Jhalokati Sadar Upazila

Jhalakati Sadar (Bengali: ঝালকাঠি সদর) is an Upazila of Jhalokati District in the Division of Barisal, Bangladesh.

Geography

Jhalakathi Sadar is located at . It has 36504 units of house hold and total area 204.48 km².it is one of peaceful town of bangladesh. most of the people are literate.

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Jhalakati Sadar has a population of 195619. Males constitute are 51.13% of the population, and females 48.87%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 102890. Jhalakati Sadar has an average literacy rate of 54.4% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.^[1]

Administrative

Jhalakati Sadar has 12 Unions/Wards, 186 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 176 villages.

Honourable People of Jhalakati

• Ser-e-Bangla A.K. Fazlul Haque(By Birth)
• Khan Saheb Syed Uddin Ahmed
• Amir Hossain Amu-The National Hero.
• Poet Kamini Roy-Writer of Pache Looke Kisu Bole.
• Golam Mostofa-Actor
• Hasan Imam-Actor
• Tomalica Karmokar-Actor
• Sultan Hossain Khan -Founder chairman-DUDOK
• Sayed Musibul Haque-X Cabinet Secretary
• Shajahan Omor-Bir Uttom

Between 1940 and 1975 Jhalakati was famous for the only automatic rice mill in the region owned by Shudhangshu Bhushan Das Son of Aswini Kumar Das. It was a thriving complex built on an area approximately 2 square kilometer. The smoke from the chimney served as a navigation landmark by passing steamers while the factory siren could be heard from as far as Barisal. After the company declared bankruptcy in 1975 there descendants eventually migrated to India and other parts of Bangladesh.The massive ruins of the factory can still be seen at west chandkati.

See also

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

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.