Bera Upazila


Bera is an upazila of Pabna District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
WWW bera.pabna.gov.bd

Geography

Bera is located at. It has 57,436 households and a total area of. It is known as 2nd Adamjee because there is big market for jute and different types of Jute Buildings are available here. It has also many milk-processing factories.
Bera has some small forests where there live some wild animals like foxes, mongooses, different types of wild cats etc. But these forests and animals are going to be vanished because of killing animals and trees.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Bera Upazila had 73,059 households and a population of 301,494. 10.17% of the population were under 5 years of age. Bera had a literacy rate of 66.86%: 68.83% for males and 64.94% for females, and a sex ratio of 98.31 males for every 100 females. 63,890 lived in urban areas.
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Bera Upazila had 57,436 households and a population of 256,793. 63,330 were under 10 years of age. Bera had a literacy rate of 41.23%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1000 females per 1000 males. 50,068 lived in urban areas.
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Bera has a population of 208,897. Males constitute 52.11% of the population, and females 47.89%. This Upazila's 18-up population is 100,253. Bera has an average literacy rate of 24.1%, and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Administration

Bera Upazila is divided into Bera Municipality and eight union parishads: Dhalar Char, Haturia Nakalia, Jatshakhni, Kytola, Masundia, Nutan Bharenga, Puran Bharenga, and Ruppur. The union parishads are subdivided into 163 mauzas and 162 villages.
Bera Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 26 mahallas.
Chairman: Muhammad Abdul kader
Vice Chairman: Md. Mijbah Mollah
Woman Vice Chairman: Most. Asma Khatun
Upazila Nirbahi Officer : Ashif Anam Siddique

Notable people