Purbadhala Upazila
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Geography
Purbadhala is located at Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. It has 68083 households and total area Script error: No such module "convert"..[2] It is bounded by Durgapur and Kalmakanda upazilas on the north, Kendua and Gauripur upazilas on the south, Barhatta and Atpara upazilas on the east, Purbadhala upazila on the west.[1]
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Purbadhala Upazila had 68,083 households and a population of 310,834. 87,051 (28.01%) were under 10 years of age. Purbadhala has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 42.78%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1029 females per 1000 males. 22,132 (7.12%) lived in urban areas.[4][5]
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Purbadhala had a population of 235,675. Males constituted 50.79% of the population, and females 49.21%. This Upazila's eighteen up population was 114,878. Purbadhala had an average literacy rate of 23% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[6]
Administration
Netrokona Thana was formed in 1874 and it was turned into an upazila in 1983.[1]
Purbadhala Upazila is divided into 11 union parishads: Agia, Bairaty, Bishkakuni, Dhalamulgaon, Ghagra, Gohalakanda, Hogla, Jaria, Khalishaur, Narandia, and Purbadhala. The union parishads are subdivided into 224 mauzas and 336 villages.[7]
Chairman:Sujon, from Awame League Vice Chairman: Masum Mostofa, from Jamayet e Islam
See also
References
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