Jamalganj (Bengali: জামালগঞ্জ) is an upazila of Sunamganj District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.
The two talukas of Jamalgarh and Jamalpur were named in memory of Jamal Faruqi after being purchased by the Bhatipara zamindars.
Then when a new market competing with Sachna Bazar was established on the west bank of the river, it was named as Jamalganj (Marketplace of Jamal).
Jamalganj had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 32.46%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 977 females per 1000 males.
[7] The people of Jamalganj upazila live mainly on the basis of agricultural economy.
Literacy rate among the town people is 26.7%.Population 107771; male 51.75%, female 48.25%; Muslim 78.92%, Hindu 21.00%, Buddhist, Christian and others 0.08%.