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Chattogram at a Glance

Chattogram district is an administrative zone of Chittagong division of south-eastern Bangladesh. No other districts of Bangladesh has so much geographical variation like Chattogram because of the hills, the sea, the valleys and the forests. 

Geographical location: Chattogram is located in between 20o35' and 22o59' north latitude and in between 91o27' and 92o22' east longitudes. 

Geographical boundaries: Chattogram is bounded by Feni district and Tripura State of India to the north, Cox's Bazar district to the south, Bandarban, Rangamati and Khagrachari districts to the east, Noakhali district and Bay of Bengal to the west. Besides, the island Sandwip is part of Chittagong.

 

Chattogram at a Glance

Area 5,283 square kilometres

Boundary

Feni district and Tripura State of India to the north, Cox's Bazar district to the south, Bandarban, Rangamati and Khagrachari districts to the east, Noakhali district and Bay of Bengal to the west

Administrative Structure

a) City Corporation -1

 Chattogram City Corporation

b) Upazila -15

Mirsharai, Sitakunda, Sandwip, Raozan, Rangunia, Fatikchhari, Hathazari, Patiya, Anwara, Chandanaish, Boalkhali, Banshkhali, Lohagara, Satkania, Karnaphuli

c) Thana

 

At Upazila level -16

 

Mirsharai, Sitakunda, Sandwip, Raozan, Rangunia, Fatikchhari, Bhujpur, Hathazari, Patiya, Anwara, Chandanaish, Boalkhali, Banshkhali, Lohagara, Satkania, Zorargonj

At Chattogram Metropolitan Area -16

Bakolia, Bayazid, Pahartali, Panchlaish, Patenga, Chandgaon, Bandar, Doublemooring, Halishahar, Karnaphuli, Khulshi, Kotwali, Akbarshah, Chawkbazar, Sadarghat, EPZ

d) Parliamentary Constituencies

16

e) Coastal Upazila

5 - Mirsharai, Sitakunda, Anwara, Banshkhali, Sandwip

f) Municipal Corporations-15

Mirsharai, Barayarhat, Sitakunda, Sandwip, Raozan, Rangunia, Patiya, Banshkhali, Satkania, Chandanaish, Fatikchhari, Hathazari, Boalkhali, Nazirhat, Dohazari

g) Union

 190

h) Village

 1,267

i) Mauza

890

Population

a) Total population 

79,13,365 (According to Population & Housing Cencus-2011 as on 15 March,2011)

[Male 39,88,553 (50.4%), Female 39,24,812 (49.6%)]

b) Population (Chattogram Metropolitan)

32,02,000

c) Density of population

1,497 per sqauare kilometre 

Land

a) Total land area

13,05,446 acre

b) Agricultural land

5,88,079 acre

c) Non-agricultural land

1,12,314.57 acre

d) Agricultural khas land

44,350.535 acre

e) Non-agricultural khas land

91,208.946 acre

f) Hilly land

3,73,930 acre

Rivers

3 (Karnaphuli, Halda, Sangu) 

 

Education

Literacy rate

         Literacy rate of male

         Literacy rate of female

58.9%

61.1%

56.7%

No. of Educational Institutions 

a) Government primary school

b) Non-government primary school

    Registered non-government primary school

    Experimental school

    Others (including kindergarten schools)

    Total

c) Madrasa

d) Government secondary school

e) Non-government secondary school

f) Non-government Lower Secondary School

g) School and college (School section)

    Total

 

h) Government College

i) Non-government College

j) Government higher secondary college

k) Non-government higher secondary college

l) Government Masters college 

   Total

 

m) Public University

n) Private University

o) Medical college

p) Law college 

q) Polytechnic institute 

r) Teachers' training college 

s) Marine academy

t) Military academy

u) Naval academy

v) Marine fisheries academy 

w) Public library

 

1,634

847

519

2

842

2,997

299

58

632

32

29

751

 

09

82

01

26

01

150

 

03

06

02

02 

04

02

01

01

01

01

08
 
Notable institutions / establishments

University of Chittagong

Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA)

Bangladesh Marine Academy

BTV (Chattogram center)

M.A.Aziz Stadium 

Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium

Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ)

Tourist spot 

Patenga sea beach, Foy's lake, Chittagong zoo, The shrine of Hazrat Shah Amanat (R), Dargah of Hazrat Bayazid Bostami (R), Ethnological Museum, War cemetery, DC hill, Batali hill, Court building (The office of the Deputy Commissioner), Chandranath hill (Sitakunda), Banshkhali eco-park, Parki sea beach (Anwara)