Melandah মেলান্দহ | |
|---|---|
)  Melandah Location in Bangladesh | |
| Coordinates: 24°58′N 89°50′E / 24.967°N 89.833°E | |
| Country |  Bangladesh |
| Division | Mymensingh Division |
| District | Jamalpur District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 239.65 km2 (92.53 sq mi) |
| Population (1991) | |
| • Total | 262,478 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
Melandaha (Bengali: মেলান্দহ) is an upazila of Jamalpur District[1] in the Division of Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
Geography
Melandaha is located at 24°58′00″N 89°50′00″E / 24.9667°N 89.8333°E. It has 55954 households and total area 239.65 km2.
Points of interest
- Gandhi Ashram and Freedom Struggle Museum[2]
- Shah Kamal Mazar Sharif,Durmot
Administration
Melandaha Upazila is divided into Melandaha Municipality and 11 union parishads: Adra, Char Banipakuri, Durmot, Fulkocha, Ghuserpara, Jhaughara, Kulia, Mahmudpur, Nangla, Nayanagar, and Shuampur. The union parishads are subdivided into 132 mauzas and 199 villages.[3]
Education
There are 8 colleges in the upazila. They include Jahanara Latif Mohila College, Hazrabari Sirajul Haque Degree College (founded in 1976), and Melandaha Government College (1972).[1][4] Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Fisheries College is being converted into Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib University of Science & Technology.[5]
The madrasa education system includes three fazil and one kamil madrasas.[6][7]
See also
References
- ^ a b Chowdhury, Sayed Md Abdullah Al Mamun (2012). "Melandaha Upazila". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ Akramul Hoque Suman (2015). "Gandhi Ashram, Freedom Struggle Museum attract visitors, researchers". The Daily Observer.
- ^ "District Statistics 2011: Jamalpur" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ^ "List of Colleges" (XLS). Secondary and Higher Education Division. 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ^ "Netrokona, Jamalpur to get public universities". bdnews24.com. 30 January 2017.
- ^ "List of Fazil Madrasas". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ "List of Kamil Madrasas". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 June 2017.