Kotchandpur Upazila

Kotchandpur (Bengali: কোটচাঁদপুর) is an upazila of Jhenaidah District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh.[1]

Kotchandpur

কোটচাঁদপুর
Upazila
Kotchandpur
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 23°24′N 89°1′E
Country Bangladesh
DivisionKhulna Division
DistrictJhenaidah District
Area
 • Total165.66 km2 (63.96 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total141,121
 • Density850/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
WebsiteOfficial Map of Kotchandpur

Geography

Kotchandpur is located at 23.4000°N 89.0167°E / 23.4000; 89.0167. It has 19773 households and total area of 165.66 km2. It is located in the south-west part of Bangladesh. It is under Jhenaidah district. Our Kotchandpur is surrounded by three upzilla, in the east "Kaliganj", in the south-west "Moheshpur" and in the north "Jhenaidah" sadar. There are two rivers cross Kotchandpur. One is the Kopothakho River (also called Kobadak, Kabadak, and Kapotaksma), which crosses the town and another is the Chitra, which forms the northern border of Kotchandpur. This city is very close to India. Once it was famous for sugar. It is also famous for Boluhor Fish Project.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Kotchandpur had a population of 141,121. Males constituted 50.02% of the population and females 49.98%. Muslims formed 89.62% of the population, Hindus 10.31% and others 0.07%. Kotchandpur had a literacy rate of 50.44% for the population 7 years and above.[2]

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kotchandpur has a population of 107,193. Males constitute 51.4% of the population, and females 48.6%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 54,897. Kotchandpur has an average literacy rate of 26.9% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[3]

Administration

Kotchandpur Upazila is divided into Kotchandpur Municipality and five union parishads: Baluhar, Dora, Elangi, Kushna, and Sabdalpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 81 mauzas and 79 villages.[4]

Kotchandpur Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 25 mahallas.[4]

Politics

Municipality Mayor: Md. Zahidul Islam (ZIRA) is the current Mayor of the Municipality (Pourasava). He was elected in the year 2016 and serving his 3rd term.

Upazila Chairman: Md. Tazul Islam. He was in politics for 20 years, under the banner of the opposition party Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (2014–still now).

Upazila Vice Chairman: Md. Muabia Hossain. He was in politics for 25 years, under the banner of the opposition party Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (2014–still now).

Upazila Mohila Vice Chairman: Mst. Nazma Khatun. She was in politics for 10 years, under the banner of the opposition party Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (2014–still now).

Member of the Parliament (MP): Shafiqul Azam Khan

Education
See also: Education in Bangladesh

There are six colleges in the upazila. They include Government K. M. H. College, founded in 1969, Kotchandpur Poura Mohila College, G. T. College Talsar, and S. D. Degree College.[1]

The madrasa education system includes one kamil madrasa.[5]

References
  1. Rahman, Md. Azizur (2012). "Kotchandpur Upazila". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011: Zila Report – Jhenaidah" (PDF). Table P01 : Household and Population by Sex and Residence, Table P05 : Population by Religion, Age group and Residence, Table P09 : Literacy of Population 7 Years & Above by Religion, Sex and Residence. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), Ministry of Planning, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  3. "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
  4. "District Statistics 2011: Jhenaidah" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  5. 3 Alim madrasha hazi altaf hossain horindia alim madrasah, Safderpur D.U Alim Madrasah, doirampur alim madrasa."List of Kamil Madrasha". Ministry of Education. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
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