Titas Upazila


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

History

Titas 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.

Location

It 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.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Titas Upazila had 47,599 households and a population of 203,953. 10.90% of the population were under 5 years of age. Titas had a literacy rate of 65.17%: 65.94% for males and 64.56% for females, and a sex ratio of 83.79 males for every 100 females. 9,267 lived in urban areas.
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Titas Upazila had 36,068 households and a population of 184,617. 47,650 were under 10 years of age. Meghna has a literacy rate of 43.04%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1120 females per 1000 males. 3,532 lived in urban areas.

Administration

Titas 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.

Notable residents