Titas (Bengali: তিতাস) is an upazila of Comilla District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.[2] It has a rich heritage of culture and tradition. This upazilla was formerly under Daudkandi upazilla. In 2005, it has been made a entirely new upazilla.
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| Coordinates: 23°36′N 90°46′E / 23.600°N 90.767°E | |
| Country |  Bangladesh |
| Division | Chittagong |
| District | Comilla |
| Area | |
• Total | 125.74 km2 (48.55 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 203,953 |
| • Density | 1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
| Website | titas |
History
editTitas was created in 2004. It split with nine Unions from Daudkandi Upazila. The name Titas named after the river Titas. Then minister and local MP Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain proposed the name.[citation needed]
Location
editIt has Homna Upazila of Comilla District on the north, Daudkandi Upazila on the south, Muradnagar Upazila on the east and Meghna Upazila on the west.[citation needed]
Demographics
editAccording to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Titas Upazila had 36,068 households and a population of 184,617. 47,650 (25.81%) were under 10 years of age. Meghna has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 43.04%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1120 females per 1000 males. 3,532 (1.91%) lived in urban areas.[4][5]
Administration
editTitas Upazila is divided into nine union parishads:Balorampur, Jagatpur, Kalakandi, Karikandi, Majidpur, Narayandia, Satani, Vitikandi, Zearkandi. The union parishads are subdivided into 61 mauzas and 138 villages.[6]
Notable residents
edit- Atiqul Islam - Mayor, Dhaka North City Corporation
- Md Mainul Islam - former chief, Border Guards Bangladesh
- Abdul Matin- Deputy Secretary at Ministary of Public Administration / BCS1986 Batch (Ex APS to ex PM Begum Khaleda Zia)
- Suman Chandra Das - Entrepreneur, Son of Sunil Chandra Das
- Md. Tafazzul Islam - 17th Chief Justice of Bangladesh.[7]
- Ferdous Ahmed - Bangladeshi Film Actor.
- Mohammad Moinuddin Abdullah - Former Senior Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Managing Director of Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation(PKSF) .
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ National Report (PDF). Population and Housing Census 2022. Vol. 1. Dhaka: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. November 2023. p. 396. ISBN 978-9844752016.
- ^ Uddin, AKM Jasim (2012). "Titas Upazila". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ Population and Housing Census 2022 - District Report: Cumilla (PDF). District Series. Dhaka: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. June 2024. ISBN 978-984-475-259-7.
- ^ "Community Tables: Comilla district" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. 2011.
- ^ "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Comilla" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "District Statistics 2011: Comilla" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ^ "Life sketch of newly appointed Chief Justice of Bangladesh". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 2009-12-23. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
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