Kendua

About Kendua

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

Geography

Kendua is located at 24.6500°N 90.8417°E / 24.6500; 90.8417. It has 66133 households and total area 303.60 km2 (117.22 sq mi). The upazila is bounded by Netrokona Sadar and Atpara upazilas on the north, Tarail Upazila of Kishoreganj district on the south, Madan upazila on the east, Ishwarganj, Gauripur and Nandail upazilas on the west.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Kendua Upazila had 76,127 households and a population of 316,976. 10.74% of the population were under 5 years of age. Kendua had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 64.90%: 66.16% for males and 63.75% for females, and a sex ratio of 93.14 males for 100 females. 34,922 (11.02%) lived in urban areas.

Administration

Kendua Thana was formed 1890 and it was turned into an upazila in 1983.

Kendua Upazila is divided into Kendua Municipality and 13 union parishads: Asujia, Balaishimul, Chirang, Dalpa, Garadoba, Ganda, Kandiura, Mashka, Muzaffarpur, Noapara, Paikura, Roailbari, and Sandikona. The union parishads are subdivided into 217 mauzas and 289 villages.

Kendua Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 32 mahallas.

Notable people

Nalini Ranjan Sarkar

Kuddus Boyati

Raushan Yazdani, author and folklorist

Chandra Kumar De, folklorist and writer

Humayun Ahmed, Famous Bengali Novelist and film director

Jalal Uddin Khan, author and folk lyricist

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