.821, 91.890. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1303, 2022, 2011 and 1006.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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