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Kachua Upazila, Chandpur

Coordinates: 23°21′N 90°53.5′E / 23.350°N 90.8917°E / 23.350; 90.8917
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Kachua
কচুয়া
Upazila
Kachua is located in Bangladesh
Kachua
Kachua
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 23°21′N 90°53.5′E / 23.350°N 90.8917°E / 23.350; 90.8917
Country Bangladesh
DivisionChittagong Division
DistrictChandpur District
Area
 • Total235.82 km2 (91.05 sq mi)
Population
 (1991)
 • Total293,683
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Websitekachua.chandpur.gov.bd

Kachua (Bengali: কচুয়া) is an Upazila of Chandpur District[1] in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Geography

Kachua is located in between 23.15 and 23.28 degrees of North latitudes and 90.48 to 91.01 degrees of East longitudes. ( 23°21′00″N 90°53′30″E / 23.3500°N 90.8917°E / 23.3500; 90.8917 ). It has 50,262 households and a total area of 235.82 km².

Demographics

According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kachua had a population of 293,683. Males constituted 49.7% of the population, and females 50.3%. The population aged 18 or over was 135,448. Kachua had an average literacy rate of 34.1% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%.[2]

Administration

Kachua upozila has 12 unions[3]

  1. Sachar
  2. Pathoir
  3. Bitara
  4. Palakhal Model
  5. Sohodebpur (poschim)
  6. Kachua (uttar)
  7. Kachua (Dakkhin)
  8. Kadla
  9. Karyia
  10. Gohat (uttar)
  11. Gohat (dakkhin)
  12. Ashrafpur

Notable people

Some famous academics of Kachua are[4]

  1. Late Ashke Ali Khan (Social Reformer)
  2. Professor Borhan Uddin Khan Jahangir (Political Science)
  3. Alhaz MD. Milon (Politician)
  4. Dr. Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir (Economist)
  5. Mrs. Nilufa Begum (columnist)
  6. Dr. Helal-ud-din Abedin (Sociologist)
  7. Dr. Muntasir Mamun (Historian)
  8. Maulana Abdul Awal (prominent columnist, literary and Islamic thinker)

See also

References

  1. ^ Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal, ed. (2012), "Kachua Upazila (Chandpur District)", Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh {{citation}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
  2. ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
  3. ^ Ahmed, Nasir; Mikail, Mohammad; Saha, DK (2009-05-06). "Mineralogical study of Sediment samples of Kachua, Chandpur district for investigation of arsenic bearing minerals". Journal of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences. 32 (1): 1–12. doi:10.3329/jbas.v32i1.2436. ISSN 0378-8121.
  4. ^ http://kachua.chandpur.gov.bd/site/page/2ad37f81-2144-11e7-8f57-286ed488c766/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%20%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC


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