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Mehendiganj Upazila |
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Mehendiganj
Upazila (barisal district) with
an area of 435.79 sq km, is
bounded by hizla and muladi
upazilas on the north, barisal
sadar and bhola sadar upazilas
on the south, Bhola Sadar,
lakshmipur sadar and raipur
upazilas and east, muladi and
Barisal Sadar upazilas on the
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Mehendiganj Upazilla |
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Mehendiganj (Town) consists of 9 wards
and 10 mahallas. The area of the town is
15.62 sq. km. It has a population of
28999; male 50.12% and female 49.88%.
Literacy rate among the town people is
43.8%. The town has one dakbungalow.
Administration Mehendiganj thana was
turned into an upazila in 1983. It
consists of one municipality, 13 union
parishads, 135 mouzas and 161 villages.
Marks of War of Liberation Memorial 1 (Patarhat
RC College).
Population 292436; male 51%, female 49%;
Muslim 97.64%, Hindu 2.06% and Christian
0.3%.
Literacy and educational institutions
Average literacy 30.7%; male 33.8% and
female 27.5%. Educational institutions:
college 5, high school 26, junior school
4, government primary school 28,
non-government primary school 42,
madrasa 113. Noted educational
institutions: Patarhat Muslim High
School (1924), Bhasanchar SM High School
(1943).
Religious institutions Mosque 330,
temple 28, noted of which are Sadar Jami
Mosque, Abdullahpur Jami Mosque.
Cultural organisations Club 42, public
library 1, cinema hall 1, theatre group
1, women's organisation 5, playground
35.
Main occupations Agriculture 38.26%,
agricultural labourer 20.33%, wage
labourer 4.33%, commerce 9.83%, service
5.4%, fishing 11.36% and others 10.49%.
Land use Cultivable land 2792.39
hectares; fallow land 526.1 hectares;
single crop 30%, double crop 50% and
treble crop land 20%. Cultivable land
under irrigation 80%.
Land control Among the peasants, 30% are
landless, 32% small, 26% intermediate
and 12% rich; cultivable land per head
0.05 hectare.
Value of land Market value of land of
the first grade is approximately Tk 5000
per 0.01 hectare.
Main crops Paddy, jute, wheat, sweet
potato, onion, garlic, betel leaf.
Extinct or nearly extinct crops Linseed,
sesame, mustard and kaun.
Main fruits Mango, jackfruit, banana,
black berry, coconut, litchi, palm,
betel nut, ata.
Fisheries and poultries Poultry 174,
fishery 51, hatchery 10.
Communication facilities Roads: pucca 60
km, semi pucca 5 km and mud road 550 km.
Traditional transport Palanquin, bullock
cart and horse carriage. These means of
transport are either extinct or nearly
extinct.
Manufactories Flour mill 1, ice factory
5, biscuit factory 20, salt factory 1.
Cottage industries Bamboo work 20,
goldsmith 100, blacksmith 50, potteries
86, wood work 200, tailoring 300, bidi
factory 1.
Hats, bazars and fairs Total number of
hats and bazars are 28, fair 1, most
noted of which are Patarhat, Banglabazar
Kazir Hat, Dafadar Hat.
Main exports Betel leaf, onion, sweet
potato, betel nut.
NGO activities Operationally important
ngos are brac, caritas, asa, proshika,
grameen bank, SDO, ccdb.
Health centres Upazila health complex 1,
family planning centre 13, satellite
clinic 4.
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