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'''Kamalnagar Upazila''' ([[Lakshmipur District|lakshmipur district]])  area 144.28 sq km, located in between 90°45' and 90°59' north latitudes and in between 22°39' and 22°51' east longitudes. It is bounded by [[Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila|lakshmipur sadar]] upazila on the north, [[Ramgati Upazila|ramgati]] upazila on the south, [[Noakhali Sadar Upazila|noakhali sadar]] and [[Subarnachar Upazila|subarna char]] upazila on the east and [[Daulatkhan Upazila|daulatkhan]] upazila on the west.
'''Kamalnagar Upazila''' ([[Lakshmipur District|lakshmipur district]])  area 314.86 sq km, located in between 90°45' and 90°59' north latitudes and in between 22°39' and 22°51' east longitudes. It is bounded by [[Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila|lakshmipur sadar]] upazila on the north, [[Ramgati Upazila|ramgati]] upazila on the south, [[Noakhali Sadar Upazila|noakhali sadar]] and [[Subarnachar Upazila|subarna char]] upazila on the east and [[Daulatkhan Upazila|daulatkhan]] upazila on the west.


''Population'' 164201male 84486, female 79715; Muslim 160937, Hindu 3251 and others 13.
''Population'' Total 222915, male 111245, female 111670; Muslim 219054, Hindu 3853 , Christian 4, Buddhist 1 and others 3.


''Water bodies'' Main river: [[Meghna River|meghna]].
''Water bodies'' Main river: [[Meghna River|meghna]].
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| Urban || Rural || | Urban || Rural
| Urban || Rural || | Urban || Rural
|-
|-
|-
| - || 9 || 24 || 33 || 12747 || 210168 || 708 || 41.0 || 30.1
|
9
|
25
|
32
|
61883
|
331471
|
689
|
38.7
|
27.7
|}
|}
{| class="table table-bordered table-hover"
{| class="table table-bordered table-hover"
|-
|-
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Literacy rate (%)
Literacy rate (%)
|-
|-
|
|| 7.77 || 1 || 12747 || 1641 || 41.0
71.64
|
2
|
61883
|
864
|
37.93
|}
|}
{| class="table table-bordered table-hover"
{| class="table table-bordered table-hover"
| colspan="5" | Union
| colspan="5" | Union
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| Male || Female
| Male || Female
|-
|-
|
| Char Kadira 63 || 9880 || 11623  || 12112 || 21.2
Char Kadira 63
|
7343
|
11578
|
11732
|
26.30
|-
|-
|
| Char Kalkini 71 || 9880 || 15760  || 14597 || 24.2
Char Kalkini 71
|
5151
|
12281
|
11039
|
18.83
|-
|-
|
| Char Falcon 47 || 6175 || 9127  || 9274 || 40.0
Char Falcon 47
|
8217
|
15613
|
15202
|
23.87
|-
|-
|
| Char Lawrence 79 || 8398 || 11229  || 11652 || 33.3
Char Lawrence 79
|
9716
|
12025
|
11473
|
25.35
|-
|-
|
| Char Martin 81 || 8892  || 12386  || 12771 || 24.1
Char Martin
|
10523
|
8025
|
7546
|
27.17
|-
|-
|
| Torabganj 91 || 9880 || 9948  || 11094 || 34.9
Torabganj
|
-
|
4372
|
4233
|
30.51
|-
|-
|
| Patarir Hat 87 || 5681 || 10663  || 10086 || 26.7
Patarir Hat
|
3713
|
1794
|
982
|
5.67
|-
|-
|
| Shaheberhat 95 || 12350 || 16239  || 15070 || 27.8
Shaheberhat
|
6759
|
11422
|
10385
|
11.90
|-
|-
|
| Hajirhat 83 || 6669 || 14270  || 15014 || 45.1
Hajirhat 94
|
5117
|
11748
|
11284
|
38.22
|}
|}
''Source''  Bangladesh Population Census 2001, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.


''Source'' Bangladesh Population Census 2001, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
''War of Liberation''   Freedom fighters of the upazila had encounters with the Pak army at Ramgati Police Station, Zamidarhat, Hazirhat and some other places of the upazila. 23 razakars were killed in the encounter and freedom fighters had captured the arms and ammunitions of the collaborators. There is a mass grave at Munshirhat.


Marks of the War of Liberation Mass grave 1 (Munshirhat).
For details: see কমলগঞ্জ উপজেলা, ''বাংলাদেশ মুক্তিযুদ্ধ জ্ঞানকোষ'' (Encyclopedia of Bangladesh War of Liberation), বাংলাদেশ এশিয়াটিক সোসাইটি, ঢাকা ২০২০, খণ্ড ২।


[[Image:KamalnagarUpazila.jpg|thumb|400px]]
[[Image:KamalnagarUpazila.jpg|thumb|400px]]
''Noted religious institutions'' Mohammad Hawlader Mosque (1915), Torabganj Jami Mosque, Hajirhat Jami Mosque (1960), Karuna Nagar Satya Gopal Mandir.
''Noted religious institutions'' Mohammad Hawlader Mosque (1915), Torabganj Jami Mosque, Hajirhat Jami Mosque (1960), Karuna Nagar Satya Gopal Mandir.


''Literacy rate and educational institutions''  Average literacy 26.6%; male 29.5%, female 23.8%. Noted educational institutions: Char Jangalia SC High School (1932), Char Lawrence High School (1968), Towaha Memorial Girls' High School' (1992), Hajirhat Millat Academy (1958), Hajirhat Hamidia Fazil Madrasa (1950).
''Literacy rate and educational institutions''  Average literacy 30.7%; male 32.2%, female 29.3%. Noted educational institutions: Char Jangalia SC High School (1932), Char Lawrence High School (1968), Towaha Memorial Girls' High School' (1992), Hajirhat Millat Academy (1958), Hajirhat Hamidia Fazil Madrasa (1950).


''Cultural organisation'' Library 1.
''Cultural organisation'' Library 1.
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''Main crops''  Paddy, ground nut, mustered seed.
''Main crops''  Paddy, ground nut, mustered seed.


''Communication facilities''  Pucca road 17 km, semi-pucca road 12 km and mud road 168 km.
''Communication facilities''  Pucca road 62 km, semi-pucca road 12 km and mud road 24 km; waterway 24.71 km.  


''Noted cottage industries'' Pottery, iron works, bamboo works.
''Noted cottage industries'' Pottery, iron works, bamboo works.
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''Main export''  Hilsa fish.
''Main export''  Hilsa fish.
''Access to electricity''  All the unions of the upazila are under rural electrification net-work. However 16.8% of the dwelling households have access to electricity.
''Sources of drinking water''  Tube-well 85.4%, tap 0.4% and others 14.2%.
''Sanitation''  58.1% of dwelling households of the upazila use sanitary latrines and 34.5%  of dwelling households use non-sanitary latrines; 7.4% of households do not have latrine facilities.


''Health centres''  Upazila health complex 1, union health centre 5.
''Health centres''  Upazila health complex 1, union health centre 5.
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''NGO activities''  Prayas, Upakul (coastal area) Samaj Unnayan Sangstha. [Nazimuddin Mahmud]
''NGO activities''  Prayas, Upakul (coastal area) Samaj Unnayan Sangstha. [Nazimuddin Mahmud]


'''References'''  Bangladesh Population Census 2001, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics; Field survey report of Kamalnagar Upazila 2007.
'''References'''  Bangladesh Population Census 2001 and 2011, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics; Field survey report of Kamalnagar Upazila 2007.


[[Category:Upazilas of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Upazilas of Bangladesh]]

Latest revision as of 17:49, 27 October 2023

Kamalnagar Upazila (lakshmipur district) area 314.86 sq km, located in between 90°45' and 90°59' north latitudes and in between 22°39' and 22°51' east longitudes. It is bounded by lakshmipur sadar upazila on the north, ramgati upazila on the south, noakhali sadar and subarna char upazila on the east and daulatkhan upazila on the west.

Population Total 222915, male 111245, female 111670; Muslim 219054, Hindu 3853 , Christian 4, Buddhist 1 and others 3.

Water bodies Main river: meghna.

Administration Kamalnagar upazila was formed on 20 June 2006.

Upazila
Municipality Union Mouza Village Population Density (per sq km) Literacy rate (%)
Urban Rural Urban Rural
- 9 24 33 12747 210168 708 41.0 30.1
Upazila Town

Area (sq km)

Mouza

Population

Density (per sq km)

Literacy rate (%)

7.77 1 12747 1641 41.0
Union
Name of union and GO code Area (acre) Population Literacy rate (%)
Male Female
Char Kadira 63 9880 11623 12112 21.2
Char Kalkini 71 9880 15760 14597 24.2
Char Falcon 47 6175 9127 9274 40.0
Char Lawrence 79 8398 11229 11652 33.3
Char Martin 81 8892 12386 12771 24.1
Torabganj 91 9880 9948 11094 34.9
Patarir Hat 87 5681 10663 10086 26.7
Shaheberhat 95 12350 16239 15070 27.8
Hajirhat 83 6669 14270 15014 45.1

Source Bangladesh Population Census 2001, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

War of Liberation Freedom fighters of the upazila had encounters with the Pak army at Ramgati Police Station, Zamidarhat, Hazirhat and some other places of the upazila. 23 razakars were killed in the encounter and freedom fighters had captured the arms and ammunitions of the collaborators. There is a mass grave at Munshirhat.

For details: see কমলগঞ্জ উপজেলা, বাংলাদেশ মুক্তিযুদ্ধ জ্ঞানকোষ (Encyclopedia of Bangladesh War of Liberation), বাংলাদেশ এশিয়াটিক সোসাইটি, ঢাকা ২০২০, খণ্ড ২।

Noted religious institutions Mohammad Hawlader Mosque (1915), Torabganj Jami Mosque, Hajirhat Jami Mosque (1960), Karuna Nagar Satya Gopal Mandir.

Literacy rate and educational institutions Average literacy 30.7%; male 32.2%, female 29.3%. Noted educational institutions: Char Jangalia SC High School (1932), Char Lawrence High School (1968), Towaha Memorial Girls' High School' (1992), Hajirhat Millat Academy (1958), Hajirhat Hamidia Fazil Madrasa (1950).

Cultural organisation Library 1.

Main crops Paddy, ground nut, mustered seed.

Communication facilities Pucca road 62 km, semi-pucca road 12 km and mud road 24 km; waterway 24.71 km.

Noted cottage industries Pottery, iron works, bamboo works.

Hats, bazars and fairs Hats and bazars are 5, most noted of which are Ludhua Bazar, Hajirhat, Char Lawrence Bazar and Torabganj Hat.

Main export Hilsa fish.

Access to electricity All the unions of the upazila are under rural electrification net-work. However 16.8% of the dwelling households have access to electricity.

Sources of drinking water Tube-well 85.4%, tap 0.4% and others 14.2%.

Sanitation 58.1% of dwelling households of the upazila use sanitary latrines and 34.5% of dwelling households use non-sanitary latrines; 7.4% of households do not have latrine facilities.

Health centres Upazila health complex 1, union health centre 5.

Natural disasters About 70 persons were victims of small pox and cholera disease in 1957. Besides, a few thousand people were victims of flood occurred in 1970.

NGO activities Prayas, Upakul (coastal area) Samaj Unnayan Sangstha. [Nazimuddin Mahmud]

References Bangladesh Population Census 2001 and 2011, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics; Field survey report of Kamalnagar Upazila 2007.

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