Daudkandi Upazila

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Daudkandi Upazila
Daudkandi
Division_name - District	Chittagong Division - Comilla District
Coordinates	23.5333° N 90.7167° E
Area	376.23 km²
Time zone	BST (UTC+6)
Population (1991) - Density	458503 - 1219/km²
Maplink: Official Map of Daudkandi

Daudkandi (Bengali: দাউদকান্দি) is an Upazila of Comilla District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Administrative
4 Notable personalities
5 See also
6 References

[edit] Geography

Daudkandi is located at 23.5333° N 90.7167° E . It has 77102 units of house hold and total area 376.23 km².

[edit] Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh census^[1], Daudkandi has a population of 458503. Males constitute are 50.44% of the population, and females 49.56%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 215409. Daudkandi has an average literacy rate of 29.9% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. ^[2]

[edit] Administrative

Daudkandi has 22 Unions/Wards, 281 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 467 villages.

[edit] Notable personalities

Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad: Ex-president of Bangladesh
Abdur Rashid Engineer: Known as "friend of the poor", freedom figther, former minister, 4 terms MP, general assembly member.
Dr. Khondoker Mosharraf Hossain: Ex-minister of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. 3 terms MP.