Kachua Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Kachua
locator_position = right
latd = 23.3500
longd = 90.8917
division_name = Chittagong Division
district = Chandpur District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 293683
population_density = 1245
area_total = 235.82
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/chandpur/Kachua.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Kachua
footnotes =

Kachua ( _bn. কচুয়া) is an Upazila of Chandpur District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Geography

Kachua is located at coord|23.3500|N|90.8917|E| . It has 50262 units of house hold and total area 235.82 km².

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Kachua has a population of 293683. Males constitute are 49.7% of the population, and females 50.3%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 135448. Kachua has an average literacy rate of 34.1% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. cite web | accessdate = November 10 | accessyear = 2006 | url = http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archivedate = 2005-03-27 | title = Population Census Wing, BBS.]

Administrative

Kachua has 12 Unions/Wards, 173 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 238 villages.

ee also

*Upazilas of Bangladesh
*Districts of Bangladesh
*Divisions of Bangladesh

References