Bhola Sadar Upazila

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Bhola Sadar
ভোলা সদর
Upazila
Bhola Sadar is located in Bangladesh
Bhola Sadar
Bhola Sadar
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 22°41.4′N 90°39.2′E / 22.6900°N 90.6533°E / 22.6900; 90.6533Coordinates: 22°41.4′N 90°39.2′E / 22.6900°N 90.6533°E / 22.6900; 90.6533
Country Bangladesh
DivisionBarisal Division
DistrictBhola District
Area
 • Total413.16 km2 (159.52 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total430.520[1]
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
WebsiteOfficial Map of the Bhola Sadar Upazila

Bhola Sadar (Bengali: ভোলা সদর) is an upazila of Bhola District in the Division of Barisal, Bangladesh.[2]

Geography[]

Bhola Sadar is located at

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22°41′25″N 90°39′09″E / 22.6903°N 90.6525°E / 22.6903; 90.6525. It has 62,042 households and a total area of 413.16 km2 (159.52 sq mi).

Demographics[]

According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Bhola Sadar had a population of 351,674. Males constitute 51.94% of the population, and females 48.06%. The population aged 18 or over was 160,353. Bhola Sadar had an average literacy rate of 25.8% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 32.4%.[3]

Administration[]

Bhola Sadar Upazila is divided into Bhola Municipality and 13 union parishads: Alinagor, Bapta, Charshamya, Dakshin Digholdi, Dhania, Ilisha, Kachia, Paschim Ilisa, Razapur, Shibpur, Uttar Digholdi, Vheduria, and Vhelumia. The union parishads are subdivided into 92 mauzas and 108 villages.[4]

Bhola Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 19 mahallas.[4]

Notable residents[]

  • Tofael Ahmed, the Member of Parliament (MP) for constituency Bakerganj-1 from 1973 to 1975,[5] for Bhola-2 from 1986 to 1988,[6] for Bhola-1 from 1991 to 1996,[7] and for Bhola-2 again from 1996 to 2001 and 2009 until 2014,[8][9] has been MP for constituency Bhola-1 again since 2014.[10]
  • Andaleeve Rahman Partho was Member of Parliament for constituency Bhola-1 from 2009 to 2014.[9]
  • Sayed Kamaluddin Zafree, Islamic scholar, was born in Bhola.[11]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.citypopulation.de/php/bangladesh-admin.php?adm2id=0918
  2. ^ Md Mizanur Rahman (2012). "Bhola Sadar Upazila". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  3. ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "District Statistics 2011: Bhola" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  5. ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament.
  6. ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament.
  7. ^ "List of 5th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament.
  8. ^ "List of 7th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "List of 9th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament.
  10. ^ "Constituency 115_10th_En". Bangladesh Parliament.
  11. ^ "Biography". Sayed Kamaluddin Zafree.


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