Titas Upazila

Titas (Bengali: তিতাস) is an upazila of Comilla District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.[1] It has a rich heritage of culture and tradition. This upazilla was formerly under Daudkandi upazilla. In 2005, it has been made a entirely new upazilla.

Titas
তিতাস
Upazila
Titas is located in Bangladesh
Titas
Titas
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 23°36′N 90°46′E
Country Bangladesh
DivisionChittagong Division
DistrictComilla District
Area
 • Total125.74 km2 (48.55 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Websitehttp://titas.comilla.gov.bd

History

Titas was created in 2004. It split with nine Unions from Daudkandi Upazila. The name Titas named after the river Titas. Then minister and local MP Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain proposed the name.

Location

It has Homna Upazila of Comilla District on the north, Daudkandi Upazila on the south, Muradnagar Upazila on the east and Meghna Upazila on the west.

Demographics
Religions in Titas upazila (2011)[2]
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 96.33%
Hinduism
 
 3.67%

According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Titas upazila had a population of 184,617 living in 36,068 households. Titas has a sex ratio of 1120 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 43.04%. 3,532 (1.91%) live in urban areas.[2]

Administration

Titas Upazila is divided into nine union parishads:Balorampur, Jagatpur, Kalakandi, Karikandi, Majidpur, Narayandia, Satani, Vitikandi, Zearkandi. The union parishads are subdivided into 61 mauzas and 138 villages.[3]

Notable residents

See also

References
  1. Uddin, AKM Jasim (2012). "Titas Upazila". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Comilla" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
  3. "District Statistics 2011: Comilla" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  4. "Life sketch of newly appointed Chief Justice of Bangladesh". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 2009-12-23. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.


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