Dashmina Upazila
Doshmina
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Doshmina (Bengali: দশমিনা) is an upazila of Patuakhali District in the Division of Barisal, Bangladesh.[1]
Geography
Dashmina is located at 22°17′00″N 90°35′25″E / 22.2833°N 90.5903°E. It has 28,490 households and a total area of 351.87 km2. The Upazila Headquarters is situated in Dashmina Sadar. It is situated on the Bank of the river Tetulia.
Within 6 unions of Dashmina including the Sadar at the centre, two of them are in the north of Dashmina Sadar namely Bashbaria and Bahrampur union. Bashbaria is situated on the bank of the river Tetulia. North Border of both Bahrampur and Bashbaria union ends up with starting of Baufal upazila. Rono Gopaldi and Betagi Shankipur union is situated on the north western part of Dashmina Sadar and finally the Alipura union covers the southern part of this historic Upazila which ends up with starting of Galachipa upazila.
Demographics
According to the
According to the
Administration
Dashmina Upazila is divided into seven
- 1 No Rangopaldi
- 2 No Alipur
- 3No Betagi Shankipur
- 4 No Dashmina Sadar
- 5 No Bahrampur
- 6 No Bashbaria
- 7 No Char Bohranuddin.
- The union parishads are subdivided into 51 mauzas and 55 villages.[4]
Education
At present it holds three colleges, three Boys' high schools, two girls' schools, an Alia Madrasa and a number of government and non government primary schools.
- Abdur Rashid Talukdar Degree
College
- Arojbegi Laboratory College
- Alipura College
- Doli Akbar Mohila College
- Dashmina Govt. Model High School
- Gachhani Secondary School
- Dakkhin Daspara A. Gani Girls Dakhil Madrasah
- Begum Arefatunnessa Girls High School
- Banglabazar Girls High School
- Hazirhat Nimmo maddhomik
Biddyalaoy
- Dashmina Senior Fazil Madrasha
- BM Labrotary School
- Bahrampur High School
See also
- Upazilas of Bangladesh
- Districts of Bangladesh
- Divisions of Bangladesh
References
- ^ Gazi Shahidul Islam (2012). "Dashmina Upazila". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ a b "Community Tables: Patuakhali district" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. 2011.
- ^ "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Patuakhali" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "District Statistics 2011: Patuakhali" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.