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
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Arts and entertainment
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* Union (band), an American rock group
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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 eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
. It is a
suburb
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...
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 ...
. 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
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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 is located in this town. Every day almost 10,000 students come in Karatia to take lessons from different parts 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 ...
and other nearby villages.
See also
*
Elenga
Elenga ( bn, এলেঙ্গা) is a town in Kalihati Upazila of Tangail District, Bangladesh. The town is situated away from Tangail city and northwest of Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), List of renamed place ...
References
Further reading
* {{cite news , title=Demolition of illegal structures on Karatia canal begins , url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/demolition-illegal-structures-karatia-canal-begins-183928 , newspaper=The Daily Star , date=2015-12-08
Populated places in Tangail District
Unions of Tangail Sadar Upazila
Tangail City