Noakhali Sadar Upazila

Noakhali Sadar নোয়াখালি সদর
—  Upazila  —
Noakhali Sadar Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 22°50′N 91°6′E / 22.833°N 91.1°E / 22.833; 91.1Coordinates: 22°50′N 91°6′E / 22.833°N 91.1°E / 22.833; 91.1
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Chittagong Division
District	Noakhali District
Area
– Total	1,071.66 km2 (413.8 sq mi)
Population (1991)
– Total	651,620
– Density	608/km2 (1,574.7/sq mi)
Time zone	BST (UTC+6)
Website	Official Map of Noakhali Sadar

Noakhali Sadar (Bengali: নোয়াখালি সদর) is an Upazila of Noakhali District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Geography

Noakhali Sadar is located at 22°50′00″N 91°06′00″E / 22.8333°N 91.1000°E / 22.8333; 91.1000. It has 115330 units of house hold and total area 1071.66 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Noakhali Sadar has a population of 651620. Males constitute are 50.18% of the population, and females 49.82%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 293851. Noakhali Sadar has an average literacy rate of 30.1% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.^[1] But the Upazila have been recently divided and two more Upazila is created: Subarnchar and Kabir Hat.

Administrative

Noakhali Sadar has 24 Unions/Wards, 346 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 287 villages.

Notable Personalities

Freedom Fighters

• Shahid Abdul Odud BLF
• Shahid Abdur Rob BLF
• Momin Ullah B.Sc (BLF)Presently Advocate he was the first Secretary of District JSD, Founder of Bhulua College & School
• Nizam Uddin Faruk(BLF)
• Abul Hossain(BLF)
• Biplobi Sailesh Roy (an associate of Masterda Surya Sen-1930)

Other notable people

• Kamal Uddin Ahmed Author, Political Analyst
• Qazi Abdul Lateef

See also

• Upazilas of Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh

Related links

• Noakhali Web | Online Newspaper & Communily Portal
• Noakhali Web Online Group
• Noakhali Science and Technology University
• Software Information Technology Ltd.

References

1. ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS.". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm. Retrieved November 10, 2006.