Bera Upazila
Bera
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Bera (Bengali: বেড়া) is an upazila of Pabna District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.[1]
Geography
Bera is located at 24°04′00″N 89°37′30″E / 24.0667°N 89.6250°E. It has 57,436 households and a total area of 243.43 square kilometres (93.99 sq mi). It is known as 2nd Adamjee because there is big market for jute and different types of Jute Buildings are available here. It has also many milk-processing factories.
Bera has some small forests where there live some wild animals like foxes, mongooses, different types of wild cats etc. But these forests and animals are going to be vanished because of killing animals and trees.
Demographics
According to the
As of the
Administration
Bera Upazila is divided into Bera Municipality and eight
Bera Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 26
Chairman: Muhammad Abdul kader
Vice Chairman: Md. Mijbah Mollah
Woman Vice Chairman: Most. Asma Khatun
Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO): Ashif Anam Siddique
Notable people
- Mirza Abdul Awal, former Member of Parliament
- Mirza Abdul Halim (1927–2021), former Minister of Shipping
- Mirza Abdul Jalil (born 1937), former president of Bangladesh Krishak League
- Osman Ghani Khan (1923–2000), former minister and politician
- Abdul Karim Khandker (born 1930), first Chief of Air Staff and former Planning Minister
- Abu Sayeed (born 1943), former Minister of Information
- Mohit Moitra (died 1933), revolutionary
See also
- Upazilas of Bangladesh
- Districts of Bangladesh
- Divisions of Bangladesh
References
- ^ Abdus Sattar (2012). "Bera Upazila". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ a b c d "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Pabna" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "Community Tables: Pabna district" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2011.
- ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.