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Lakhai Upazila

Coordinates: 24°17.3′N 91°13′E / 24.2883°N 91.217°E / 24.2883; 91.217
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Lakhai
লাখাই
Upazila
Lakhai is located in Bangladesh
Lakhai
Lakhai
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 24°17.3′N 91°13′E / 24.2883°N 91.217°E / 24.2883; 91.217
Country Bangladesh
DivisionSylhet Division
DistrictHabiganj District
Government
 • Upazila ChairmanMushfiqul Alam Azad Korabi
Area
 • Total196.56 km2 (75.89 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total148,811
 • Density760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Websitelakhai.habiganj.gov.bd

Lakhai (Template:Lang-bn) is an upazila of Habiganj District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.[1]

History

Following the 1303 Conquest of Sylhet, Bayazid Shah, a companion of Shah Jalal, took refuge in Bulla and propagated Islam there. Bayazid remains buried in a mazar (mausoleum) in Bulla bazaar.[2]

Lakhai was previously under the sub-registry of Charabhanga in modern-day Madhabpur Upazila. On 10 January 1922, the Lakhai thana was established as per Assam Province's gazette notification 176GK.

During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, a massacre was conducted in the village of Krishnapur on 18 September. The Pakistani Army also attacked the villages of Murakari and Bhabanipur. In the village of Madna, the army set fire to the house of Dewan Ali. On 29 October, the Pakistani forces took shelter in the houses of some brokers at night in Muriyauk. Early in the morning, they wanted to go to the house of Shahjahan Chishti, a freedom fighter in Muriyauk. Unable to find Chishti at his house, the forces captured his sixty-year-old father, Abdul Jabbar, and set the house on fire. In the same village, the forces also captured 65-year old Idris Ali, father of Bengali freedom fighter Ilias Kamal. They then proceeded to kidnap the two old men to Lakhai Union. According to some sources, the next day the forces took a speed boat to Bhairab and the old men were shot dead on the way and were never found.[3]

In 1983, Lakhai was promoted to a designated police station through the efforts of many people. On 15 April 1983, the foundation was laid for a police station at Kalauk in Bhadikara Mouza, Bamai Union. In 1984, there was a circle officer development outpost in modern-day Swajangram in Lakhai Union.[4]

Geography

Lakhai is located at 24°17′20″N 91°13′00″E / 24.2889°N 91.2167°E / 24.2889; 91.2167. It has 19,465 households and total area of 196.56 km2. Lakhai is the connecting point of 3 administrative divisions Sylhet, Dhaka & Chittagong of Bangladesh. It is surrounded by Habiganj Sadar Upazila, Baniachang Upazila, Madhabpur Upazila of Habiganj, Nasirnagar Upazila of Brahmanbaria and Austagram Upazila of Kishoreganj where Lakhai Upazila is the centre Point. Main rivers are: Meghna, Sutang, Monikhai, Balabhadra rivers

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop. (000) ±%
1981 93—    
1991 110+18.3%
2001 121+10.0%
2011 149+23.1%
Source:
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics[5]

According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Lakhai Upazila had 27,759 households and a population of 148,811, 11.6% of whom lived in urban areas. 16.1% of the population was under the age of 5. The literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 33.7%, compared to the national average of 51.8%.[6][7]

Economy

Lakhai consists of both plain lands and Haor areas, not only self-sufficient in food and fish but also exports, is famous for paddy, jute & winter corps.

Points of interest

Kalauk, Bhadikara, Bamai, Katihara, Lakhai, Amanullahpur (Borbari) Morakori, Muriauk, Karab, Bulla, Madna, Sinhagram, Begunai, Teghoria, Shibpur, Krishnapur, Dharmapur, Moshadia, Fulbaria, Satauk, Sajangram, Begunai, Rarishal, Marugach, Noagaon, Sontoshpur, Zirunda Manpur, Kamrapur, Montoil, Shuneswar, Moubari, Gonipoor, Kataia, Foridpur, Bali, Chondipur, Morshidpur.[8]

Administration

Lakhai Upazila is divided into six union parishads: Bamai, Bulla, Karab, Lakhai, Murakari, and Muriauk. The union parishads are subdivided into 70 mauzas and 65 villages.[5]

Transport

Lakhai is connected through Habiganj, Ashuganj, Fandauk, Chatiain by road; Bhairab by launch and Shayestaganj, Shahjibazar, Nayapara by rail communications. Regional highway runs through Sarail, Nasirnagar, Lakhai, Habiganj route is important for road communications in this region. Lakhai–Dhaka and Lakhai–Sylhet direct bus services are available.

Lakhai was river based upazila in the past. But nowadays it has developed immediately.

Education and culture

At the 2001 census the average literacy rate of Lakhai Upazila was 28.7% (7+ years),[9] where national average is 46.2%.[citation needed]

Lakhai is famous for pithas and hospitality, rich with cross cultures of greater Sylhet, Dhaka & Chittagong's flavour and foreign connections, it is unique of Bangladesh.

There is a non-governmental orphanage in Battala called Nurul Huda Orphanage. Notable eidgahs are Mashadiya and Kataiya Eidgah and well-known mosques are Teghoriya Mosque, Singhgram Masjid and Bhadikara Mosque.

Educational institutes include

  • Fulbaria Mujibia Islamia Hafizia Madrasa
  • Karab Nuria Islamia Madrasah
  • Lakhai Muktijoddha Degree College
  • Kalauk High School, (Upazila Sadar)
  • Zirunda Manpur Tofailia Senior Madrasa
  • Muriauk High School
  • Dharmapur baage Modina Gausia Dakhil Madrasa
  • Bamai Model High School (founded 1961)
  • Rarhishal Korab High School
  • Amanullahpur Shafikia Hafizia Madrasah, (Borbari)
  • Lakhai Darul Hoda madrasah & Yeateem Khana
  • Bhabanipur High School
  • Kataia Darussalam Islamia Madrasa
  • Katihara Hafizia Madrasah
  • Teghoria Darul Ulom Madrasah
  • Morakori High School (founded 1962)
  • Bulla Singhgram Girls High School
  • Teghoria SEDF Model High School
  • Krishnapur High School
  • Korab Rahmania Dakhil Madrasa
  • Fulbaria Ebtedaee Madrasa

Notable residents

See also

References

  1. ^ Roy, Jayanta Singh (2012). "Lakhai 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 13 November 2024.
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  3. ^ মুক্তিযুদ্ধ. Lakhai Upazila (in Bengali).
  4. ^ উপজেলার পটভূমি. Lakhai Upazila (in Bengali).
  5. ^ a b "District Statistics 2011: Habiganj" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  6. ^ "Community Report: Habiganj" (PDF). Population & Housing Census 2011. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Population and Housing Census 2011: Bangladesh at a Glance" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  8. ^ "Lakhai Upazila". spiritus-temporis.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-11. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
  9. ^ "Area, Population and Literacy Rate by Upazila/Thana-2001" (PDF). Population Census Wing, BBS. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2007. Retrieved September 3, 2007.
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