Nakla

About Nakla

Nakla (Bengali: নকলা) is an upazila of Sherpur District in the Division of Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

Geography

Nakla is located at 24.9833°N 90.1833°E / 24.9833; 90.1833. It had 33,482 units of household and total area 174.8 km2.

Nakla was freed from Pakistani military on 9 December 1971. Pakistani military forces surrendered in the village named Pathakata. It is a historical place for Nakla. Every day many of tourists who are interested in its liberation war come to see the place. Nowadays there is a market named Pathakata Baazar.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Nakla Upazila had 54,025 households and a population of 208,765. 10.10% of the population were under 5 years of age. Nakla had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 63.11%: 64.66% for males and 61.71% for females, and a sex ratio of 92.15 males for 100 females. 62,201 (29.79%) lived in urban areas.

Administration

Nakla Thana, now an upazila, was formed in 1930.

Nakla Upazila is divided into Nakla Municipality and nine union parishads: Baneshwardi, Chandrakona, Char Ashtadhar, Ganapaddi, Kursa Badagair, Nakla, Pathakata, Talki, and Urpha. The union parishads are subdivided into 88 mauzas and 108 villages.

Nakla Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 16 mahallas.

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Local infrastructure nearby

Based on OpenStreetMap data within ~6km.