Tazumuddin Upazila HQ

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

Tazumuddin Upazila (Bhola district) with an area of 512.92 sq km, is bounded by Daulatkhan upazila on the north, Lalmohan and Manpura upazilas on the south, Hatiya upazila on the east, Burhanuddin upazila on the west. Shabajpur Channel covers the half of total area of the upazila.

The location of the Tazumuddin town is 22.412738N 90.8515881E. Tazumuddin (Town) consists of two mouzas. The area of the town is 13.7 sq km. It has a population of 15747; male 52.07%, female 47.93%; density of population is 1149 per sq km. Literacy rate of the town is 35.2%. It has one dakbungalow.

Tazumuddin thana was turn into an upazila in 1983. The upazila consists of 5 union parishads, 16 mouzas and 62 villages.

Historical events About 22 thousand people of the upazila lost their lives in a devastating cyclone and tidal bore in 1970.

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census: Population 116422; male 51.94%, female 48.06%; Muslim 86.08%, Hindu 13.39%, others 0.53%.

Religious institutions: Mosque 70, temple 17, tomb 4, math 5.

Literacy and educational institutions: Average literacy 26.77%; male 32.5%, female 20.9%. Educational institutions: college 1, government high school 2, non-government secondary school 8, junior school 2, madrasa 85, government primary school 48, non-government primary school 55.

Cultural organisations: Public library 1, club 10, cinema hall 2, playground 7, orphanage 1, cyclone shelter 1, clustered village 1, co operative society 301, women's organisation 62.

Main occupations: Agriculture 46.1%, agricultural labourer 23.2%, wage labourer 3.04%, commerce 6.57%, service 3.3%, fishing and dairy 6.92%, others 17.44%.

Land use: Agricultural land 10586.40 hectares, fallow land 46.94 hectares; single crop 38%, double crop 37% and treble crop land 25%; land under irrigation 23%.

Land control: Among the peasants, 45.87% are landless, 25.13% marginal, 21% intermediate, 8% rich; cultivable land 0.09 hectare per head.

Value of land: The market value of the first grade agricultural land is Tk 2000 per 0.01 hectare.

Dairies, fisheries and poultries Fishery 7, poultry 41, dairy 21.

Communication facilities- Roads: pucca 64 km, mud road 121 km.

Manufactories: Flour mill 6, rice mill 63, ice factory 2, sawmill 4.

Cottage industries: Bamboo work 38, goldsmith 17, blacksmith 36, potteries 85, wood work 102, tailoring 70, welding 3, cane work 20, lathe machines 11.

NGO activities Coast; brac, Swanirvar, asa.

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