Nagarkanda ( bn, নগরকান্দা) 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
Faridpur District
Faridpur District ( bn, ফরিদপুর জেলা) is a district in south-central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. It is bounded by the Padma River to its northeast. The district was named after Farīd-ud-Dīn Masʿūd, ...
in the Division 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 ...
,
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 ...
.
In this upazila, in the village of Kodalia, the Pakistani Army killed at least 22 people including women and children on 1 June 1971. The incident is also recorded on film.
Geography
Nagarkanda is located at . It has 51, 016 households and a total area of 379.02 km
2.
Demographics
According to 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 ...
, Nagarkanda had a population of 267, 193. Males constituted 50.18% of the population, and females 49.82%. The population aged 18 or over was 131, 533. Nagarkanda had an average literacy rate of 22.6% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%.
Most of the people depends on cultivation of land. Rice, Jute, Onion are the main crops. Onion of this locality is famous all around the country.
Administration
Nagarkanda Upazila is divided into Nagarkanda Municipality and nine
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: Char Jashordi, Dangi, Fulsuti, Kaichail, Laskardia, Kodalia Shohid Nagar, Purapara, Ramnagar, and Talma. The union parishads are subdivided into 124 mauzas and 169 villages.
Nagarkanda Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 15
mahalla
is an Arabic word variously translated as district, quarter, ward, or "neighborhood" in many parts of the Arab world, the Balkans, Western Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and nearby nations.
History
Historically, mahallas were autonomous social ins ...
s.
Education
* ''Talma Nazim Uddin High School. P.O. Talma.''
* ''M.N Academy.(Est. 1916) zamindar of Baish Rashi established this Institute with the help of the then Local Elite Class.''
*
Nagarkanda Govt College P.O. Nagarkanda''
* ''Nabocum college.''
* ''Qasimul Ulum Islamia Madrasa Jungurdi Nagarkanda.''
* ''Nagarkanda Girls School. P.O. Nagarkanda''
* ''Laskardia Atiqur Rahman High school.''
* ''Ramnagar High School. P.O. Kunjanagar ''
* '' Krishnerdandi High School. P.O. Kunjanagar ''
* '' Bilgobindapur High School. P.O. Kathia Kalibari ''
* ''Islami Adarsha shishu shikkhaloy.P.O.Nagarkanda''
* Fulsuti Abdul Alem Chowdhury High School.P.O Fulsuti
See also
*
Districts of Bangladesh
*
Divisions of Bangladesh
References
Upazilas of Faridpur District
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