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Langadu Upazila HQ

Bangladesh / Khagrachhari / Khagrachari /
 township, subdistrict, fourth-level administrative division, local government

Langadu Upazila (Rangamati district) with an area of 388.5 sq km, is bounded by Baghaichhari and Dighinala upazilas on the north, Barkal upazila on the south and east, Rangamati sadar, Nanearchar, Mahalchhari and Khagrachhari sadar upazilas on the west. Main river is Maini. Kaptai Lake occupies about one third area of the upazila.

The location of the Langadu town is 22.978333N 92.1587276E. Langadu (Town) consists of two mouzas. The area of the town is 85.47 sq km. The town has a population of 11871; male 54.68%, female 45.32%. Literacy rate among the town people is 38.2%. The town has one dakbungalow.

Langadu thana was established in 1909 and was turned into an upazila in 1982. It consists of 7 union parishads, 24 mouzas and 131 villages.

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census: Population 54490; male 53.01%, female 46.99%; Muslim 75.85%, Hindu 1.8%, Buddhist 22.05% and others 0.3%.

Literacy and educational institutions: Average literacy 27.5%; male 36.4% and female 17.1%. Educational institutions: college 1, high school 5, junior school 6, community school 3, government primary school 39, non-government primary school 22, madrasa 9.

Cultural organisation: Club 51, cinema hall 1, shilpakala academy 1, women's organisation 9.

Main occupations: Agriculture 59.52%, agricultural labourer 10.38%, wage labourer 2.7%, commerce 8.12%, service 7.2%, fishing 5.23 and others 6.85%.

Land use: Cultivable land 6743.42 hectares, fallow land 10638.2 hectares; single crop land 63%, double crop 26% and treble crop land 11%; land under irrigation 3.3%.

Land control: Among the peasants 27% are landless, 36% small, 28% intermediate and 9% rich.

Main crops Paddy, corn, potato, cotton, tobacco, pulse.

Fisheries, dairies and poultries Fishery 110, poultry 10 and dairy 6.

Communication facilities- Roads: semi pucca 3 km, mud road 53 km; waterways 108 nautical mile.

Cottage industries: Weaving 16, goldsmith 16, blacksmith 12, wood work 117, welding 3.

Health centres: Upazila health complex 1, family planning centre 6.
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Coordinates:   22°58'31"N   92°9'17"E
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