Daudkandi Upazila


Daudkandi is an upazila of Comilla District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
WWW daudkandi.comilla.gov.bd

Geography

Daudkandi is located at. It has 69,014 households and a total area of 314.99 km2 which is located at the extreme near of the upazila by the Dhaka Chittagong Highway. Daudkandi village area is within the municipality and value of property here, like the rest of the municipality, have increased significantly.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Daudkandi Upazila had 92,473 households and a population of 406,405. 10.14% of the population were under 5 years of age. Daudkandi had a literacy rate of 75.85%: 77.33% for males and 74.56% for females, and a sex ratio of 88.81 males for every 100 females. 64,615 lived in urban areas.
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Daudkandi Upazila had 69,014 households and a population of 349,910. 86,821 were under 10 years of age. Daudkandi has a literacy rate of 50.69%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1069 females per 1000 males. 46,256 lived in urban areas.

Administration

Daudkandi Upazila is divided into Daudkandi Municipality and 16 union parishads: Baropara, Betessor, Dakshin Eliotgonj, Doulotpur, Goalmari, Gouripur, Maruka, Mohammadpur Paschim, Maligaon, Mohammadpur Purbo, Passgacia Pachim, Podua, Sundolpur, Uttar Daudkandi, Uttar Eliotgonj, and Zinglatoli. The union parishads are subdivided into 186 mauzas and 267 villages.
Daudkandi Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 26 mahallas.
PositionName
Upazila ChairmanMajor Mohammad Ali
Vice ChairmanTarikul Islam Noyon
Woman Vice ChairmanRujina Akther
Upazila Nirbahi Officer

Notable residents