Karatia Union
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Town in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh
Karatia
করটিয়া | |
|---|---|
Town | |
Karatia is located in Bangladesh Karatia Karatia | |
| Coordinates: 24°13′27.0732′′N 89°58′27.6456′′E / 24.224187000°N 89.974346000°E / 24.224187000; 89.974346000 | |
| Country | Bangladesh Bangladesh |
| Division | Dhaka Division |
| District | Tangail District |
| Upazila | Tangail Sadar Upazila |
| Incorporated | 1984 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Union Council |
| • Chairman | Morshed Ali Khan Panni |
| Area | |
• Total | 19 km2 (7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 70,000 |
| • Density | 3,700/km2 (9,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
| Postal code | 1903 |
| Area code | 0921 |
| Website | karotiaup |
Karatia Union (Bengali: করটিয়া ইউনিয়ন) is a union of Tangail Sadar Upazila, Bangladesh. It is a suburb of Tangail. The town is situated 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) away from Tangail city, 92 kilometres (57 mi) northwest of Dhaka city, the capital. It is the headquarters of the Karatia Zamindari family.
Demographics
[edit ]According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Karatia Union had 10,260 households and a population of 46,489. The literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 58.9% (male: 62.5%, female: 55.1%).[1]
Education
[edit ]Government Saadat College is located in this town. Every day almost 10,000 students come in Karatia to take lessons from different parts of Tangail and other nearby villages.
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Community Report: Tangail" (PDF). Population & Housing Census 2011. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016年12月02日. Retrieved 2017年06月18日.
Further reading
[edit ]- "Demolition of illegal structures on Karatia canal begins". The Daily Star. 2015年12月08日.