2150
Nakla
Postal code 2150 covers Nakla, Nakla, Sherpur District, Dhaka Division.
- Division
- Dhaka Division
- District
- Sherpur
- Upazila / Area
- Nakla
- Coordinates
- 24.9714, 90.1778
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.