General Information
A) Area of Upazila : 450.71 sq km
b) Distance from district headquarters to upazila : 30 km
c) Population of Upazila : 4,24,905 people
(According to 2011 Census)
Male : 2,11,075
Women : 2,13,830
d) Number of municipalities : 01
e) Number of Unions : 14
f) Number of Union Land Offices : 11
g) Number of Mauza : 306
h) Number of villages : 426
J) Amount of land : 1,61,808.16 acres
Khas Land Information
A) Amount of Khas land : 4417.31 acres
b) Amount of agricultural land that can be settled : 1197.64 acres
c) Amount of settled Khas land : 811.07 acres (Upto 31 July 2022)
d) Amount of remaining agricultural Khas land : 386.57 acres
e) Amount of non-agricultural Khas land : 3219.67 acres
f) Amount of non-agricultural land available for settlement : 220.15 acres
g) Amount of settled non-agricultural land : 12.77 acres
h) Amount of remaining settleable non-agricultural Khas land : 207.38 acres.
i) Number of benefited families : 1733 people (Upto 31 July 2022)
Forest Area
a) Total gazetted forest area : 25,719.66 acres
b) Reserved forest area : 10,993.80 acres
c) Proposed Forest Area : 14,725.86 acres
Information regarding vested property
a) Amount of leased vested property : 89.75 acres (Schedule 'A')
b) Case number of leased assigned property : 151
c) Amount of unleased vested property : 6,272.75 acres (Schedule 'B')
Information regarding the Asharyan scheme
Number of shelter projects: 03
Kajla Asharyan Scheme
Land Extent : 10.00 Acres
Number of resettled families : 50
Panchkakari shelter scheme
Land Size : 2.78 Acres
Number of resettled families : 40
Deopara Shelter Scheme
Land Extent : 2.00 Acres
Number of resettled families : 20
Information regarding housing projects
Number of housing projects : 01
Laxinder Housing Project-
Land Size : 3.60 Acres
Number of resettled families : 60
Information about cluster villages and standard villages : None
Information about Sayrat Mahal
A) Number of open water palaces : 13
b) Number of filled bills : 08
c) Number of closed water palaces below 20 acres : 56
D) Ponds leased in the current year : 04
e) Revenue receivable for the current year : Tk. 1,09,100
f) Number of market : 24
g) Leased during the current year : ...
h) Number of Growth Centers : 05
i) Implemented : 05
Business information
Number of brick kilns : 55
Number of Rice Mills : 104
Number of sawmills : 70
Planning and Implementation: Cabinet Division, A2I, BCC, DoICT and BASIS