Kalmakanda ( bn, কলমাকান্দা), originally Karamakhanda, is an
upazila of
Netrokona District in the Division of
Mymensingh,
Bangladesh.
Geography
Kalmakanda is located at . It has 39275 households in total area 377.41 km
2.
Demographics
According to
2011 Bangladesh census
In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh, which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census. Data were reco ...
, Kalmakanda had a population of 217,912. Males constituted 49.61% of the population and females 50.39%. Muslims formed 85.48% of the population, Hindus 11.18%, Christians 3.17%, and others 0.18%. Kalmakanda had a literacy rate of 36.58% for the population 7 years and above.
As of the
1991 Bangladesh census
In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age ...
, Kalmakanda has a population of 209,360. Males make up 50.99% of the population, and females 49.01%. The over 18 population of Upazila numbers 103,227. Kalmakanda has an average literacy rate of 21.4% (7+ years); the national average is 32.4%.
Administration
Kalmakanda Upazila is divided into eight
union parishads: Barakharpan, Kaitali, Kalmakanda, Kharnai, Langura, Nazirpur, Pogla, and Rangchhati. The union parishads are subdivided into 177 mauzas and 347 villages.
Notable residents
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Abdul Karim Abbasi was the Member of Parliament for constituency
Netrokona-1
Netrokona-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Manu Majumdar of the Awami League.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Durgapur Upazila, Netrokona, Durgapur and Kalmakanda Up ...
from 1991 to 1995 and 2001 until 2006.
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Chhabi Biswas has been the Member of Parliament for constituency Netrokona-1 since 2014.
* Golam Robbani was the Member of Parliament for constituency Netrokona-1 from 1988 until 1990.
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Mustaque Ahmed Ruhi was the Member of Parliament for constituency Netrokona-1 from 2009 until 2014.
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Jalal Uddin Talukder
Jalal Uddin Talukder (died 25 September 2012) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Mymensingh-12, Netrokona-2 and Netrokona-1 constituencies.
Career
Talukder was elected to parliament from Myme ...
was the Member of Parliament for constituency Netrokona-1 from 1996 until 2001.
See also
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Upazilas of Bangladesh
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Districts of Bangladesh
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Divisions of Bangladesh
References
Upazilas of Netrokona District
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