Chandanaish Upazila

Chandanaish
চন্দনাইশ
Upazila
Chandanaish
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 22°12.7′N 92°2.5′E / 22.2117°N 92.0417°E / 22.2117; 92.0417Coordinates: 22°12.7′N 92°2.5′E / 22.2117°N 92.0417°E / 22.2117; 92.0417
Country  Bangladesh
Division Chittagong Division
District Chittagong District
Government
Area
 • Total 201.99 km2 (77.99 sq mi)
Population (1991)
 • Total 172,843
 • Density 856/km2 (2,220/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+6 (BST)
Website Official Map of Chandanaish

Chandanaish (Bengali: চন্দনাইশ) is an Upazila of Chittagong District[1] in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Geography

Chandanaish is located at 22°12′40″N 92°02′30″E / 22.2111°N 92.0417°E / 22.2111; 92.0417 . It has 30,189 households and a total area of 201.99 km².Its west side is plainland and its east side is surrounded with the tertiary hill tracts. Here cultivable land is very fertile. Sangu is the main river but there are also small rivers and canals like Borumoti ( Borguni Khal locally called), Chandkhali river etc.There are a lot of bills such as Moga Bill, Arah Bill,Ronger Bill.

Demographics

According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Chandanaish had a population of 172,843. Males constituted 51.27% of the population, and females 48.73%. The population aged 18 or over was 81,653. Chandanaish had an average literacy rate of 33.9% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 32.4%.[2]

Administration

There are 09 Unions and 02 Municipalities.

Municipalities are:

  • Chandanaish
  • Dohazari (Newly declared and yet to be functional)

The Unions are:

  • Hashimpur
  • Barama
  • Boiltali
  • Dohazari
  • Dhopachori
  • Joara
  • Kanchanabad
  • Barkal
  • Satbaria

Education

UNIVERSITY

MEDICAL COLLEGE

  • BGC Trust University Medical College

COLLEGE

  • BGC Trust Academy (School & College) ,
  • Gachhbaria Govt. College,
  • Barama Degree College,
  • Amanatsafa Badrunnesa Mohila College,
  • Satbaria Oli Ahmad Bir Bikrom College,
  • Begum Gul Chemanara Academy,

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Gachhbaria Nityananda Gaurochandra High School(1918),
  • Gachhbaria Mamtaz Begum High School,
  • Fatema Jinnah Girls' High School,
  • Satbaria High School,
  • East satbaria high school
  • Bailtali High School,
  • Jafarabad High School,
  • Barama Trahi Menaka High School (1925),
  • Joara B. Chowdhury High School,
  • Barkal SZ High School,
  • Shuchia High School,
  • Kanchannagar High School,
  • Kashem Mahbub High School (কাশেম মাহবুব উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়),
  • Jamijuri Boy's school,
  • Hashimpur M.A.K.U High School,
  • Khandighi m l High School,
  • Patandondy high school

MADRASA

  • Hashimpur Mokbuliya Fazil Madrasah,
  • Jafarabad Fazil Madrasa,
  • Joara Islamia Fazil Madrasa,
  • Elahabad Sunniyya Fazil Madrasah,
  • Jamijuri Sunniyya Madrasah,
  • Abu Mariam Mahila Madrasa
  • Let Sona mea choudory senior Madrasah.

OTHERS

  • Jamalur Rahman Khan Science-Technology School & College (Jamijuri Technical School and College),
  • Alhaz Nurul Islam Pre-cadet School,
  • Mozaher Para BRAC School, Hashimpur,
  • Kanaimadary Junior high school

History

Chandanaish is one of the first inhabitant of the early settlers of Chittagong. Muslim traders and preachers from the then Islamic worlds had been settling in Chittagong due to the close proximity of Chandanaish from the river Karnaphuly. However, the Muslim settlement was permanently established when the medieval Islamic invasion occurred in Chittagong.

Chandanaish was previously part of Patiya upazila. In 1976, Chandanaish was separated from Patiya and established as Chandanaish thana and in 1983 it became an upazila.

  • Maolana Maniruzzaman Islamabadi
 A notable politician, and religious reformer in British India.
  • M M Munsef Ali

Ex election commissioner of Bangladesh government

  • Dr. Nurul Islam

National professor, and world reputed physician

  • Dr. Mohammad Ali Azadi

Ex chairman of the department of zoology at Chittagong university, Professor, and Pro-VC of IIUC

See also

References

  1. ↑ Zaker, SM Abu (2012). "Chandanaish Upazila". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. ↑ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
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