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3.1.1 Background: Adamdighi Upazila came into existence as a thana in 1821 and was upgraded
to upazila in 1984. Nothing is definitely known about the origin of the name of the upazila. It is said
that during the reign of King Ballal Sen, a saint named Hazrat Baba Adam (R) came to the place of
present upazila headquarters and settled over there. He excavated there a big tank locally called
Dighi. After his death he was buried in the southern side of the dighi. His graveside still exists and is
known as the tomb of Baba Adam (R). It is generally believed that the upazila might have originated
its name from the name of the saint Adam and his Dighi.

3.1.2 Area and Location: The upazila occupies an area of 168.83 sq. km.. It is located between
24°43' and 24°52' north latitudes and between 88°58' and 89°10' east longitudes. The upazila is
bounded on the north by Akkelpur Upazila of Joypurhat Zila and Dhubchanchia Upazila, east by
Kahaloo Upazila and Nandigram Upazila, south by Raninagar Upazila of Naogaon Zila and west by
Naogaon Sadar Upazila of Naogaon Zila.

3.1.3 Administrative/Geographic Unit: The upazila consists of 1 paurashava, 9 wards, 35
mahallas, 6 unions, 102 populated mauzas and 179 villages. The average size of population of each
ward and mahalla are 3449 and 887 respectively. On the other hand, the average size of population
of each union, mauza and village are 27358, 1909 and 917 respectively.

3.1.4 Housing and Household Characteristics: In the upazila, there are 49600 households.
Distribution of household by type shows that there are 99.78% general unit, 0.05% institutional and
0.17 other unit.

• Household Size: The average household size (General) for the upazila is 3.9 persons, for
both rural and urban areas the size is also same i.e. 3.9.

• Type of Housing Structure: In the upazila, 7.3% general households live in pucca
house,16.0% in semi-pucca house,75.2% in kutcha house and the remaining 1.5% live in
jhupri which is shown in a pie-chart in figure 1.1.

Figure 1.1: Housing structure by type, 2011

75.2%
1.5%
7.3%

16.0%

Pucca Semi‐Pucca Kutcha Jhupri

• Source of Drinking Water: In Adamdighi Upazila, 94.4% general households get the facility
of drinking water from tube-well, 2.9% from tap and the remaining 2.7% household get water
from other sources.

• Sanitation: In the upazila, 59.4% general households use sanitary latrine, 29.5% non-
sanitary latrine and the remaining 11.1% have no toilet facility.

• Access to Electricity: All the 6 unions of the upazila have brought under the Rural
Electrification Program. However, a total of 73.1% general households reported to have
electricity connection in the entire upazila in 2011 as against 34.7% in 2001.
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