Kendua Upazila

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

Kendua

কেন্দুয়া
Upazila
Kendua
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 24°39′N 90°50.5′E
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

Geography

Kendua is located at 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 has 13 Unions/Wards, 227 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 331 villages.[4]

Unions
  1. Asujia Union (Bengali: আশুজিয়া)
  2. Dalpa(Bengali: দলপা)
  3. Garadoba(Bengali: গড়াডোবা)
  4. Ganda(Bengali: গন্ডা)
  5. Sandikona(Bengali: সান্দিকোনা)
  6. Mashka(Bengali: মাসকা)
  7. Balaishimul(Bengali: বলাইশিমূল)
  8. Noapara(Bengali: নওপাড়া)
  9. Kandiura(Bengali: কান্দিউড়া)
  10. Chirang Bazar(Bengali: চিরাং বাজার)
  11. Roailbari(Bengali: রোয়াইলবাড়ী)
  12. Paikura (Bengali: পাইকুড়া)
  13. Muzaffarpur(Bengali: মোজাফরপুর)

Villages

There are 331 villages in kendua. A few of them are given below:

Village Name Village Name Village Name
Mozaffarpur (Bengali: মোজাফরপুর} Kawali Kanda (Bengali: কাওয়ালীকান্দা) Bairati (Bengali: বৈরাটী)
Shohagpur (Bengali: সোহাগপুর) Deopara (Bengali: দেওপাড়া) Noupara (Bengali: নওপাড়া)
Khalijura (Bengali: খালিজুড়া) Chitua (Bengali: চিটুয়া) Barla (Bengali: বাড়লা)
Pubail (Bengali: পূবাইল) Korimghatee (Bengali: করিমখাঁগাতী) Paikura (Bengali: পাইকুড়া)
Taluk Mohesh (Bengali: তালুকমহেশ) Nagdora (Bengali: নাগডরা) Nouhati (Bengali: নওহাটা)
Uttar bobanipur (Bengali: উত্তরবানীপুর) Dokkin bobanipur (Bengali: দক্ষিণবানীপুর) Pechundori (Bengali: পেচুন্দরী)
Pemoi (Bengali: পেমই) Harar kandi (Bengali: হারারকান্দি) Brahmonjat (Bengali: ব্রাহ্মণজাত)
Sandikona (Bengali: সান্দিকোনা) Dauky (Bengali: ডাউকি) Sakhra (Bengali: সাখড়া)
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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. "এক নজরে কেন্দুয়া". kendua.netrokona.gov.bd. Retrieved 5 November 2018.


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