Chauddagram Upazila

Chauddagram (Bengali: চৌদ্দগ্রাম) is an upazila of Cumilla District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.[1]

Chauddagram চৌদ্দগ্রাম
Upazila
Chauddagram Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 23°13′N 91°19′E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Chittagong Division
District	Cumilla District
Area
• Total	271.73 km^2 (104.92 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	443,648
• Density	1,600/km^2 (4,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)
Website	chauddagram.comilla.gov.bd

Geography

Chauddagram is South East of Dhaka.[2]

Administration

Chauddagram Upazila is divided into Chauddagram Municipality and 13 union parishads: Alkara, Batisha, Cheora, Ghulpasha, Gunabati, Jagannatdighi, Kalikapur, Kankapait, Kashinagar, Moonshirhat, Shuvapur, Sreepur, and Ujirpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 363 mauzas and 403 villages.[3]

Chauddagram Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 27 mahallas.[3]

Education

Schools include:[1]

• Cheora B.F High School
• Kankapait School (Founder - Munshi Muhammad Ibrahim)
• Chauddagram H. J. Govt. Pilot High School (1921)
• Bijoykara School and College est- School -1970 and College - 1992 (Founder - Aga MD Aminul Islam Chowdhury)
• Batisa Secondary School, founded in 1926 Munsirhat High School (1954)
• Payer Khola High School (1882)
• Gunabati M/L High School, Tarashail High School
• Padua Sufia Rahman High School (1966).

See also

• Upazilas of Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh

References

1. Uddin, AKM Jasim (2012). "Chauddagram Upazila". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
2. "Chauddagram Upazila". Chauddagram Upazila. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
3. "District Statistics 2011: Comilla" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.