Madan Upazila

Madan
মদন
Upazila
Madan

Location in Bangladesh

Coordinates: 24°43′N 90°58′E / 24.717°N 90.967°ECoordinates: 24°43′N 90°58′E / 24.717°N 90.967°E
Country  Bangladesh
Division Dhaka Division
District Netrokona District
Area
 • Total 225.85 km2 (87.20 sq mi)
Population (1991)
 • Total 117,613
 • Density 521/km2 (1,350/sq mi)
Time zone BST (UTC+6)
Website Official Map of Madan

Madan (Bengali: মদন) is an Upazila of Netrokona District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Geography

Madan is located at 24°43′00″N 90°58′00″E / 24.7167°N 90.9667°E . It has 21808 units of house hold and total area 225.85 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Madan has a population of 117613. Males constitute 50.99% of the population, and females 49.01%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 58127. Madan has an average literacy rate of 18.7% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[1]

Administrative

Madan has 1 Pourashava, 8 Unions/Wards, 95 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 120 villages.

Personality

Md Aklasur Rahman son of Late Suruz Ali Talukder alias Iman Ali Sheikh was born Sariabari of Jawla village. He was only one freedom fighter in the village. He took a short training in India. He took part in Madan Fight, Atpara Fight and several fight of Mymensingh, Kishoregonj, Jamalpur and Netrokona area. He was the fighter of Nazrul Company Z-Force. Initially, he was a fighter of 11 Sector. After Liberation war, he joined in different social activities. He established a mosque. There was a remarkable contribution to establish Jawla Bazar and a Library in this bazar. On 28 Oct 2014, he left the world.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Population Census Wing, BBS.". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.