Chatmohar ( bn, চাটমোহর) is an upazila of Pabna District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Geography

Chatmohar is located at . It has 39489 households and a total area of 314.32 km².

Demographics

As of the

2011 Bangladesh census In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh, which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census. Data were reco ...

, Chatmohar has a population of 291121. Males constitute 50.63% of the population, and females 49.37%.The density of the population is 938.8 inhabitants/km². Chatmohar has an average literacy rate of 43.4% (7+ years), and the national average is 32.4% literate.

Administration

Chatmohar Upazila is divided into Chatmohar Municipality and 11 union parishads: Bilchalan, Chhaikhola, Danthia Bamangram, Failjana, Gunaigachha, Handial, Haripur, Mothurapur, Mulgram, Nimaichara, and Parshadanga. The union parishads are subdivided into 170 mauzas and 236 villages. Chatmohar Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 13 mahallas. Chairman: Abdul Hamid Master Vice Chairman: Aroj Khan Woman Vice Chairman: Sufiya Khatun

Upazila Nirbahi Officer An Upazila Nirbahi Officer (Abbreviation: UNO; bn, উপজেলা নির্বাহী অফিসার) is the chief executive officer of an upazila (subdistrict) and a mid-level officer of the Bangladesh Civil Service (administration ...

(UNO): Sheheli Laila

Education

Primary Schools: *Afrat Para Govt. Primary School *Chatmohar Model Primary School *D A Joyen Uddin School * Bahadurpur Government Primary School Schools: *

Ashraf Zindani High School, Shomaj Ashraf Zindani High School, Somaj is a secondary school which is located at a village, Somaj at Chatmohar Upazila in Pabna District. Location The school is located at the village of Somaj of Nimaichara union at Chatmohar Upazila in the district of ...

Mohela BL High School Mohela BL (Bi-Lateral) High School is a semi-government high school in Chatmohar of Pabna district in Bangladesh.

* Chatmohar RCN and BSN High School *Handiyal High School *Mulgram Union High School *Parshawdanga High School *Bamongram High School *Nimaichora High School *Chatmohar Model High School *Chatmohar Pilot Girls High School *Chiknai High School *Atlongka High School *Saint Rita's High School *Failjana High School *Panchuria high School *Chaikola High School *Chalanbill High School *Paramount International School Colleges: *Chatmohar Degree College *Chatmohar Women's College *Chatmohar Technical and Business Management Institute *Atlongka Degree College *Handiyal College *M.A Samad BM School And College *Chaikhola Degree College *Professor Boyen Uddin Degree College *Mirzapur Degree College *Mahmud Ali Degree College Madrashas: *Enayet ullah Fazil Madrasa *Samad Sawda Dhakhil Madrasha *Boyaiimary Dhakhil Madrasha *Kuabashi Dakhil Madrasah Polytechnic institutes: *Chatmohar Polytechnic Institute

Notable residents

* General Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri

OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

was

Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) (unofficially known as the Army Chief) is a statutory position in the Indian Army held usually by a four star general. As the highest ranking officer to serve solely in the Indian Army, the chief is the profess ...

(1962–1966) *

Pramatha Chaudhuri Pramathanath Chaudhuri ( bn, প্রমথনাথ চৌধুরী; 7 August 1868 – 2 September 1946), known as Pramatha Chaudhuri, ''alias'' Birbal, was a Bengali writer and an influential figure in Bengali literature. He was the neph ...

, writer, spent his first five years at Haripur village. *

K. M. Anowarul Islam K. M. Anowarul Islam is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Pabna-3 Pabna-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Mokbul Hossain (born ...

was Member of Parliament for constituency

Pabna-3 Pabna-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Mokbul Hossain (born 1950), Mokbul Hossain of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Bhangura Upazila, Bhangura, Cha ...

from 2001 until 2008.

References

Upazilas of Pabna District {{Rajshahi-geo-stub