Chandgaon ( bn, চান্দগাঁও) is a

thana Thana means "police station" in South Asian countries, and can also mean the district controlled by a police station. * Thanas of Bangladesh, former subdistricts in the administrative geography of Bangladesh; later renamed ''upazila'' * in (Briti ...

Chattogram District Chittagong District, renamed the Chattogram District, is a district located in the south-eastern region of Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chattogram Division. The port city of Chattogram, which is the second largest city in Bangladesh, is lo ...

Chattogram Division Chittagong Division, officially known as Chattogram Division, is geographically the largest of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It covers the south-easternmost areas of the country, with a total area of and a population at the 2 ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

. It comprises the

Chandgoan Residential Area Chandgoan Residential Area ''(Bengali translation'' ''চান্দগাঁও আবাসিক এলাকা''), is one of the major residential area in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It's situated at Chandgaon Thana, near a place called "Bahadda ...

and the Kalurghat Industrial Area.

Geography

Chandgaon Thana is located at . It has 40,888 households and a total area of 32.14 km².

Demographics

According to the

1991 Bangladesh census In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age ...

, Chandgaon had a population of 219,641, of whom 119,069 were aged 18 or older. Males constituted 56.4% of the population, and females 43.6%. Chandgaon had an average literacy rate of 46.5% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%.

Points of interest

Zia Park Zia or ZIA (also spelled Ziya, Ḍiya , Dia or Diya) may refer to: People * Zia (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name ** A romanization of the Wu ( Shanghainese) pronunciation of the Chinese surname Xie (謝) ...

is an amusement park located in the area.

Administration

Chandgaon has 6 Unions/Wards, 14 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 0 villages. The postcode is 4212. The current commissioner of the Chandgaon ward is Commissioner MR Esrarul Haque Esrar under Chittagong City Corporation.

Education

Hajera Taju University College Hazera-Taju University College is a non-government honors level degree college situated at Chandgaon Thana, Chittagong, Bangladesh. The institution was founded by former member of parliament for Chittagong-8 Nurul Islam (BSc) in 1991 as a women' ...

is the only college in the thana. The madrasa education system includes one Kamil madrasa.

References

External links

* Thanas of Chittagong District {{Chittagong-geo-stub