Family sources said Poirunessa was born in 1852. She married Ketu Sheikh of Chardulai village of the same upazila at the age of 10. But she lost her first husband after six years following the birth of her first child.

Later, she knotted tie with Abdul Pramanik of Chargobindapur village.

She had 167 grandsons and granddaughters and her youngest granddaughter died last year at the age of 95.

Earlier, Begum Poirunessa shoot into prominence when newspapers and electronic media made exclusive reports on her.

Hundreds of local people went to the residence of the deceased as soon as her death news spread. She was buried at a local graveyard yesterday after namaj-e-Janaza at Chargobindapur government primary school.