Daudkandi () is an
upazila
An ''upazila'' ( pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative division in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a borough of Western countries. Rural upazilas ...
of
Comilla District
Comilla District, officially known as Cumilla District, () is a district located in southeastern Bangladesh. It lies about southeast of Dhaka. Comilla is bordered by Brahmanbaria District, Brahmanbaria and Narayanganj District, Narayanganj dis ...
in the Division of
Chittagong
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,
Bangladesh
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.
Geography
Daudkandi is located at . It has 69,014 households and a total area of 314.99 km
2 which is located at the extreme near of the upazila by the Dhaka Chittagong Highway. Daudkandi village area is within the municipality and value of property here, like the rest of the municipality, have increased significantly.
Demographics
According to the
2011 Census of Bangladesh
In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh, which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census. Data were r ...
, Daudkandi Upazila had 69,014 households and a population of 349,910. 86,821 (24.81%) were under 10 years of age. Daudkandi has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 50.69%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1069 females per 1000 males. 46,256 (13.22%) lived in urban areas.
Administration
Daudkandi Upazila is divided into Daudkandi Municipality and 16
union parishad
Union council (), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit in Bangladesh, with zila parishads (district councils) being the largest rural authori ...
s: Baropara, Betessor, Dakshin Eliotgonj, Doulotpur, Goalmari,
Gouripur, Maruka, Mohammadpur Paschim, Maligaon, Mohammadpur Purbo, Passgacia Pachim, Podua, Sundolpur, Uttar Daudkandi, Uttar Eliotgonj, and Zinglatoli. The union parishads are subdivided into 186 mauzas and 267 villages.
Daudkandi Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 26
mahalla
is an Arabic word variously translated as district, Quarter (country subdivision), quarter, Ward (country subdivision), ward, or neighborhood in many parts of the Arab world, the Balkans, Western Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and nearby nations.
...
s.
Notable residents
*
Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad
Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad (; 27 February 1919 – 5 March 1996) was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the Minister of Commerce in the third Mujib Rahman ministry under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and assumed the presidency of Bangladesh after the A ...
, 5th
President of Bangladesh
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The role of the president has changed three times since ...
(15 August 1975 to 3 November 1975), was born at Dashpara village in 1919.
* Major General (Retd.)
Mohammad Shubid Ali Bhuiyan has been the member parliament for constituency
Comilla-1 since 2009.
* Dr.
Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain,
Minister of Health and Family Welfare (2001-2006) and the member of parliament for constituency
Comilla-2 from 1991 until 2006, was born at Gayaspur village in 1946.
*
M Osman Ali, founding member of the
Awami Muslim League
*
Ashraf Chowdhury, footballer, played for the
Pakistan national football team
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,
East Pakistan football team and
Mohammedan Sporting Club.
See also
*
Upazilas of Bangladesh
An ''upazila'' ( pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative division in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a districts of Bangladesh, district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a borough of Western count ...
*
Districts of Bangladesh
The divisions of Bangladesh, divisions of Bangladesh are further divided into districts or (). The headquarters of a district is called the district seat (). There are 64 districts in Bangladesh. The districts are further subdivided into 495 s ...
*
Divisions of Bangladesh
Divisions are the first-level administrative divisions in Bangladesh. As of 2024, there are eight divisions of Bangladesh, each named after the major city within its jurisdiction that also serves as the administrative seat of that division. Eac ...
References
Upazilas of Comilla District
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