now control the economy of the entire district till date. The District that once popular due to the existence of six aristocrat families (Das, Khan, Roy, Sardar, Mira, Chakrabortty) and their businesses, have now forgotten most of their contributions. Administration Jhalakati Sadar Upazila is divided into Jhalakati Municipality and 10 union parishads: Basanda, Binoykati, Gabkhandhansiri, Gabharamchandrapur, Keora, Kirtipasha, Nabagram, Nathullabad, Ponabalia, and Sekherhat. The union parishads are subdivided into 158 mauzas and 190 villages. Jhalakati Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 47 mahallas. Education There are six colleges in the upazila. They include Aklima Moazzem Hossain College, Hemayet Uddin Degree College, Jhalakathi Government College, founded in 1964, Jhalakathi Government Women's College, Shah Mahmudia College, and Sher-E-Bangla Fazlul Haque College. According to Banglapedia, Bowkathi Bindu Bashini High School, founded 1918, Jhalokati Government Girls' School (1919), Jhalakathi Government High School (1872), Kirtipasa Prosanna Kumar Secondary School (1903), Nathullabad High School (1923), Udbodhan Secondary School (1940) and Taruli Secondary School (1957) are notable secondary schools. The madrasa education system includes three fazil and one kamil madrasas. According to Banglapedia, Sarengal Nesaria Honainia Fazil Madrasa, founded in 1974, is a notable Fazil madrasa. Notable residents Amir Hossain Amu, Minister of Industries, has been the Member of Parliament for constituency Jhalokati-2 since 2009. A. K. Fazlul Huq, Prime Minister of Bengal (1937–1943) and Governor of East Pakistan (1956–1958), was born at Saturia in 1873. Golam Mustafa, actor Kamini Roy, poet and social worker, was born at Basanda village in 1864. Kirtinarayan Basu, Raja of Chandradwip who resettled in Jhalakathi after converting to Islam See also Upazilas of Bangladesh Districts of Bangladesh Divisions of Bangladesh References Upazilas of Jhalokati District