Lalmohan () 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 ...

Bhola District Bhola District () is an administrative district of Barisal Division in south-central Bangladesh, which includes Bhola Island, the largest island of Bangladesh. It has an area of 3,403.48 km2. It is bounded by Lakshmipur and Barisal Distri ...

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Geography

Lalmohan is located at . It has a total area of 396.24 km². The upazila is bounded by Burhanuddin and Tazumuddin upazilas on the north,

Char Fasson Char Fasson () is a town and municipality in Bhola District in Barisal Division, Bangladesh. It is the administrative headquarters and urban centre of Char Fasson Upazila. References See also Char Fasson Upazila Char Fasson () is an upazila of ...

upazila on the south, Manpura upazila on the east, Dashmina and Bauphal upazilas on the west. The rivers Tentulia, Betua, and Boalia; Debnath Beel, Gatiar and Bhutar Canals, Shahbazpur Channel are notable water bodies here.

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 ...

, Lalmohan Upazila has a population of 283,889 and they are living in 60,988 households. 78,309 (27.58%) were under 10 years of age. Lalmohan has an average literacy rate of 40.00% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1,045 females per 1,000 males. 36,066 (12.70%) of the population lives in urban areas.

Administration

Lalmohan, primarily formed as a Thana in 1919, was turned into an upazila in 1983 under

Hussain Muhammad Ershad Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1 February 1930 – 14 July 2019) was a Bangladeshi military officer, dictator and politician who served as President of Bangladesh, the president of Bangladesh from 1982 to 1990. He seized power as a result of a 1982 ...

's decentralization programme. The Upazila is divided into Lalmohan Municipality and nine

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: Badarpur, Charbhuta, Dholigournagar, Farajgonj, Kalma, Lalmohan, Lord Hardinge, Paschim Char Umed and Ramagonj. The union parishads are subdivided into 53 mauzas and 78 villages.

Notable people

* M. M. Nazrul Islam, academic and politician

References

Upazilas of Bhola District {{Barisal-geo-stub