Katiadi Upazila


Katiadi is an upazila of Kishoreganj District in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.

Geography

Katiadi has an area of.
Katiadi Upazila has an area of 219.21 km2. It is bounded by Kishoreganj Sadar and Karimganj Upazilas on the north, Belabo and Monohardi upazilas of Narsingdi district on the south, Nikli and Bajitpur upazilas on the east, and Pakundia Upazila on the west. Purushbadhia, Doba and Reksa Beels are notable.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Katiadi Upazila had 84,613 households and a population of 351,466. 10.88% of the population were under 5 years of age. Katiadi had a literacy rate of 67.09%: 67.31% for males and 66.91% for females, and a sex ratio of 88.08 males for every 100 females. 80,988 lived in urban areas.
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Katiadi Upazila had 69,801 households and a population of 314,529. 88,092 were under 10 years of age. Katiadi had a literacy rate of 40.61%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1083 females per 1000 males. 40,725 lived in urban areas.
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Katiadi had a population of 264,501, across 49,488 households. Males constituted 50.24% of the population and females 49.76%. The number of adults over the age of 18 is 125,001. Katiadi had an average literacy rate of 20.3%, compared to the national average of 32.4%.

Transportation

There are many methods of transportation in this upazila, it also has two railway stations including;

Administration

Katiadi thana became an upazila in 1983. Katiadi was declared a municipality in 1999.
NOUnion Name
01Banagram Union
02Achmita Union
03Jalalpur Union
04Lohajhuri Union
05Korgaon Union
06Chandpur Union
07Sohosram Dhuldia Union
08Mumurdia Union
09Masua Union

The union parishads are subdivided into 97 mauzas and 156 villages.
Kaitadi Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 20 mahallas.