Chandpur (district)

Chandpur District
Basic data
Country	Bangladesh
division	Chittagong
Seat	Chandpur
surface	1,645.3 km²
Residents	2,416,018 (2011)
density	1468 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BD-09
Website	www.chandpur.gov.bd

Coordinates: 23 ° 8 '  N , 90 ° 23'  E

The district Chandpur ( Bengali : চাঁদপুর জেলা , Cādapur Jela , Chandpur Jela ) is an administrative unit in southeastern Bangladesh , who within the Division Chittagong is. The district has 2,416,018 inhabitants (2011 census).

geography

The 1645.32 km² district borders in the north on the neighboring districts Kumilla and Munsiganj and in the east again on Kumilla. The districts of Noakhali , Lakshmipur and Barishal lie to the south and the Meghna River and the districts of Shariatpur and Munsiganj lie on the western flank of Chandpur.

The main streams are the Meghna and Padma , which unite near the district capital, Chandpur .

The Meghna in Chandpur District

Nature and wildlife

The vegetation corresponds to that of the entire lower course of the Ganges with numerous evergreen trees. There are also fruit trees, palms and banana trees.

Wildlife includes jackals, foxes, the Bengal mongoose , civets , squirrels and bats. There are also numerous species of birds, fish, reptiles, numerous species of snakes and amphibians.

climate

The climate is subtropical and the temperatures fluctuate between 12.7 ° C and 34.3 ° Celsius. The average annual rainfall is 2551 mm. The average humidity is usually more than 70%. There is little rain in the months from November to March. June, July and August are the months with the most rain.

Due to its location, the area is repeatedly hit by cyclones, floods and tidal waves.

history

For centuries the region belonged to the Gupta Empire . After its fall, various regional Buddhist dynasties ruled. The last Buddhist empire was Pala . But Hinduism reached the region in the late period of the Pala Empire. The kingdom of Sena that followed Pala was already influenced by Hinduism. However, by the time the Sultanate of Delhi conquered it in 1230, both Buddhism and Hinduism were widespread. Under the various Islamic dynasties - after the Sultanate of Delhi, the Sultanate of Bengal and the Mughal Empire - Buddhism completely disappeared. While Muslims slowly became the majority between the 13th and 15th centuries, parts of the population remained loyal to Hinduism. The current area of ​​the district was fought for centuries between the Sultanate of Bengal and his successor Mughal Empire on the one hand and the Kingdom of Twipra (English Tippera). From 1733 to 1765 it belonged to the Mughal Empire and from 1765 to 1947 to British India as part of the Chittagong Division and the Kumilla District. From 1947 to 1971 the district was part of East Pakistan in the Republic of Pakistan. During the War of Independence in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), the area was liberated by Bengali troops in December 1971. On February 5, 1984, the previous Chandpur sub-district was split off and became an independent district from Kumilla.

population

Population development

As everywhere in Bangladesh, the population in the district has been growing rapidly for decades. The following table illustrates this:

Significant places

The most populous place within the district is the district capital Chandpur. Other towns (Towns) are Faridganj , Hajiganj , Kachua , Motlab , Sengarchar and Shahrasti . The urban population makes up only 18.03 percent of the total population. The population of the main towns of the Upazilas and other towns with more than 10,000 inhabitants:

administration

Chandpur was created in 1878 as an administrative sub-unit of the Tripura District . Chandpur has only been an independent district within the administrative system of Bangladesh since 1984. It is administratively divided into the following seven Upazilas : Chandpur Sadar, Faridganj, Haimchar, Hajiganj, Kachua, Motlab and Shahrasti. Within this administrative division there are seven self-governing municipalities , 87 Union Parishads (village councils) and 1230 villages.

economy

In total there are (2011) 1,834,277 people who are older than 10 years. Of these, 621,962 people are in school, 22,617 people are looking for work and 638,844 people work in a household. 550,854 people are employed. Of these, 282,301 (= 51.2 percent) people work in agriculture and fishing, 63,210 in industry and 205,343 in services.

Main agricultural products are rice, jute, wheat, sugar cane, potatoes, legumes and vegetable oils. The most common types of fruit and berries are mangoes, blackberries, jackfruit , papayas, coconuts, bananas and limes. The main export products are fish, shrimp, betel nuts and potatoes.

health

There is a single hospital and a health center in each subdistrict. There are also smaller health centers and family planning centers at the local level.

traffic

There are few railway lines in the whole district. That is why regional traffic is mostly handled by auto rickshaws and minibuses, and supra-regional traffic by buses. Because of the location by the sea and numerous rivers, water transport is also important in parts of the district.

Web links

• Article on Chandpur District by Abul Khaer Khan at Banglapedia
• Chandpur at the 2011 census
• Zila Chandpur at the 2011 census
• Article Tippera with history up to 1900 in the Imperial Gazeteer of India