Chauddagram Upazila
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Chauddagram
চৌদ্দগ্রাম | |
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Coordinates: 23°13.7′N 91°18.8′E / 23.2283°N 91.3133°E [1] | |
Country | Bangladesh |
Division | Chittagong Division |
District | Cumilla District |
Upazilla established | 1983 |
Municipality established | 2003 |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor–Council |
• Body | |
• City Mayor | [https://www.facebook.com/GMMiruOfficial/ (Awami League) |
• Previous Mayor | [https://www.facebook.com/MayorMizanurRahman/ |
Area | |
• Total | 271.73 km2 (104.92 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 443,648 [https://www.citypopulation.de/en/bangladesh/admin/ |
Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
Postal code | 3550-3583 |
Website | chauddagram |
Chauddagram (Template:Lang-bn) is an upazila of Cumilla District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. It also a Municipality under Cumilla District.[1]
Geography
Chauddagram is South East of Dhaka. It is on the Southern part of Comilla. Surrounded by Sadar Dakshin,Tripura,Laksham,Feni .[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]
- Chauddagram H. J. Govt. Pilot Model High School (1921)
- Chouddagram Secondary Pilot Girls High School
- Kankapait School (Founder - Munshi Muhammad Ibrahim)
- Cheora B.F High School
- 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
References
- ^ a b Uddin, AKM Jasim (2012). "Chauddagram Upazila". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ "Chauddagram Upazila". Chauddagram Upazila. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
- ^ a b "District Statistics 2011: Comilla" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
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