Purbadhala Upazila

Purbadhala (পূর্বধলা) is an upazila of Netrokona District in the Division of Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

Geography
Purbadhala is located at 24.9333°N, 90.6028°W. It has 68083 households and total area 308.03 km2. It is bounded by Durgapur and Kalmakanda upazilas on the north, Kendua and Gauripur upazilas on the south, Barhatta and Atpara upazilas on the east, Purbadhala upazila on the west.

Demographics
According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Purbadhala Upazila had 68,083 households and a population of 310,834. 87,051 (28.01%) were under 10 years of age. Purbadhala has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 42.78%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1029 females per 1000 males. 22,132 (7.12%) lived in urban areas.

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Purbadhala had a population of 235,675. Males constituted 50.79% of the population, and females 49.21%. This Upazila's eighteen up population was 114,878. Purbadhala had an average literacy rate of 23% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Administration
Netrokona Thana was formed in 1874 and it was turned into an upazila in 1983.

Purbadhala Upazila is divided into 11 union parishads: Agia, Bairaty, Bishkakuni, Dhalamulgaon, Ghagra, Gohalakanda, Hogla, Jaria, Khalishaur, Narandia, and Purbadhala. The union parishads are subdivided into 224 mauzas and 336 villages.

Chairman:Sujon, from Awame League Vice Chairman: Masum Mostofa, from Jamayet e Islam