Comilla Sadar Dakshin Upazila

Comilla Sadar Dakshin Upazila (comilla district) area 136.61 km, located in between 23°13' and 23°27' north latitudes and in between 91°06' and 91°15' east longitudes. It is bounded by comilla adarsha sadar upazila on the north, laksham, chauddagram and nangalkot upazilas on the south, tripura state of India on the east, barura upazila on the west.

Population Total 258278; male 128676, female 129602; Muslim 248420, Hindu 9439, Buddhist 261, Christian 69 and others 89.

Water bodies Main rivers: dakatia and little feni.

Administration Comilla Sadar Dakshin upazila was formed comprising 6 unions of Comilla Adarsha Sadar Upazila and 4 unions on Laksham upazila on 4 April 2005.

Upazila
Municipality	Union	Mouza	Village	Population		Density (per sq km)	Literacy rate (%)
				Urban	Rural		Urban	Rural
1	6	166	207	111891	146387	1891	53.2	51.3

Municipality
Area (sq km)	Ward	Mahalla	Population	Density (per sq km)	Literacy rate (%)
-	9	63	103710	-	69.3

Upazila Town
Area (sq km)	Mouza	Population	Density (per sq km)	Literacy rate (%)
-	1	8181	-	37.2

Union
Name of union and GO code	Area (acre)	Population		Literacy rate (%)
		Male	Female
Galiara 58	5404	14693	15872	58.9
Chouara 39	5634	11283	12594	57.4
Paschim Jorekaran 80	3163	11906	12114	47.6
Purba Jorekaran 73	3328	9984	10939	49.3
Bara Para 24	6249	15775	16903	55.7
Bijoypur 35	2296	10839	11666	48.1

Source  Bangladesh Population Census 2011, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

Archaeological heritage and relics Bara Gambuj Mosque at Kaneshtala, Alishwar Buddhist Temple.

War of Liberation During the War of Liberation the Pak army set fire to a number of homesteads and killed 5-7 innocent villagers. In July 1971, freedom fighters had an encounter with the Pak army at village Madaripur of the Upazila in which a number of freedom fighters and Pak army were killed and wounded. Most operations of the Nirvaypur and Dhanpur subsectors under sector 2 were carried out in the Comilla Sadar Dakshin upazila. Some of the memorable operations were at Dishaband, Lalmai,Phultali and Haratali.

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

Literacy rate and educational institutions Average literacy 55.1%; male 55.6%, female 54.7%. Educational institutions: college 9, secondary school 53, primary school 158, madrasa 56. Noted Educational institution: Chouara Adarsha Degree College (1972).'

Tourist spots lalmai hills.

Main sources of income Agriculture 51.19%, non-agricultural labourer 3.06%, industry 0.88%, commerce 13.17%, transport and communication 5.08%, service 11.41%, construction 1.92%, religious service 0.32%, rent and remittance 1.99% and others 10.98%.

Ownership of agricultural land Landowner 61.11%, landless 38.89%.

Main crops Paddy, wheat, sugarcane, vegetables.

Extinct or nearly extinct crops Jute, sunflower, ground nut, kaun, linseed, arahar.

Main fruits Mango, coconut, banana, jackfruit.

Communication facilities Roads: pucca 432 km, semi-pucca 16 km, mud road 489 km; railway 22.23 km.

Extinct or nearly extinct traditional transport Palanquin, horse carriage, bullock cart.

Noted cottage industries Goldsmith, blacksmith, potteries, bamboo and cane work.

Main export Flour, vegetables.

Access to electricity All the wards and unions of the upazila are under rural electrification net-work; however 91.3% dwelling households have access to electricity.

Sources of drinking water Tube-well 85.8%, tap 9.0% and others 5.2%.

Sanitation 71.3% of dwelling households of the upazila use sanitary latrines and 25.7% of dwelling households use non-sanitary latrines; 3.0% of households do not have sanitation facilities.

Health centres Upazila health complex 1, hospital 2.

NGO activities brac, asa, Aid, Palli Pragati Prakalpa. [Yasin Ashraf]

References Bangladesh Population Census 2001 and 2011, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics; Cultural survey report of Comilla Sadar Dakshin Upazila 2007.