Kendua Upazila

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

For other uses, see Kendua.
Kendua
কেন্দুয়া
Upazila
Kendua is located in Bangladesh
Kendua
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
The Harulia Mosque in Kendua dates back to the 1200s

Kendua is located at 24.6500°N 90.8417°E / 24.6500; 90.8417. It has 51221 households and total area 303.6 km2. The upazila is bounded by Netrokona sadar and Atpara upazilas on the north, Nandail and Tarail upazilas on the south, Madan upazila on the east, Nandail, Ishwarganj and Gauripur upazilas on the west.

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 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.[3]

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.[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
  • Humayun Ahmed, Famous Bengali Novelist and film director.

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. "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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