What is Chandpur District?

Information about Chandpur District

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Chandpur District

Chandpur
Division_nameChittagong Division
Coordinates
Area1704.06  km
Time zoneBST (UTC+6)
Population (1991)
 - Density
 - Literacy rate		2210162
 - 1,297/km
 - 37.8%
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Maplink: Official Map of Chandpur District


Chandpur is a district in east-central Bangladesh. It is located at the mouth of the Meghna River. It is a part of the Chittagong Division.

Geography

Chandpur district has a total area of 1704.06 square kilometers. It is bounded by Munshiganj District and Comilla District on the north, Noakhali District, Lakshmipur District and Barisal District on the south, Comilla District on the east, and Meghna River, Shariatpur District and Munshiganj District on the west.

Chandpur is the confluence of two of the mightiest rivers of Bangladesh .. the Padma River (the main branch of the Ganges River) and the Meghna River, which meet near Chandpur Town. Important tributaries of the Meghna River flowing through Chandpur are Dakatia River, Dhanagoda River, Matlab River and Udhamdi River.

Subdivisions

Chandpur has 6 municipalities, 60 wards, 195 mahallas, 7 upazilas, 1 thana, 87 union parishads and 1226 villages. The municipalities are Chandpur Sadar, Shahrasti, Matlab, Changer Char and Hajiganj. The administrative subdivisions called upazilas are:
  1. Chandpur Sadar Upazila
  2. Faridganj Upazila
  3. Haimchar Upazila
  4. Haziganj Upazila
  5. Kachua Upazila
  6. Matlab Upazila
  7. Shahrasti Upazila

History

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Religious composition (1991): Muslim - 92.55%, Hindu - 7.18%, Buddhist - 0.06%, Christian - 0.07% and Others - 0.14%. [1]

Economy

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Places of interest

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ICDDRB, Matlab, Hajiganj Mosque, has a famous islamic school known as chanpur madrasha which contains all the traditional islamic teachings

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Divisions and districts of Bangladesh
Barisāl DivisionBarguna Barisal Bhola Jhalokati Patuakhali Pirojpur
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Chittagong DivisionBandarban Brahmanbaria Chandpur Chittagong Comilla Cox's Bazar Feni Khagrachari Lakshmipur Noakhali Rangamati
Dhaka DivisionDhaka Faridpur Gazipur Gopalganj Jamalpur Kishoreganj Madaripur Manikganj Munshiganj Mymensingh Narayanganj Narsingdi Netrakona Rajbari Shariatpur Sherpur Tangail
Khulna DivisionBagerhat Chuadanga Jessore Jhenaidah Khulna Kushtia Magura Meherpur Narail Satkhira
Rajshahi DivisionBogra Dinajpur Gaibandha Jaipurhat Kurigram Lalmonirhat Naogaon Natore Nawabganj Nilphamari Pabna Panchagarh Rajshahi Rangpur Sirajganj Thakurgaon
Sylhet DivisionHabiganj Maulvibazar Sunamganj Sylhet
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Chittagong Division is one of the six administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It covers the most southern areas of the country and is also the second largest one.

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Area 33,771 sq km Capital Chittagong Population 23,999,345 Literacy rate 32.
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Chittagong Division is one of the six administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It covers the most southern areas of the country and is also the second largest one.

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Munshiganj District
Dhaleshwari River bank, Munshiganj Sadar Upazila in Munsiganj District


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Shariatpur District



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Munshiganj District
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Padma (Bangla: পদ্মা Pôdda) is a major trans-boundary river in Bangladesh. It is the main distributary of the Ganges (Gôngga), which originates in the Himalaya. The Padma enters Bangladesh from India near Chapai Nababganj.
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Meghna River is an important river in Bangladesh, one of the three that forms the Ganges Delta, the largest on earth. to the Bay of Bengal. The Meghna is formed inside Bangladesh by the joining of different rivers originaing from the hilly regions of eastern India.
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Meghna River is an important river in Bangladesh, one of the three that forms the Ganges Delta, the largest on earth. to the Bay of Bengal. The Meghna is formed inside Bangladesh by the joining of different rivers originaing from the hilly regions of eastern India.
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