Jalalabad Union, Kalaroa

Jalalabad
জালালাবাদ ইউনিয়ন
Union
No. 2 Jalalabad Union Council
Location in Bangladesh
Location in Bangladesh
Jalalabad
Location within Bangladesh
Coordinates: 22°51′24″N 89°03′56″E / 22.8568°N 89.0655°E / 22.8568; 89.0655
Country Bangladesh
DivisionKhulna
DistrictSatkhira
UpazilaKalaroa
Government
 • ChairmanMaster Shaukat Ali
 • MP (Satkhira-1)Habibul Islam Habib
Area
 • Total
18.47 km2 (7.13 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
17,290
 • Density936.1/km2 (2,425/sq mi)
DemonymJalalabadi
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Websitejallabadup.satkhira.gov.bd

Jalalabad (Bengali: জালালাবাদ) is a union parishad under Kalaroa Upazila, Satkhira District, in the Division of Khulna, southwest part of Bangladesh. It has an area of 18.47 square kilometres and a population of 17,290.[1]

Geography

Jalalabad Union borders Jogikhali Union in the north, Joyanagar Union in the east, Kaila Union to its west and Balli Union (Satkhira Sadar Upazila) and Dhandia Union (Tala Upazila) to its south. It has an area of 17.05 square kilometres.[2]

Demography

Jalalabad has a population of 15,257.[2]

Administration

Jalalabad Union contains 12 villages contained into nine mouzas and nine wards. The villages are:[3]

  1. Ahsan Nagar
  2. Singhalal
  3. Vaidyapur
  4. Shankarpur
  5. Narayanapur
  6. Jalalabad
  7. Bantra
  8. Buita
  9. Ekra
  10. Faizullahpur
  11. Kashiadanga
  12. Hamidpur

Chairmen

Name Term
Alhaj Akbar Ali Sardar               ১৯৭২-১৯৭৭
Alhaj Akbar Ali Sardar               ১৯৭৭-১৯৮৪
Shahidul Islam               ১৯৮৪-১৯৮৭
Shahidul Islam               ১৯৮৭-১৯৯২
Rais Uddin               ১৯৯২-১৯৯৭
Shahidul Islam               ১৯৯৭-২০০৩
Master Muhammad Shaukat Ali 2003-present

Economy and culture

Jallabad Union has 26 mosques and 4 madrasas including one for women. The four orphanages in Jalalbad are the Jalalabad Orphanage, Vaidyapur Qaumi Orphanage, Narayanapur Baby Orphanage and Shahidul Islam Orphanage in Jalalabad.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Jalalabad Union". Bangladesh National Portal. Archived from the original on 2020-02-16. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  2. 1 2 Gain, Swapan (2012). "Gopalganj Sadar Upazila". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 26 August 2026.
  3. 1 2 গ্রাম সমূহের তালিকা (in Bengali). Retrieved 3 January 2019.
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.