Indurkani Upazila

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Indurkani Upazila
Upazila
Indurkani Upazila
Indurkani in Barisal division (Bangladesh).svg
Coordinates: 22°28′50″N89°57′37″E / 22.4805°N 89.9604°E / 22.4805; 89.9604
Country Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Division Barisal Division
District Pirojpur District
Area
 • Total94.59 km2 (36.52 sq mi)
Population
 (2022) [1]
 • Total85,454
 • Density900/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+6 (BST)
Postal code
8502 [2]

Indurkani, also known as Zianagar, is an upazila, or sub-district, of the Pirojpur District in Barisal Division, Bangladesh. [3] [4]

Contents

History

On 28 July 1980, President Ziaur Rahman turned Indurkani river police station into a full police station. On 21 April 2002, Prime Minister Khaleda Zia renamed Indurkani into Zianagar Upazila. On 9 January 2017, the National Implementation Committee for Administrative Reform led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina renamed Zianagar Upazila back to Indurkani Upazila. [5] [6]

Administration

UNO: Md. Abu Bakker Siddique. [7]

Indurkani Upazila is divided into five union parishads: Indurkani Shadar, Chandipur, Balipara, Parerhat, and Pattashi. The union parishads are subdivided into 29 mauzas and 48 villages. [8]

Demographics

Religions in Indurkani Upazila (2022) [9]
ReligionPercent
Islam
 
92.73%
Hinduism
 
7.26%
Other or not stated
 
0.01%

According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Indurkani Upazila had 17,199 households and a population of 77,217. 18,847 (24.41%) were under 10 years of age. Indurkani has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 61.2%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1036 females per 1000 males. 6,069 (7.86%) lived in urban areas. [10] [11]

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  2. ↑ "Bangladesh Postal Code". Dhaka: Bangladesh Postal Department under the Department of Posts and Telecommunications of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. 21 October 2024.
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  4. ↑ "List of Upazila Nirbahi Officers". Ministry of Public Administration. Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Zianagar upazila becomes Indurkani again". Dhaka Tribune. 2017-02-10. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  6. ↑ "Zia Nagar now Indurkani upazila again". The Independent. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 2018-10-20. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
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