Kasba Upazila HQ | township, subdistrict, fourth-level administrative division, local government

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

Kasba Upazila (Brahmanbaria district) with an area of 209.76 sq km, is bounded by Akhaura, Brahmanbaria sadar and Nabinagar upazilas on the north, Brahmanpara upazila on the south, Tripura State of India on the east, Nabinagar, Muradnagar and Brahmanpara upazilas on the west. Main rivers are Titas and Buri; Sharisadhali Beel and Kutir Beel are notable.

The geographic coordinates of Kasba town are 24 23.7419574N 91.1433108E degree. Kasba (Town) consists of 9 wards and 22 mahallas. The area of the town is 4.40 sq km. It has a population of 15726; male 50.09%, female 49.91%; population density per sq km 3574. Literacy rate among the town people is 43.4%.

Kasba thana was established in 1908 and was turned into an upazila in 1983. The upazila consists of 10 union parishads, 160 mouzas and 236 villages.

Archaeological heritage and relics Sree Sree Anandamoye Ashram at Kheora (seventeenth century), Bara Mosque at Kuti (eighteenth century).

Historical events: During the Muslim rule in India the place was it was named Kasba. Once Kasba was the temporary capital of Tripura State. There are many archaeological relics of the time of the kings of Tripura. Dharma Saagar and Kalyan Saagar were excavated during the reigns of King Dharma Manikya and King Kalyan Manikya respectively.

As of 1991 Bangladesh census, Population 243833; male 50.69%, female 49.31%; Muslim 94.59% Hindu 5.40% and others 0.01%.

Religious institutions Mosque 267, temple 4, sacred place 1.

Literacy and educational institutions Average literacy 30.7%; male 37.2% and female 24.1%. Educational institutions: college 7, high school 32, madrasa 13, government primary school 82, non-government primary school 58. Noted educational institutions: Kasba Government High School (1899), Kuti Atal Bihari High School (1918).

Main occupations Agriculture 49.32%, agricultural labourer 17.47%, wage labourer 2.81%, commerce 10.19%, service 8.38%, transport 2.32% and others 9.51%.

Land use Total cultivable land 14086.20 hectares; fallow land 50.59 hectares; single crop 22%, double crop 62% and treble crop 16%.

Land control Among the peasants 7% are landless, 37% small, 41% intermediate and 15% rich; cultivable land per head 0.6 hectare.

Fisheries, dairies, poultries Poultry 19, fishery 15 and hatchery 5.

Communication facilities Roads: pucca 50 km, semi pucca 15 km and mud road 237 km; railways 18 km.

Manufactories Flour mill 2, rice mill 29, ice factory 6 and welding 9.

Cottage industries Bamboo work 125, goldsmith 29, blacksmith 26, wood work 70, potteries 14 and tailoring 174.

Mineral resources Salda gas field was discovered in 1996. Total reserve is 200 billion cft, recoverable reserve 140 billion cft. 11 billion cft has already been produced up to March 2000.

NGO activities Operationally important NGOs are asa, brac, grameen bank, Save the Children.

Health centres Upazila health complex 1, health and family welfare centre 4.