Madan Upazila Explained

Official Name:Madan
Native Name:মদন
Native Name Lang:bn
Settlement Type:Upazila
Coordinates:24°N 90°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Bangladesh
Subdivision Type1:Division
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name1:Mymensingh
Subdivision Name2:Netrokona
Area Total Km2:225.85
Population Total:154,479
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Website:Official Map of Madan
Timezone:BST
Utc Offset:+6

Madan (Bengali: মদন) is an upazila of Netrokona District in the Division of Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

Geography

Madan is located at 24.7167°N 90.9667°W. It has 21,808 households and total area 225.85 km2. It is bounded by Atpara and Mohanganj upazilas on the north, Itna and Tarail upazilas on the south, Khaliajuri upazila on the east, Kendua upazila on the west.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Madan Upazila had 31,751 households and a population of 154,479. 47,697 (30.88%) were under 10 years of age. Madan has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 30.41%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 987 females per 1000 males. 18,812 (12.18%) lived in urban areas.[1] [2]

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Madan had a population of 117,613. Males constituted 50.99% of the population, and females 49.01%. This Upazila's eighteen up population was 58,127. Madan had an average literacy rate of 18.7% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[3]

Administration

Madan Thana was formed in 1917 and it was turned into an upazila in 1983.

Madan Upazila is divided into Madan Municipality and eight union parishads: Fatehpur, Gobindasree, Chandgaon, Kaitail, Madan, Maghan, Nayekpur, and Tiasree. The union parishads are subdivided into 84 mauzas and 114 villages.

Madan Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 11 mahallas.[4]

See also

References

  1. Web site: 2011 . Community Tables: Netrokona district . bbs.gov.bd.
  2. Web site: Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Netrokona . bbs.gov.bd . Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
  3. Web site: 10 November 2006. Population Census Wing, BBS. https://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm. 27 March 2005.
  4. Web site: District Statistics 2011: Netrokona . dead . . Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics . https://web.archive.org/web/20141113185500/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Netrokona.pdf . 13 November 2014 . 14 July 2014.