Kasba Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Kasba
locator_position = right
latd = 23.7333
longd = 91.1667
division_name = Chittagong Division
district = Brahmanbaria District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 243833
population_density = 1162
area_total = 209.76
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/brahmanbaria/Kasba.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Kasba
footnotes =

Kasba ( _bn. কসবা) is an Upazila of Brahmanbaria District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Geography

Kasba is located at coord|23.7333|N|91.1667|E| . It has 40901 units of house hold and total area 209.76 km².

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Kasba has a population of 243833. Males constitute are 50.69% of the population, and females 49.31%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 112611. Kasba has an average literacy rate of 30.7% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. cite web | accessdate = November 10 | accessyear = 2006 | url = http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archivedate = 2005-03-27 | title = Population Census Wing, BBS.]

Administrative

Kasba has 10 Unions/Wards, 153 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 236 villages.

Prominent educational institutions

*Saber Sadat Public High School
*Shikarpore High School
*Chandidwar High School
*Kasba T. Ali College
*Sayedabad College
*Chargachh N.I. Bhuiyan College
*Kuti Women College
*Kuti Atol Bihari School
*Kheora Anandamayee High School
*Bayek High School
*Jamsherpur High School
*Naima Alam Women College
*Kharera M High School
*Kuti Girls High School(Headmistress:Mrs Syeda Kamal)
*Kharera Govt. Primary School
*Jamuna Govt. Primary School

ee also

*Upazilas of Bangladesh
*Districts of Bangladesh
*Divisions of Bangladesh

References