Cheora Union () is a
union parishad
Union council ( bn, ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ, translit=iūniyan pariṣad, translit-std=IAST), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit ...
of
Chauddagram Upazila in
Comilla district
Comilla District, officially known as Cumilla District, is a district of Bangladesh located about 100 kilometres south east of Dhaka. Comilla is bordered by Brahmanbaria and Narayanganj districts to the north, Noakhali and Feni districts to ...
of
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million pe ...
.
Demographics
According to the
2011 Bangladesh census
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 reco ...
, Cheora Union had a population of 32,563. This comprised 15,292 males and 17,271 females. Cheora has an average literacy rate of 62.87%.
Administrative structure
No. 11 Union Parishad is under
Chauddagram Upazila of Cheora Union. Administrative activities of this union are under
Cheora police station. It is part of
Comilla-11
Comilla-11 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Mazibul Hoque of the Awami League.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Chauddagram Upazila.
History
The constituency was cre ...
, the 259th constituency of the
Jatiya Sangsad
The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of ...
.Cheora union comprises thirty-nine villages.
Notable residents
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Kazi Zafar Ahmed
Kazi Zafar Ahmad (; 1 July 193927 August 2015) was a Bangladeshi politician of the Jatiya Party, who was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1989 to 1990.
Early life
Ahmed was born in 1939, in village: Kazi Bari Cheora Chauddagram Upazila, Co ...
-Former
Prime Minister of Bangladesh
The Prime Minister of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশের প্রধানমন্ত্রী, translit=Bangladesher Prodhanmontri), officially Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজা ...
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Musharraf Hussain (nawab)
Musharraf Hussain (187115 November 1966) was an Indian Muslim League politician and former Minister in the government of Bengal Presidency.
Early life
Musharraf was born on 1871 in Kazi family of Cheora, Chauddagram, Comilla, Bengal Presi ...
- politician
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Latifur Rahman
Latifur Rahman (1 March 1936 – 6 June 2017) was the 10th Chief Justice and the 2nd Chief Adviser of Bangladesh.
Early life and education
Rahman was born in Jessore on 1 March 1936. His father was the lawyer Khan Bahadur Lutfur Rahman. His m ...
- Bangladeshi industrialist
See also
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Upazilas of Bangladesh
An ''upazila'' ( bn, উপজেলা, upôzela, lit=sub-district pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative region in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a ...
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Districts of Bangladesh
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Divisions of Bangladesh
References
External links
about cheora union
Cumilla District
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