Belabo Upazila

Belabo
বেলাব
—  Upazila  —
Belabo
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates:
Country  Bangladesh
Division Dhaka Division
District Narsingdi District
Area
 • Total 117.66 km2 (45.4 sq mi)
Population (1991)
 • Total 145,708
 • Density 1,238/km2 (3,206.4/sq mi)
Time zone BST (UTC+6)
Website Official Map of Belabo

Belabo (Bengali: বেলাব) is an Upazila of Narsingdi District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Geography

Belabo is located at . It has 27802 units of house hold and total area 117.66 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Belabo has a population of 145708. Males constitute are 51.05% of the population, and females 48.95%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 73046. Belabo has an average literacy rate of 29.9% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[1]

Administrative

Belabo has 7 Unions/Wards, 52 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 97 villages.Elected Member of Parliament - Adv.. Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun (Elected -1986 and also the Present MP elected in the 9th parliamentary election 2008 )Sarder Sakhawat Hossain Bakul (1991 and 2001) and L. G. Nuruddin khan (1996) .

See also

now Belabo has 8 Unions

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.