Karatia Union ( bn, করটিয়া ইউনিয়ন) is a

union Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''Un ...

Tangail Sadar Upazila Tangail Sadar ( bn, টাঙ্গাইল সদর) is an upazila of Tangail District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Geography Tangail Sadar is located at . It has 69783 households and total area 334.26 km2. The upazila is surro ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million pe ...

. It is a suburb of

Tangail Tangail ( bn, টাঙ্গাইল, ), is a major city within the Dhaka Division in central Bangladesh. It sits on the bank of the Louhajang River, north-west of Dhaka, the nation's capital. It is considered to be the main urban area of t ...

. The town is situated away from Tangail city, northwest of

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

city, the capital. It is the headquarters of the

Karatia Zamindari Karatia Zamindari ( bn, করটিয়া জমিদারী, Korotiya Zomidari) was a zamindari family based in the Tangail District of Bangladesh. History The Keratia Zamindari was founded in the early 1600s by Bayazid Khan Panni of the ...

family.

Demographics

According to the

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 ...

, Karatia Union had 10,260 households and a population of 46,489. The literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 58.9% (male: 62.5%, female: 55.1%).

Education

Government Saadat College Government Saadat College ( bn, সরকারী সা'দত কলেজ) is an old public college in Karatia, Tangail, Bangladesh. It is often referred to as Karatia College.It was established in July 1926. The college is located at Karatia ...

is located in this town. Every day almost 10,000 students come in Karatia to take lessons from different parts of

and other nearby villages.

Demographics

Education

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