Nagarkanda

About Nagarkanda

Nagarkanda (Bengali: নগরকান্দা) is an upazila of Faridpur District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. In this upazila, in the village of Kodalia, the Pakistani Army killed at least 22 people including women and children on 1 June 1971. The incident is also recorded on film.

Geography

Nagarkanda is located at 23.4153°N 89.8917°E / 23.4153; 89.8917. It has 42,904 households and a total area of 192.20 km2.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Nagarkanda Upazila had 52,678 households and a population of 222,938. 10.08% of the population were under 5 years of age. Nagarkanda had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 71.09%: 72.41% for males and 69.83% for females, and a sex ratio of 96.03 males for every 100 females. 24,639 (11.05%) lived in urban areas.

As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Nagarkanda upazila had 42,904 households and a population of 197,898. 48,422 (24.47%) were under 10 years of age. Nagarkanda had an average literacy rate of 46.79%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1013 females per 1000 males. 15,805 (7.99%) of the population lived in urban areas.

According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Nagarkanda had a population of 267, 193. Males constituted 50.18% of the population, and females 49.82%. The population aged 18 or over was 131, 533. Nagarkanda had an average literacy rate of 22.6% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%. Most of the people depends on cultivation of land. Rice, Jute, Onion are the main crops. Onion of this locality is famous all around the country.

Administration

Nagarkanda Upazila is divided into Nagarkanda Municipality and nine union parishads: Char Jashordi, Dangi, Fulsuti, Kaichail, Laskardia, Kodalia Shohid Nagar, Purapara, Ramnagar, and Talma. The union parishads are subdivided into 124 mauzas and 169 villages.

Nagarkanda Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 15 mahallas.

Education

Talma Nazim Uddin High School. P.O. Talma.

M.N Academy.(Est. 1916) zamindar of Baish Rashi established this Institute with the help of the then Local Elite Class.

Nagarkanda Govt College. P.O. Nagarkanda

Nabocum college.

Qasimul Ulum Islamia Madrasa Jungurdi Nagarkanda.

Nagarkanda Girls School. P.O. Nagarkanda

Laskardia Atiqur Rahman High school.

Poradia Syed Ali Khan High School.

Ramnagar High School. P.O. Kunjanagar

Krishnerdandi High School. P.O. Kunjanagar

Bilgobindapur High School. P.O. Kathia Kalibari

Islami Adarsha shishu shikkhaloy.P.O.Nagarkanda

Fulsuti Abdul Alem Chowdhury High School.P.O Fulsuti

Notable people

Kaykobad (1857–1951), poet

Mohammad AKM Khairuzzaman Mia (1932–2018), politician

Khondkar family of Kodalia village

Khondkar Nazmul Huda (1938–1975), army colonel

Naheed Ezaher Khondkar, member of parliament

Mollah family of Qazikanda village

Moosa Bin Shamsher (born 1945), richest man in Bangladesh

Bobby Hajjaj (born 1974), politician

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Local infrastructure nearby

Based on OpenStreetMap data within ~6km.