Chatkhil Upazila
Chatkhil
চাটখিল | |
|---|---|
  Chatkhil Location in Bangladesh | |
| Coordinates: 23°3′N 90°57.5′E / 23.050°N 90.9583°E | |
| Country |  Bangladesh |
| Division | Chittagong Division |
| District | Noakhali District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 133.89 km2 (51.70 sq mi) |
| Population (2011 census) | |
| • Total | 233,075 |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
| Website | chatkhil |
Chatkhil (Bengali: চাটখিল) is an upazila of Noakhali District[1] in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.It is bounded by Laksham and Shahrasti Upazila on the north, Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila on the south, Begumganj Upazila on the east, and Ramgonj Upazila on the west. Chatkhil thana was formed in 1977 and was upgraded into an upazila in 1983.
Geography
Chatkhil is located at 23°03′00″N 90°57′30″E / 23.0500°N 90.9583°E. It has 46,044 household units and a total area 133.89 km2.
Demographics
As of the 2011 Bangladesh census, Chatkhil had a population of 233,075. Males constituted 48.43% of the population, and females 51.57%. The population aged 18 and up was 90,484. The average literacy rate was52.1% (7+ years), and the national average was 32.4% literate. The town is now a municipality with an area of 6.07 km2 and population 28817; male 48.45%, female 51.55%. It has 9 wards and 18 mahallas. Literacy rate among the town people is 54.8%.[2]
Administration
Chatkhil police station was established in 1977 and was turned into an Upazila in 1983.
Chatkhil Upazila is divided into Chatkhil Municipality and nine union parishads: Badalkot, Hat Pukuriaghatlabag, Khilpara, Mohammadpur, Noakhala, Panchgaon, Porokote, Ramnarayanp, and Sahapur. The union parishads are subdivided into 108 mauzas and 129 villages.[3]
Chatkhil Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 16 mahallas.[3]
The hub of the Upazila is Bhimmpur village which is actually holding most part of Chatkhil Bazar and all the administration office of Chatkhil Upazila
Education
Colleges : Chatkhil Panchgaon Mahbub Govt. College, Chatkhil Women's College, Sompara College, Abdul Wahab Degree College, Chatkhil, Noakhali.
High School : Chatkhil Panchgaon Govt. High School,Chatkhil Govt. Girls High School, Khilpara M.L. High School,Vimpur M. L. High Schoo,Gomatoli Shamsul Huda High School, Soptogaon Hifh School, Taltala Adarsha High Schoo, Singbahura Girls Academy, Jib Nagar High School, Karihati High School. Chatkhil, Noakhali.
Govt. Primary School : Reg. Primary School : Lamchory Govt. Primary School, Madrasha : Dakkhin Deliai Hashemia Dakhil Madrasha,Chatkhil Kamil Madrasha, Sadhurkhil AI Fazil Madrasha, Molliker Dighirpar Fazil Madrasha, RuhitKhali Govt. Primary School, RuhitKhali Mohila Dakhil Madrasha
- Narayan Pur R.K High School
- Kamalpur Mohammed Hashem High School
- Sholla Government Primary School
- Saptagaon Adarsha High School
- Porokot Dasgharia Union High school
- Chatkhil Panch Gaon Government High School
- Chatkhil Mahbub Government College
- Chatkhil Mohila College
- Palla Mahbub Adarsha High School
- Badalkote High School
- Hirapur Ideal High School
- Hirapur Islamia Kamil Madrasha
- Bhimpur High School
- Chatkhil Kamil Madrasha
- Abdul Wahab College
- Hatpukuria High School
- Jib Nagar High School
- Khilpara M L High School
- Molliker Dighirpar High School
- Badalkote High School
- Molliker Dighirpar Fazil Madrasha
- Sadhurkhil A I Fazil Madrasha
- Chatkhil Kamil Madrasha
- Sompara High School
- Proshadpur Government Primary School
- Khowazer Vithee Sr. Fazil Madrasha
- Horipur Government Primary School
- Faorah High School
- Faorah Government Primary School
- Mirjapur Muktijoddah Abdur Rahim High School
- Madhubpur Government primary School
- Ramnarayan pur. High School
- Kalyannagar Governmentprimary School
- Omar Ali High School
- Mother Shade Academy (Shadurkhil)
- Mother Shade Academy (Khorihati)
- Mother shade Academy (Taltola)
- Shadurkhil Government Primary school
- Chatkhil Girls School
- Horipur Al-Nur Hafijia মাদ্রাসা
- Keshurbag Dakhil Madrasha
Notable residents
- Munier Choudhury, Bangladeshi educator, playwright, literary critic and political dissident. He was a victim of the mass killing of Bengali intellectuals in 1971
- Kabir Chowdhury, was an academic, essayist, materialist, translator, cultural worker, civil society activist in Bangladesh.
- Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury- speaker of the Bangladesh parliament
See also
- Dhannapur, a village in Chatkhil
References
- ^ Tawheed Hossain Chowdhury (2012), "Chatkhil Upazila", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
- ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 27 March 2005. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
- ^ a b "District Statistics 2011: Noakhali" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
