Belabo is an Upazila of Narsingdi District

Narsingdi District

Narsingdi is a district in central Bangladesh.It is located 50 km north-east of Dhaka, capital city of Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division, and is the only district in Bangladesh that does not depend solely on agriculture. The district is famous for its textile craft industry...

 in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

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Geography

Belabo is located at 24.0917°N 90.8500°E. It has 27802 units of house hold and total area 117.66 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census

1991 Bangladesh census

In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age distribution, marital status, economically active...

, Belabo has a population of 145708. Males constitute are 51.05% of the population, and females 48.95%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 73046. Belabo has an average literacy rate of 29.9% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Administrative

Belabo has 7 Unions/Wards, 52 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 97 villages.Elected Member of Parliament - Adv.. Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun (Elected -1986 and also the Present MP elected in the 9th parliamentary election 2008 )Sarder Sakhawat Hossain Bakul (1991 and 2001) and L. G. Nuruddin khan (1996) .

See also

• Upazilas of Bangladesh
  Upazilas of Bangladesh
  ||The districts of Bangladesh are divided into subdistricts called Upazila Parishad , or Thana . Upazilas are similar to the county subdivisions found in some Western countries....
  
  
• Districts of Bangladesh
  Districts of Bangladesh
  The divisions of Bangladesh are divided into 64 districts, or zila . The districts are further subdivided into 493 sub-districts, or upazila ....
  
  
• Divisions of Bangladesh
  Divisions of Bangladesh
  ||Bangladesh is divided into seven major administrative regions called divisions . Each division is named after the major city within its jurisdiction that serves as the administrative capital of that division:...
  
  

now Belabo has 8 Unions