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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Matlab Uttar
| native_name = মতলব উত্তর
| settlement_type = [[Upazilas of Bangladesh|Upazila]]
| image_skyline = ছোট হলুদিয়া এক গম্বুজ মসজিদ.jpg
| imagesize =
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Choto Haludiya One Dome Mosque, Uttar Matlab
| image_map = Matlab Uttar in Chattogram division (Bangladesh).svg
| coordinates = {{coord|23|26|N|90|38|E|type:adm3rd|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = [[Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Divisions of Bangladesh|Division]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Bangladesh|District]]
| subdivision_type3 = 
| subdivision_name1 = [[Chittagong Division|Chittagong]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Chandpur District|Chandpur]]
| subdivision_name3 =
| leader_title = MP ([[Chandpur-2]])
| leader_name = [[Nurul Amin Ruhul]]
| leader_title1 = Upazila Chairman
| leader_name1 = Muhammad Abdul Quddus.
| area_total_km2 = 260.29
| area_metro_km2 =
| elevation_m =
| elevation_ft =
| population_total = 295821
| population_as_of = [[2022 Bangladeshi census|2022]]
| population_footnotes = <ref name="census2022">{{Cite book |url=https://bbs.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/bbs.portal.gov.bd/page/b343a8b4_956b_45ca_872f_4cf9b2f1a6e0/2024-01-31-15-51-b53c55dd692233ae401ba013060b9cbb.pdf |title=National Report |date=November 2023 |publisher=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]] |isbn=978-9844752016 |series=Population and Housing Census 2022 |volume=1 |location=[[Dhaka]] |pages=396}}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = auto
| postal_code_type = [[Postal codes in Bangladesh|Postal code]]
| postal_code = 3643 (Changerchar)<ref name="postalcode">{{Cite web |url=https://bdpost.portal.gov.bd/site/page/b0b8c189-1e64-4722-bb82-80e0159435d9 |title=Bangladesh Postal Code |date=20 October 2024 |publisher=Bangladesh Postal Department under the Department of Posts and Telecommunications of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology of the People's Republic of Bangladesh |location=[[Dhaka]]}}</ref>
| postal2_code_type = [[Postal codes in Bangladesh|Postal code]]
| postal2_code = 3642 (Kalipura Bazar)<ref name="postalcode"/>
| area_code = 08426<ref name="areacode">{{Cite web |url=https://en.chahaoba.com/Bangladesh |title=Bangladesh Area Code |date=18 October 2024 |publisher=Chahaoba |location=[[China]]}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|matlabnorth.chandpur.gov.bd}}
| footnotes =
| timezone = [[Bangladesh Standard Time|BST]]
| utc_offset = +6
}}
[[File:Matlab Uttar Upazila mauza geocode map - Small Area Atlas Chandpur.svg|thumb|Matlab Uttar Upazila mauza geocode map]]

'''Matlab Uttar''' ({{langx|bn|মতলব উত্তর|Motlob Uttor|Matlab North}}) is an [[upazila]] of [[Chandpur District]] in [[Chattogram Division]], [[Bangladesh]].<ref name=Banglapedia>{{cite Banglapedia|author=Patwari, Masum|article=Matlab Uttar Upazila}}</ref> The former [[Matlab (Bangladesh)|Matlab Upazila]] was bifurcated in 2000, creating [[Matlab Dakshin Upazila|Matlab Dakshin]] and Matlab Uttar upazilas.<ref name=Banglapedia/>

==History==
[[File:ছোট হলুদিয়া এক গম্বুজ মসজিদ.jpg|thumb|An old mosque in Sarkar Bari, Chhoto Holudiya village, Farazikandi Union.|left]]
During the Mughal period, when the Lalar Hat Bazaar, located on the banks of the {{ill|Dhanagoda River|bn|ধনাগোদা_নদী}}, a tributary of the Gumti, at the northern end of the present villages of Babu Para and Pail Para, was destroyed by river erosion, a market called Bairagir Hat at the northern end of the Kaladi village was founded by the Jamadar of Matlab. Jealous of this, the Zamindar of Faridpur increased his zamindari and established another market in his name in the western part south of the Bairagir Hat. After some time, both the markets became very competitive and Jamadar's [[haat bazaar]] became popularly known as Matlab rather than Bairagir Hat. The name Matlab was [[Government gazette|gazetted]] on 9 August 1918. Gazette No. 236. In 1900, the government divided the [[Chandpur District|Chandpur circle]] and created the Matlab circle. As a result, the progress of police station with 22 unions started.

During the [[Bangladesh War of Independence]] in 1971, the area was under the control of Bengali pro-independence fighters. Whenever the [[Pakistan Army]] tried to enter the area, skirmishes would take place. A hospital was established for the wounded freedom fighters in the village of Nishchintapur. There were also mass graves in the village of Harina.

On 30 April 2000, Matlab Uttar Upazila, an archipelago surrounded by the Meghna-Dhanagoda river, started its journey as an independent upazila with 1 municipality and 13 unions (later 1 increase). Later on 5 September of the same year Matlab North started functioning as a newly created upazila. As the adjoining Matlab upazila is on the north side, this upazila was named Matlab Uttar.

==Geography==
Matlab is located at {{coord|23.4500|N|90.63|E|}}. It has a total land area of 260.29 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=Banglapedia/>

==Demographics==

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|title=Religions in Matlab Uttar Upazila (2022)<ref name="2022census"/>
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|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
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{{bar percent|[[Islam in Bangladesh|Islam]]|green|93.89}}
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism in Bangladesh|Hinduism]]|darkorange|6.11}}
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According to the [[2022 Bangladeshi census]], Matlab Uttar Upazila had 74,514 households and a population of 295,821. 9.45% of the population were under 5 years of age. Matlab Uttar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 76.97%: 78.56% for males and 75.64% for females, and a sex ratio of 85.65 males for every 100 females. 50,434 (17.05%) lived in urban areas.<ref name="2022census">{{Cite book |url=http://203.112.218.101/storage/files/1/Publications/PHC_2021/Chattogram%20Division/District%20Report%20Chadpur.pdf |title=Population and Housing Census 2022 - District Report: Chandpur |date=June 2024 |publisher=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]] |isbn=978-984-475-248-1 |series= District Series |location=[[Dhaka]] |pages=}}</ref>

According to the [[2011 Bangladesh census|2011 Census of Bangladesh]], Matlab Uttar Upazila had 63,784 households and a population of 292,057. 64,180 (21.98%) were under 10 years of age. Matlab Uttar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 54.40%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1075 females per 1000 males. 36,691 (12.56%) lived in urban areas.<ref name="community">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Community Tables: Chandpur district |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCen2011/Com_Chandpur.pdf |website= |access-date=2023-11-14 |archive-date=2022-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929201815/http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCen2011/Com_Chandpur.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="census2011">{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Chandpur |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Chandpur.pdf |website= |publisher=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]] |access-date=2023-05-06 |archive-date=2022-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929154752/http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Chandpur.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Administration==
Matlab Uttar Upazila is divided into Chengar Char Municipality and 14 [[union parishad]]s: Baganbari, Durgapur, Eklaspur, Faraji Kandi, Gazra, Islamabad, Jahirabad, Kalakanda, Mohanpur, Paschim Fatehpur, Purba Fatehpur, Sadullapur, Satnal, and [[Sultanabad Union|Sultanabad]]. The union parishads are subdivided into 127 mauzas and 251 villages.<ref name="district-stats" />

Chengar Char Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 41 [[mahalla]]s.<ref name="district-stats">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Chandpur.pdf |url-status=dead |title=District Statistics 2011: Chandpur |author= |website=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113184958/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Chandpur.pdf |archive-date=13 November 2014 |access-date=14 July 2014}}</ref>

==Research==
[[Matlab (Bangladesh)|Matlab]], including both Matlab Dakshin and Matlab Uttar Upazilas, is also the primary rural field site for the [[International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh|International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research]], and the world's longest running health project.

==Notable people==
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*[[Rafiqul Islam (educationist)|Rafiqul Islam]] - [[National Professor]], president of [[Bangla Academy (Bangladesh)|Bangla Academy]], chairman of [[Nazrul Institute]] and 1st vice-chancellor of [[Jashore University of Science and Technology]]
*[[Shamsul Alam (economist)|Shamsul Alam]], economist and state minister of [[Planning Ministry (Bangladesh)|planning]]
*[[Aziz Ahmed (general)|Aziz Ahmed]], 16th [[Chief of Army Staff (Bangladesh)|Chief of Bangladesh Army Staff]]
*[[Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury]] - [[Awami League]], politician and former minister
*[[Md. Nurul Huda]], [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] politician and former minister
*[[Nawab Ali]], first Bengali principal of [[Dhaka Medical College and Hospital]]
*[[Wahiduddin Ahmed]], 3rd vice chancellor of [[BUET]], adviser to interim government led by the then president Justice [[Shahabuddin Ahmed]] in December 1990
*[[Golam Mostafa Mia]], ex-chairman
*[[Monowarul Islam]], ex-chairman
*[[Golam Rabbani Bablu]]
==See also==
*[[Upazilas of Bangladesh]]
*[[Districts of Bangladesh]]
*[[Divisions of Bangladesh]]
*[[Administrative geography of Bangladesh]]

==References==
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{{Chandpur District}}

[[Category:Matlab Uttar Upazila]]

Matlab Uttar Upazila - Revision history

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