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Boda – General Statistics

Items	2001	1991	Growth Rate (%)
Items	2001	1991	Decadal	Annual
Area
In Sq. Km.	349.47	349.47
In Sq. Mile	134.93	134.93

Household
Thana	44415	33535	32.44	2.85
Rural	42831	32314	32.55	2.86
Urban	1584	1221	29.73	2.64

Household Size (Dwelling)
Thana	4.5	5.0	(-) 10.00	(-) 1.05
Rural	4.5	5.0	(-) 10.00	(-) 1.05
Urban	4.3	4.9	(-) 12.24	(-) 1.30

Population
Both Sexes	200693	168258	19.28	1.78
Male	103229	86190	19.77	1.82
Female	97 464	82068	18.76	1.73
Rural
Both Sexes	193763	162305	19.38	1.79
Male	99673	83037	20.03	1.84
Female	97464	79268	18.70	1.73
Urban
Both Sexes	6930	5953	16.41	1.53
Male	3556	3153	12.78	1.21
Female	3374	2800	20.50	1.88

DENSITY
Per Sq. Km.	574	481	19.33	1.78
Per Sq. Mile	1487	1247	19.25	1.78

Sex Ratio
Thana	106	105	0.95	0.09
Rural	106	105	0.95	0.09
Urban	105	113	(-) 7.08	(-) 0.73

literacy (7 Years & Over)
Both Sexes	43.1	29.4	46.60	3.90
Male	48.9	38.2	28.01	2.50
Female	36.9	20.2	82.67	6.21

School Attendance (5 to 24 years)
Both Sexes	45678	25357	–	6.06
Male	24411	14738	65.63	5.18
Female	21267	10619	100.27	7.19

Urban Population (%)	3.45	3.54	(-) 2.54	(-) 0.26

Geographic unit*
Union	10	10
Mauza	174	174
Village*	239	235
Paurashava	–	–
Ward	–	–
Mahallah	–	–
* Variation is due to new addition.

Union, Mauza and Village Characteristics: The upazila consists of 10 unions, 159 mauzas and 239 Villages. The average population size of each union, mauza and village are 20,069, 1,262 and 840 respectively.

Mauza/Mahallah Distribution: The distribution of mauzas & mahallah by size class of households:

Size Class	Household	No. of Mauza/Mahallah		Difference
Size Class	Household	2001	1991	Difference
RV 1	1 – 50	3	10	(-) 7
RV 2	51 – 200	85	89	(-) 4
RV 3	201 – 400	39	40	(-) 1
RV 4	401 – 600	16	11	(+) 5
RV 5	601 & above	16	7	(+) 9
The modal size class is 601 & above households

Village Distribution: The distribution of villages by size class of population is shown below:

Size Class	Population	No. of Villages		Difference
Size Class	Population	2001	1991	Difference
V 1	Up to 250	5	16	(-) 11
V 2	251 – 750	130	144	(-) 14
V 3	751 – 1500	76	59	(+) 17
V 4	1501 –2500	22	12	(+) 10
V 5	2501 & above	6	4	(+) 2
The modal size class is 251 – 750 persons.

Housing and Household Characteristics: In the upazila there are 44,415 households. Distribution of households by type shows that there are 99.65% dwelling units, 0.11% institutional and 0.25% other units.

Household Size: The average household size (dwelling) for the upazila is 4.5 persons. For rural area the size is same i.e. 4.5 and for urban area the size is slightly smaller i.e. 4.3.

Housing: Percentage distributions of main house of the households by type of structure are presented below:

Locality	Total	Main House of the Households by Type of structure
Locality	Total	Jhupri	Kacha	Semi- Paka	Paka
Thana	100.00	2.84	92.79	3.58	0.79
Rural	100.00	2.93	93.57	3.00	0.50
Urban	100.00	0.32	71.90	19.32	8.46

Housing condition of Boda upazila is predominantly kacha. It is found in the table that 2.84% households live in jhupri, 92.79% households live in kacha houses, 3.58% households live in semi-paka houses and the remaining 0.79% households live in paka houses in the Upazila. Housing condition of urban area is better. In urban area 8.46% households live in paka houses, 19.32% households live in semi-paka houses, 71.90% households live in kacha houses and 0.32% live in jhupri as against 0.50% in paka, 3.00% in semi-paka, 93.57% in kacha and the remaining 2.93% live in jhupri respectively in rural areas.

Source of Drinking Water: In Boda upazila 81.05% dwelling households drink tube-well water, 0.23% drink tap water, 0.61% drink deep tube-well water, 0.48% drink pond water and the remaining 17.62% dwelling households drink water from other sources.

Sanitation: In the upazila, 28.38% of dwelling households have sanitary latrines with 27.08% in rural area and 64.77% in urban area. A total of 17.80% of the households have non-sanitary latrines with 17.97% in rural area and 12.98% in urban area. In this upazila, 53.82% of the households have no toilet facility.

Access to Electricity: All the ten unions of the upazila have been brought under Rural Electrification Program. However, a total of 7.59% of the dwelling households reported to have electricity connection in the entire upazila.

Ownership of Agricultural Land: In Boda upazila, 59.95% of the dwelling households own and 40.05% do not own agricultural land. Percentage of ownership of agricultural land is 38.16% in urban area as against 60.73% in rural area.

[Source: Bangladesh.gov.bd]