Madhabpur Upazila HQ

 township, subdistrict, fourth-level administrative division, local government

Madhabpur Upazila (Habiganj district) with an area of 294.27 sq km, is bounded by Lakhai and Habiganj sadar upazilas on the north, Tripura State of India on the south, Chunarughat upazila and Tripura on the east, Brahmanbaria sadar and Nasirnagar upazilas on the west.

Madhabpur is located at 24.1028°N 91.2917°E. It has 44053 units of house hold. Madhabpur (Town) consists of 9 wards and 15 mahallas. The area of the town is 2.45 sq km. The town has a population of 17961; male 51.77%, female 48.23%; density of population is 7331 per sq km. Literacy rate among the town people is 57.5%. The town has one dakbungalow.

Madhabpur upazila consists of one municipality, 11 union parishads, 180 mouzas and 288 villages.

As of 1991 Bangladesh census, Population 250069; male 50.72%, female 49.28%; Muslim 77.66%, Hindu 21.19% and others 1.15%.

Religious institutions Mosque 254, temple 7, tomb 5.

Average literacy 23.9%; male 30.8% and female 16.8%. Educational institutions: college 2, government high school 4, non-government high school 6, government primary school 98, non-government primary school 21, madrasa 5.

Main occupations Agriculture 50.13%, agricultural labourer 17.98%, wage labourer 3.61%, commerce 6.95%, service 9.02% and others 12.31%.

Land use Total cultivable land 10669.77 hectares; fallow land 7650.75 hectares.

Land control Among the peasants, 30% are landless, 32% small, 26% intermediate and 12% rich.

Fisheries, dairies, poultries Dairy 11 and fishery 16.

Communication facilities Roads: pucca 35 km and mud road 778 km; railway 40 km.

Manufactories Cotton mill 3, filter house 3, soap factory 1, candle factory 1, pen factory 1.

Health centres Upazila health complex 1, family planning centre 6, satellite clinic 1.

NGO activities Operationally important ngos are brac, Vision, asa.