Langadu ( bn, লংগদু) is an

upazila An ''upazila'' ( bn, উপজেলা, upôzela, lit=sub-district pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative region in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a ...

of Rangamati District in the Division of

Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...

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 ...

Geography

Langadu is located at . It has 17,983 households and total area 388.49 km².

Demographics

As of the

2011 Bangladeshi 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 ...

, Langadu upazila had 17,983 households and a population of 81,548. 23,244 (28.50%) were under 10 years of age. Langadu had an average literacy rate of 44.2%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 931 females per 1000 males. 11,391 (13.97%) of the population lived in urban areas. The ethnic population was 20,882 (25.61%), of which

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were 20,510. 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 ...

, Langadu had a population of 54,490. Males constitute 53.01% of the population, and females 46.99%. This upazila's eighteen up population is 26,617. Langadu has an average literacy rate of 27.5% (7+ years).

Administration

Langadu Upazila is divided into seven

union parishad Union council ( bn, ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ, translit=iūniyan pariṣad, translit-std=IAST), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit ...

s: Atarakchara, Bogachattar, Gulshakhali, Kalapakujja, Langadu, Maeinimukh, and Vasannadam. The union parishads are subdivided into 25 mauzas and 138 villages.

Education

* Rabeta Model High School * Mainimukh Model Government High School * Baitush Sharaf Adarsha Dakhil Madrasah * Goilshakhali Model High School * Langadu Model College

References

Upazilas of Rangamati Hill District {{Chittagong-geo-stub

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