Melandaha Upazila

Melandaha (Bengali: মেলান্দহ) is an upazila of Jamalpur District[1] in the Division of Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

Melandah
মেলান্দহ
Upazila
Melandah is located in Bangladesh
Melandah
Melandah
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 24°58′N 89°50′E
Country Bangladesh
DivisionMymensingh Division
DistrictJamalpur District
Area
 • Total239.65 km2 (92.53 sq mi)
Population
 (1991)
 • Total262,478
 • Density1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)

Geography

Melandaha is located at 24.9667°N 89.8333°E / 24.9667; 89.8333. It has 55,954 households and total area 239.65 km2. It is bounded by Islampur upazila on the north, Jamalpur sadar and Madarganj upazilas on the south, Jamalpur Sadar, Sherpur sadar and Islampur upazilas on the east, Madarganj and Islampur upazilas on the west.[1]

Points of interest
  • Gandhi Ashram and Freedom Struggle Museum[2]
  • Shah Kamal Mazar Sharif, Durmot

Administration

Melandaha Thana was formed on 21 May 1925 and it was turned into an upazila on 15 April in 1983.[1]

Melandaha Upazila is divided into Melandaha Municipality and 11 union parishads: Adra, Char Banipakuri, Durmot, Fulkocha, Ghuserpara, Jhaughara, Kulia, Mahmudpur, Nangla, Nayanagar, and Shuampur. The union parishads are subdivided into 132 mauzas and 199 villages.[3]

Education
See also: Education in Bangladesh

There are 8 colleges in the upazila. They include Jahanara Latif Mohila College, Hazrabari Sirajul Haque Degree College (founded in 1976), and Melandaha Government College (1972).[1][4] Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Fisheries College is being converted into Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib University of Science & Technology.[5]

The madrasa education system includes three Fazil and one Kamil madrasas.[6][7]

See also

References
  1. Chowdhury, Sayed Md Abdullah Al Mamun (2012). "Melandaha Upazila". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. Akramul Hoque Suman (2015). "Gandhi Ashram, Freedom Struggle Museum attract visitors, researchers". The Daily Observer.
  3. "District Statistics 2011: Jamalpur" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  4. "List of Colleges" (XLS). Secondary and Higher Education Division. 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  5. "Netrokona, Jamalpur to get public universities". bdnews24.com. 30 January 2017.
  6. "List of Fazil Madrasas". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  7. "List of Kamil Madrasas". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 June 2017.


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