Chatkhil Upazila

Chatkhil চাটখিল
—  Upazila  —
Chatkhil Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 23°3′N 90°57.5′E / 23.05°N 90.9583°E / 23.05; 90.9583Coordinates: 23°3′N 90°57.5′E / 23.05°N 90.9583°E / 23.05; 90.9583
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Chittagong Division
District	Noakhali District
Area
- Total	133.89 km2 (51.7 sq mi)
Population (1991)
- Total	194,185
- Density	1,450/km2 (3,755.5/sq mi)
Time zone	BST (UTC+6)

Chatkhil (Bengali: চাটখিল) is an Upazila of Noakhali District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Geography

Chatkhil is located at 23°03′00″N 90°57′30″E / 23.0500°N 90.9583°E / 23.0500; 90.9583. It has 33,832 household units and a total area 133.89 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census,Chatkhil has a population of 194185. Males constitute are 48.43% of the population, and females 51.57%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 90484. Chatkhil has an average literacy rate of 52.1% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. Chatkhil (Town) 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%.^[1]

Administrative

Chatkhil thana was established in 1977 and was turned into an upazila in 1983. The upazila has 9 unions/wards, 116 mauzas, and 136 villages. Population 194185; male 48.43%, female 51.57%; Muslim 96.23%, Hindu 3.75% and others 0.02%. The hub of the upazila is vimpur village which is actually holding most part of chatkhil bazar and all the administration office of chatkhil upazila.

See also

• Upazilas of Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh

References

1. ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS.". Archived from the original on 27 March 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm. Retrieved November 10, 2006.