Moheshkhali ( bn, মহেশখালী) 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
Cox's Bazar 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
Moheshkhali is located at . It has 33287 households and total area 362.18 km
2.
Demographics
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 ...
, Moheshkhali has a population of 219520. Males constitute are 53.13% of the population, and females 46.87%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 90892. Maheshkhali has an average literacy rate of, and the national average of literate.
Administration
Moheshkhali Upazila is divided into Moheshkhali Municipality and eight
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: Bora Moheshkhali, Chota Moheshkhali, Dhalghata, Hoanak, Kalarmarchhara, Kutubjom, Matarbari, and Shaplapur. The union parishads are subdivided into 25 mauzas and 151 villages.
Moheshkhali Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 28
mahallas.
Notable residents
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Badiul Alam, Vice Chancellor of University of Chittagong (2006–2009), was born in Nalbila village in 1949.
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Subedar(retired) ASad Ali, Freedom fighter
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ATM Nurul Bashar Chowdhury, MP
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Alamgir Mohammad Mahfuzullah Farid, MP
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Md. Ishak, MP
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Jahirul Islam, MP
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Maksudul Kabir, Motivational speaker, Youth mentor, Development worker, UN employee
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Salimullah Khan, academic, essayist, and critic, grew up in Moheshkhali.
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Asheq Ullah Rafiq, MP
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adh Fakir (M Ansarul Karim) Spiritual Speaker, Psychological Reformist, Analyst & Development Worker
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Master Humayun Kabir, Head Teacher, Bara Maheshkhali Girls High School, Social activist
See also
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Upazilas of Bangladesh
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 ...
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Districts of Bangladesh
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Divisions of Bangladesh
References
{{Upazilas of Chittagong Division
Upazilas of Cox's Bazar District