Melandaha
মেলান্দহ
Upazila
Location of Melandaha
Coordinates: 24°58′N 89°50′E / 24.967°N 89.833°E / 24.967; 89.833
Country Bangladesh
DivisionMymensingh Division
DistrictJamalpur District
Area
 • Total258.32 km2 (99.74 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total313,182
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)

Melandaha (Bengali: মেলান্দহ) is an upazila of Jamalpur District in the Division of Mymensingh, Bangladesh.[1]

Geography

Melandaha is located at 24°58′00″N 89°50′00″E / 24.9667°N 89.8333°E / 24.9667; 89.8333. It has 79,390 households and total area 258.32 km2. It is bounded by Islampur upazila on the north, Jamalpur Sadar upazila and Sherpur district to the east, and Madarganj upazila on the west.[1]

Points of interest

  • Gandhi Ashram and Freedom Struggle Museum[2]
  • Shah Kamal Mazar Sharif, Durmot

Administration

Melandaha Thana was formed on 21 May 1925 and it was turned into an upazila on 15 April in 1983.[1]

Melandaha Upazila is divided into Melandaha Municipality and 11 union parishads: Adra, Char Banipakuri, Durmot, Fulkocha, Ghuserpara, Jhaughara, Kulia, Mahmudpur, Nangla, Nayanagar, and Shuampur. The union parishads are subdivided into 132 mauzas and 199 villages.[3]

Demographics

Religions in Melandaha upazila (2011)[4]
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 98.73%
Hinduism
 
 1.24%
Other or not stated
 
 0.03%

According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Melandaha Upazila had 79,390 households and a population of 313,182. 76,440 (24.41%) were under 10 years of age. Melandaha has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 35.7%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1032 females per 1000 males. 36,322 (11.60%) lived in urban areas.[4][5]

Education

There are 8 colleges in the upazila. They include Jahanara Latif Mohila College, Hazrabari Sirajul Haque Degree College (founded in 1976), and Melandaha Government College (1972).[1][6] Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Fisheries College is being converted into Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib University of Science & Technology.[7]

The madrasa education system includes three Fazil and one Kamil madrasas.[8][9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Chowdhury, Sayed Md Abdullah Al Mamun (2012). "Melandaha Upazila". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. ↑ Akramul Hoque Suman (2015). "Gandhi Ashram, Freedom Struggle Museum attract visitors, researchers". The Daily Observer.
  3. ↑ "District Statistics 2011: Jamalpur" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Community Tables: Jamalpur district" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. 2011.
  5. ↑ "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Jamalpur" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
  6. ↑ "List of Colleges" (XLS). Secondary and Higher Education Division. 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "Netrokona, Jamalpur to get public universities". bdnews24.com. 30 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "List of Fazil Madrasas". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "List of Kamil Madrasas". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 June 2017.


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