Kendua Upazila

Kendua is located at {{coord|24.6500|N|90.8417|E|}}. It has 66133 households and total area {{Convert|303.60|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. The upazila is bounded by Netrokona Sadar and Atpara upazilas on the north, Tarail Upazila of Kishoreganj district on the south, Madan upazila on the east, Ishwarganj, Gauripur and Nandail upazilas on the west.File:কেন্দুয়া হারুলিয়া মসজিদ.jpg

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According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Kendua Upazila had 66,133 households and a population of 304,729. 87,575 (28.74%) were under 10 years of age. Kendua has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 37.58%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1031 females per 1000 males. 22,363 (7.34%) lived in urban areas.{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Community Tables: Netrokona district |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCen2011/Com_Netrokona.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd}}{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Netrokona |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Netrokona.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd |publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics}}

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kendua had a population of 265628. Males constituted 50.58% of the population, and females 49.42%. This Upazila's eighteen up population was 133969. Kendua had an average literacy rate of 37.1% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.{{cite web | accessdate = November 10, 2006 | url = http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archivedate = 2005-03-27 | title = Population Census Wing, BBS.}}

Kendua Thana was formed 1890 and it was turned into an upazila in 1983.

Kendua Upazila is divided into Kendua Municipality and 13 union parishads: Asujia, Balaishimul, Chirang, Dalpa, Garadoba, Ganda, Kandiura, Mashka, Muzaffarpur, Noapara, Paikura, Roailbari, and Sandikona. The union parishads are subdivided into 217 mauzas and 289 villages.

Kendua Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 32 mahallas.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Netrokona.pdf |url-status=dead |title=District Statistics 2011: Netrokona |author= |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113185500/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Netrokona.pdf |archive-date=13 November 2014 |access-date=14 July 2014}}

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