Kendua Upazila Explained

Kendua (bn|কেন্দুয়া) is an upazila of Netrokona District^[4] in the Division of Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

Geography

Kendua is located at 24.65°N 90.8417°W. It has 66133 households and total area 303.6km2. The upazila is bounded by Netrokona Sadar and Atpara upazilas on the north, Tarail Upazila of Kishoreganj district on the south, Madan upazila on the east, Ishwarganj, Gauripur and Nandail upazilas on the west.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Kendua Upazila had 66,133 households and a population of 304,729. 87,575 (28.74%) were under 10 years of age. Kendua has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 37.58%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1031 females per 1000 males. 22,363 (7.34%) lived in urban areas.^{[5] [6]}

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.^[7]

Administration

Kendua Thana was formed 1890 and it was turned into an upazila in 1983.

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.

Kendua Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 32 mahallas.^[8]

Notable people

• Nalini Ranjan Sarkar
• Kuddus Boyati
• Raushan Yazdani, author and folklorist
• Mohammad .Ainal Haque,Poet & Journalist
• Chandra Kumar De, folklorist and writer
• Humayun Ahmed, Famous Bengali Novelist and film director
• Jalal Uddin Khan, author and folk lyricist^[9]

See also

• Upazilas of Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh

Notes and References

1. Book: National Report . November 2023 . . 978-9844752016 . Population and Housing Census 2022 . 1 . Dhaka . 401.
2. Web site: Bangladesh Postal Code . 20 October 2024 . Bangladesh Postal Department under the Department of Posts and Telecommunications of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology of the People's Republic of Bangladesh . Dhaka.
3. Web site: Bangladesh Area Code . 18 October 2024 . Chahaoba.com . China.
4. Book: Md Abul Hasem Khan . Kendua Upazila . http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Kendua_Upazila. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh . Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal . . 2012 . Second.
5. Web site: 2011 . Community Tables: Netrokona district . bbs.gov.bd.
6. Web site: Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Netrokona . bbs.gov.bd . Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
7. Web site: November 10, 2006 . Population Census Wing, BBS.. https://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm . 2005-03-27 .
8. Web site: District Statistics 2011: Netrokona . dead . . Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics . https://web.archive.org/web/20141113185500/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Netrokona.pdf . 13 November 2014 . 14 July 2014.
9. News: Alam . Jahangir . Two-day long ‘Jalal Mela' in Netrakona . The Daily Star . 16 January 2013.