Feni Sadar Upazila
Upazila in Chittagong, Bangladesh
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Feni Sadar (Bengali: ফেনী সদর) is an upazila of Feni District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.[4] The district headquarters and all other administrative offices are located here.
Feni Sadar
ফেনী সদর | |
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Feni Govt. Pilot High School, Feni Sadar upazila | |
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| Coordinates: 23°1′N 91°23.5′E | |
| Country |  Bangladesh |
| Division | Chittagong |
| District | Feni |
| Headquarters | Feni |
| Area | |
• Total | 226.19 km2 (87.33 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 634,321 |
| • Density | 2,804.4/km2 (7,263.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
| Postal code | 3900[2] |
| Area code | 0331[3] |
| Website | sadar |
Geography
Feni Sadar is located at 23.0167°N 91.3917°E. It has 97,869 households and a total area of 226.19 km2.
Demographics
According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Feni Sadar Upazila had 144,296 households and a population of 634,321. 9.34% of the population were under 5 years of age. Feni Sadar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 83.17%: 84.87% for males and 81.55% for females, and a sex ratio of 96.18 males for every 100 females. 272,382 (42.94%) lived in urban areas.[5]
As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Feni Sadar had 97,869 households and a population of 512,646. 113,461 (22.13%) of the inhabitants were under 10 years of age. Feni Sadar had an average literacy rate of 62.84%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1012 females per 1000 males. 156,971 (30.62%) of the population lived in urban areas.[6][7]
Points of interest
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Kazirbag Eco-Park, on the north side of the Feni, Bangladesh–Parshuram road about 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) from the center of Feni, is a 4.75 acres (1.92 ha) landscaped park with animals in enclosures.[8][9]
Administration
UNO: Md. Nazmul Hasan.[10]
Feni Sadar Upazila is divided into Feni Municipality and 12 union parishads: Baligaon, Chonua, Dholia, Dhormapur, Fazilpur, Farhadnagar, Kalidah, Kazirbag, Lemua, Motobi, Panchgachia, and Sarishadi. The union parishads are subdivided into 134 mauzas and 125 villages.[11]
Feni Municipality is subdivided into 18 wards and 35 mahallas.[11]
Notable people
- Khawaja Ahmed, member of parliament