Kendua Upazila

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Kendua
কেন্দুয়া
Upazila
Kendua is located in Bangladesh
Kendua
Kendua
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 24°39′N 90°50.5′E / 24.650°N 90.8417°E / 24.650; 90.8417Coordinates: 24°39′N 90°50.5′E / 24.650°N 90.8417°E / 24.650; 90.8417
Country Bangladesh
DivisionMymensingh Division
DistrictNetrokona District
Area
 • Total303.6 km2 (117.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total304,729
 • Density1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Websitekendua.netrokona.gov.bd

Kendua (Bengali: কেন্দুয়া) is an upazila of Netrokona District[1] in the Division of Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

Geography[]

Kendua is located at

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24°39′00″N 90°50′30″E / 24.6500°N 90.8417°E / 24.6500; 90.8417. It has 51221 households and total area 303.6 km2.

Demographics[]

According to 2011 Bangladesh census, Kendua had a population of 304,729. Males constituted 49.24% of the population and females 50.76%. Muslims formed 96.16% of the population, Hindus 3.72% and others 0.13%. Kendua had a literacy rate of 37.58% for the population 7 years and above.[2]

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kendua has a population of 265628. Males constitute 50.58% of the population, and females 49.42%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 133969. Kendua has an average literacy rate of 37.1% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[3]

Administration[]

Kendua Upazila is divided into Kendua Municipality and 13 union parishads: Asujia, Balaishimul, Chirang, Dalpa, Garadoba, Gamda, Kandiura, Mashka, Muzaffarpur, Noapara, Paikura, Roailbari, and Sardikona. The union parishads are subdivided into 217 mauzas and 289 villages.[4]

Kendua Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 32 mahallas.[4]

Notable people[]

  • Raushan Yazdani, author and folklorist
  • Chandra Kumar De, folklorist and writer
  • Hadis Uddin Chowdhury, Member of Gonoporishod (1970), organizer of freedom fighters in kendua upazila

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Md Abul Hasem Khan (2012). "Kendua Upazila". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. ^ "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011: Zila Report – Netrakona" (PDF). Table P01 : Household and Population by Sex and Residence, Table P05 : Population by Religion, Age group and Residence, Table P09 : Literacy of Population 7 Years & Above by Religion, Sex and Residence. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), Ministry of Planning, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  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: Netrokona" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.


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