Chandpur_Sadar_Upazila
Chandpur Sadar Upazila
Upazila in Chittagong, Bangladesh
Chandpur Sadar (Bengali: চাঁদপুর সদর) is an upazila of the Chandpur District[1] in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Chandpur Sadar
চাঁদপুর সদর | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 23.226°N 90.661°E / 23.226; 90.661 | |
| Country |  Bangladesh |
| Division | Chittagong |
| District | Chandpur |
| Government | |
| • MP (Chandpur-3) | Dr. Dipu Moni |
| Area | |
| • Total | 308.77 km2 (119.22 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 436,680 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
| Postal Code | 3600 |
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| Religions in Chandpur Sadar upazila (2011)[2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religion | Percent | |||
| Islam | 94.18% | |||
| Hinduism | 5.64% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.18% | |||
According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Chandpur Sadar Upazila had 98,109 households and a population of 465,919. 109,940 (23.60%) were under 10 years of age. Chandpur Sadar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 56.05%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1,053 females per 1,000 males. 171,065 (36.72%) of the inhabitants lived in urban areas.[3][2]
According to the 2001 Bangladesh census,[4] Chandpur Sadar had 85,062 households and a population of 436,680, of whom 49.84% were female. It had an average literacy rate of 57.12%.
The old 1991 census[5] states a population of 396,872, of which only 49.28% were more than 18 years of age, 47.75% were female, and 40.1% literate.
Chandpur Sadar Upazila is divided into Chandpur Municipality and 14 union parishads: Ashikati, Baghadi, Balia, Bishnupur, Chandra, Hanar Char, Ibrahimpur, Kalyanpur, Maishadi, Rajrajeshwar, Rampur, Shakhua, Shah Mahmudpur, and Tarpur Chandi. The union parishads are subdivided into 107 mauzas and 112 villages.
Chandpur Municipality is subdivided into 15 wards and 120 mahallas.[6]
- Khan, Sayeed Ahmed (2012). "Chandpur Sadar Upazila". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- "Community Tables: Chandpur district" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. 2011.
- "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
- "District Statistics 2011: Chandpur" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
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