Kutubdia Upazila

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Kutubdia Upazila
Kutubdia
Division_name - District	Chittagong Division - Cox's Bazar District
Coordinates	21.8167° N 91.8583° E
Area	215.8 km²
Time zone	BST (UTC+6)
Population (1991) - Density	95055 - 440/km²
Maplink: Official Map of Kutubdia

Kutubdia (Bengali: কুতুবদিয়া) is an Upazila of Cox's Bazar District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. The upazila consists of an island in the Bay of Bengal, off the coast near Chakaria, Cox's Bazar.

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

[edit] Geography

Kutubdia is located at 21.8167° N 91.8583° E . It has 14463 units of house hold and total area 215.8 km².

[edit] History

A police station at Kutubdia was established in 1917. The island was upgraded into an upazila in 1983. Saint Hazrat Abdul Malek Shah was born in this island.

Kutubdia area size is 36 sq.miles.. 18 miles in length and 2 miles in bretah. The famous the only light house which was built during the Bitish is located in Kutubdia. Kutubdia is rich in producing salt and Shutki mach!!

[edit] Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh census^[1], Kutubdia has a population of 95055. Males constitute are 51.66% of the population, and females 48.34%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 41755. Kutubdia has an average literacy rate of 24.1% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.^[2] The most populated area is Ali Akbar Dale. Thousad of visitors visited this island daily due to journey and other business related work.

[edit] Administrative

Kutubdia has 6 Unions/Wards, 9 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 29 villages. The only town of the island is Kutubdia town, with an area of 9.82 square kilometres.