Mithamain Upazila
Mithamoin is an upazila of Kishoreganj District in northern Bangladesh, located in Dhaka Division. It is best known as the home upazila of Abdul Hamid, the former President of Bangladesh.
Geography
Mithamoin is located at. Mithamoin has 23,850 households and a total land area of 222.91 km2.History
The area has been inhabited for centuries. The name of Mithamain can be found in James Rennell's 1781 map of Bengal. The upazila was named after the village of Mithamain. Its etymology is rumored to be that at one time there was a large reed forest in the vicinity of the area. The reed was sweet, and the name of the village came to Mithabon which was corrupted to Mithamon and later Mithamain/Mithamoin in the local dialect.During the Bangladesh War of Independence of 1971, 28 Bengalis were murdered in the village of Dhubajura and 3 in Telikhai on 1 November. Boira was a site of mass killing. On 7 November 1983, Mithamain Thana was upgraded to an upazila.
Demographics
According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Mithamain Upazila had 26,859 households and a population of 125,157. 12.70% of the population were under 5 years of age. Mithamain had a literacy rate of 60.52%: 61.96% for males and 59.17% for females, and a sex ratio of 95.96 males for every 100 females. 25,582 lived in urban areas.According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Mithamain Upazila had 23,850 households and a population of 122,026. 39,236 were under 10 years of age. Mithamain had a literacy rate of 30.92%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 974 females per 1000 males. 12,600 lived in urban areas.
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Mithamoin's population is 108,204. The population's male to female ratio is 51.79% to 48.21%. 49,034 of Upazila's population is aged 18 or above. Mithamoin has an average literacy rate of 15.6%. The literary rate nationally is 32.4%.