Amua Union
আমুয়া
Union
3rd Amua Union Council
Amua Union is located in Bangladesh
Amua Union
Amua Union
Map Showing Amua Union in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 22°22′44.000″N 90°4′40.001″E / 22.37888889°N 90.07777806°E / 22.37888889; 90.07777806
Union Council Formed1973
Seat of GovernmentUpazila Parishad
Government
 • TypeUnion Council
Area
 • Total2,507 ha (6,194 acres)
Population
 • Total24,053
 • Density960/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Websiteamuaup.jhalakathi.gov.bd/

Amua Union (Bengali:আমুয়া ইউনিয়ন) is one of the six union councils under Kathalia Upazila of Jhalakati District in the Barishal Division of southern region of Bangladesh.

Geography

Amua Union is located at 22°22′44.000″N 90°4′40.001″E / 22.37888889°N 90.07777806°E / 22.37888889; 90.07777806. Amua Union is situated at the Kathalia Sadar of Kathalia Upazila.

Area

Amua has an area of 6,194 acres.[1]


Administration

Administrative Structure

Amua Union is the 3rd Union Parishad Under Kathalia Upazila.The administrative activities of this union is under Kathalia Union Parishad. This is included in the 125 No. Electoral Area Jhalakathi-1 of National Parliament .

Administrative Areas

At Present, there is 6 villages under Amua Union.The administrative activities of this union is under Amua Union Parishad.

Demographics

According to Census-2011, The total population of Amua Union is 24,053.Among them number of male is 11,736 and number of female is 12,317.Number of total family is 6,333.[2]

Education

The literacy rate of Amua Union is about 95%.[3]

Number of Educational Institution

  • Primary School-22
  • Madrasa-06
  • College-01

[4]


Places of interest

Halta River

Amua is situated at the bank of Halta river which is very popular. Many steamers, boats ply from the river. It is at the south of Amua. On the east side of the river there is Upazila Health Complex, Amua Bazar at West, Bamna Ferryghat at south and Amua Union Parishad, Food Storage and Post Office is at the North.[5]

Notable personalities

The Notable Personalities of Amua Union are:[6]

  1. Late Dhiren Dutta
  2. Late Nurul Huda Sikder
  3. Late Ismail Jomadder
  4. Advocate Fazlul Haque

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Union Statistics". Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Demographics" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-08. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Education". Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Union At a Glance". Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Places of interest". Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Notable personalities". Retrieved February 5, 2021.
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