Kheora

Kheora খেওড়া
Village
Kheora Location on the map of Bangladesh
Coordinates: 23°46′51″N91°05′00″E / 23.780757°N 91.083451°E / 23.780757; 91.083451
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Chattogram (Chittagong)
District	Brahmanbaria
Upazila	Kasba
Union	2 No. Mehari
Ward	7th & 8th.
Government
• Type	Local government
• Body	Union council
•  UP Chairman	Mosharraf Hossain Morshed [1]
•  Ward Member	Abdur Rahim (7th Ward) Juwel Mia (8th Ward) [2]
Population
• Total	3,697 [3]
Time zone	UTC+06:00 (Bangladesh Time)
Postal code	3460

Kheora is a village in the east-central part of Bangladesh. ^[4] It is located at Mehari Union under Kasba Upazila in Brahmanbaria District of Chittagong division. ^[5] Administratively, the village is divided into Ward No. 7 and 8 of Mehari Union. The village is known as the birthplace of Hindu spiritual saint Anandamayi Ma. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Demography

According to the 2011 census, the total population of Kheora village is about 3697. ^[3]

Location

It is bounded on the west by Purquil village, on the south-west by Bahar Aata, on the south by Bamutia and Bugir villages, on the east by Sonargaon and Deli villages and on the north-east by Pataisar village. Purquil, Bahar Aata and Bamutia are under the same union, while Bugir, Sonargaon, Deli and Pataisar are under Kharera Union.

Notable people

• Abdur Rahim [ bn ]— Freedom fighter (Bir Bikrom) of Bangladesh Liberation War. ^[9]
• Anandamayi Ma — Hindu spiritual saint. ^{[10] [11]}

Education

There is an MPO-affiliated high school and two government primary schools in this village:

• Kheora Anandamayi High School ^[12]
• Kheora Government Primary School ^[13]
• Kheora East Government Primary School ^[13]

Important places

• Sri Sri Ma Anandamayi Ashram ^[14]
• Kalibari temple. ^[15]

See also

• Purquil
• Anandamayi Ma
• Mehari Union
• Kasba Upazila

References

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2. মেহারী ইউনিয়ন: এক নজরে মেহারী ইউপি [Mehari Union: Mehari UP at a glance]. Bangladesh National Portal (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
3. মেহারী ইউনিয়ন: গ্রাম ভিত্তিক লোকসংখ্যা [Mehari Union: Village-based population]. Bangladesh National Portal (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
4. বাংলাদেশ-ভারত সম্পর্ক এখন সবচেয়ে ভালো: পঙ্কজ শরণ. bdnews24 (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-10-08.
5. মেহারী ইউনিয়ন: গ্রামসমূহের তালিকা [Mehari Union: List of villages]. Bangladesh National Portal (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
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7. Hindu Religion and Moral Education (Class 3). Dhaka: National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB). 2022. pp. 14–16.
8. Narayan Chander Saha ( Moni). "The Birth Place at Kheora (Bangladash)". Shree Shree Anandamayee Sangha. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
9. আবদুর রহিম, বীর বিক্রম. চিরন্তন ১৯৭১ [Eternal 1971] | Prothom alo . Archived from the original on 2022-10-08. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
10. Monoranjan Ghosh (2012). "Anandamayi, Ma". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN   984-32-0576-6. OCLC   52727562. OL   30677644M . Retrieved 6 July 2025.
11. Chakraborty, Gangesh Chandra (1967). Paramyogini Anandamayi Ma (Part I) (in Bengali). Kolkata: A. Mukherjee & Company Pvt. Ltd.
12. ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া জেলা: অন্যান্য শিক্ষা প্রতিষ্ঠান তালিকা (মাধ্যমিক বিদ্যালয়) [Brahmanbaria District: List of Other Educational Institutions (Secondary Schools)]. Bangladesh National Portal (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
13. ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া জেলা: অন্যান্য শিক্ষা প্রতিষ্ঠান তালিকা (প্রাথমিক বিদ্যালয়) [Brahmanbaria District: List of Other Educational Institutions (Primary Schools)]. Bangladesh National Portal (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
14. মেহারী ইউনিয়ন: শ্রী শ্রী মা আনন্দময়ী আশ্রম [Mehari Union: Sri Sri Ma Anandamayi Ashram]. Bangladesh National Portal (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
15. Md Abu Russel Chowdhury (2012). "Kasba Upazila". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN   984-32-0576-6. OCLC   52727562. OL   30677644M . Retrieved 6 July 2025.