Chauddagram Upazila

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

Chauddagram
চৌদ্দগ্রাম
Upazila
Chauddagram
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 23°13.7′N 91°18.8′E
Country Bangladesh
DivisionChittagong Division
DistrictCumilla District
Upazilla established1983
Municipality established2003
Government
 • TypeMayor–Council
 • Body • City Mayor[https://www.facebook.com/GMMiruOfficial/ (Awami League) • Previous Mayor[https://www.facebook.com/MayorMizanurRahman/Area
 • Total271.73 km2 (104.92 sq mi)Population
 (2011)
 • Total443,648 [https://www.citypopulation.de/en/bangladesh/admin/
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Postal code
3550-3583
Websitechauddagram.comilla.gov.bd

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
See also: Education in Bangladesh

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
  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.
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