Homna Upazila

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Coordinates: 23.6833° N 90.7917° E

Homna Upazila
Homna
Division_name  - District	Chittagong Division  - Comilla District
Coordinates	23.6833° N 90.7917° E
Area	180.13 km²
Time zone	BST (UTC+6)
Population (1991)  - Density	211563  - 1175/km²
Maplink: Official Map of Homna

Homna (Bengali: হোমনা) is an Upazila of Comilla District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. It is famous for its natural beauty and some historic sites. People of Homna fought bravely in Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. Homna thana (now an upazila) was established in 1918.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Demographics 3 Administrative 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Geography

Homna is located at 23.6833° N 90.7917° E. It has 36814 units of house hold and total area of 180.13 km². The river Meghna passes through Homna.

[edit] Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh census^[1], Homna has a population of 211,563. Males constitute 50.21% of the population, and females 49.79%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 99,699. Homna has an average literacy rate of 21.9% (7+ years), and the national average is 32.4%. ^[2]

[edit] Administrative

Homna has 10 Unions/Wards, 95 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 207 villages.

[edit] See also

• Banglapedia Article
• Upazilas of Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh

[edit] References

1. ^ GR Error
2. ^ Population Census Wing, BBS.. Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved on November 10, 2006.

1. Sreemaddi is a village which has a long history.It is the bigest village of this upazilla.It has aproximatly 11,000 voters and 4 kilomitres long.Hundreds of boys and girls are students.85% of teenagers are schoolgoar.Many of them try to continue their higher study at home & abroad.One thing very pathetic that people here practse unhuman activities like NIANDERTHAL MAN (ancient stone age man).