Kendua
কেন্দুয়া
Upazila
Baraduari Mound, Royalbari
Baraduari Mound, Royalbari
Location of Kendua
Coordinates: 24°39′N 90°50.5′E / 24.650°N 90.8417°E / 24.650; 90.8417
Country Bangladesh
DivisionMymensingh
DistrictNetrokona
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

The Harulia Mosque in Kendua dates back to the 1200s

Kendua is located at 24°39′00″N 90°50′30″E / 24.6500°N 90.8417°E / 24.6500; 90.8417. It has 66133 households and total area 303.60 km2 (117.22 sq mi). The upazila is bounded by Netrokona Sadar and Atpara upazilas on the north, Tarail Upazila of Kishoreganj district on the south, Madan upazila on the east, Ishwarganj, Gauripur and Nandail upazilas on the west.

Demographics

Religions in Kendua upazila (2011)[2]
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 96.16%
Hinduism
 
 3.72%
Other or not stated
 
 0.12%

According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Kendua Upazila had 66,133 households and a population of 304,729. 87,575 (28.74%) were under 10 years of age. Kendua has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 37.58%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1031 females per 1000 males. 22,363 (7.34%) lived in urban areas.[3][2]

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kendua had a population of 265628. Males constituted 50.58% of the population, and females 49.42%. This Upazila's eighteen up population was 133969. Kendua had an average literacy rate of 37.1% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[4]

Administration

Kendua Thana was formed 1890 and it was turned into an upazila in 1983.[1]

Kendua Upazila is divided into Kendua Municipality and 13 union parishads: Asujia, Balaishimul, Chirang, Dalpa, Garadoba, Ganda, Kandiura, Mashka, Muzaffarpur, Noapara, Paikura, Roailbari, and Sandikona. The union parishads are subdivided into 217 mauzas and 289 villages.[5]

Kendua Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 32 mahallas.[5]

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
  • Humayun Ahmed, Famous Bengali Novelist and film director.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Netrokona" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
  3. ↑ "Community Tables: Netrokona district" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. 2011.
  4. ↑ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
  5. 1 2 "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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