Chowgacha ( bn, চৌগাছা) is an

upazila An ''upazila'' ( bn, উপজেলা, upôzela, lit=sub-district pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative region in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a ...

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in the Division of

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History

There is a long history behind Chowgacha. It is named after the four banyan tree beside the Chowgacha. This is the first place in Bangladesh to get its freedom during the liberation war in 1971. Chawgachha got its victory on 6 December 1971.

Geography

Chowgacha is located at . The main city is on the bank of the river Kopothakho River. It has a total area of 269.31 km². Chaugachha Upazila is bounded by Maheshpur, Kotchandpur and Kaliganj upazilas on the north, Jessore Sadar and Kaliganj upazilas on the east, Sarsha and

Jhikargachha Jhikargachha ( bn, ঝিকরগাছা) is an upazila of Jessore District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. Demographics According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Jhikargachha had a population of 298,908. Males constituted 49.22% of the ...

upazilas and

Bagdah Bagdah or Bagdaha may refer to: * Bagdah (community development block), a community development block in the state of West Bengal * Bagdah, North 24 Parganas, a village under the Bagdah CD Block * Bagdah (Vidhan Sabha constituency), a Vidhan Sabha c ...

community development block in

North 24 Parganas district North 24 Parganas (abv. 24 PGS (N)) or sometimes North Twenty Four Parganas is a district in southern West Bengal, of eastern India. North 24 Parganas extends in the tropical zone from latitude 22° 11′ 6″ north to 23° 15′ 2″ north and f ...

in West Bengal, India on the south and Maheshpur Upazila on the west.

Demographics

According to 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 ...

, Chaugachha had a population of 231,370. Males constituted 50.10% of the population and females 49.90%. Muslims formed 92.48% of the population, Hindus 7.49%, Christians 0.01% and others 0.02%. Chaugachha had a literacy rate of 53.7% for the population 7 years and above. As of 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 ...

, Chowgacha Upazila had a population of 189,829. Males constituted 51.6% of the population, and females 48.4%; 91,297 of the population were aged 18 or over. Chowgacha had an average literacy rate of 25.5% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4% literate.

Points of interest

Nilkuthi, Muktinagar, Bergobindopur Baor, Kharincha Baor, Jagdishpur Tula Firm, Kopotakkho Nod.

Administration

Chaugachha Upazila is divided into Chaugachha Municipality and 11

union parishad Union council ( bn, ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ, translit=iūniyan pariṣad, translit-std=IAST), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit ...

s: Chaugachha, Dhuliani, Hakimpur, Jagadishpur, Narayanpur, Pashapole, Patibila, Phulsara, Singhajhuli, Sukpukhuria, and Swarupdaha. The union parishads are subdivided into 150 mauzas and 154 villages. Chaugachha Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 11

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s. Principal, Mostanichur Rahman is the Upazila Chairman (2019 – present) of Chawgachha.

Notable residents

* Shaheed Mashiur Rahman, lawyer, politician, and martyr in the War of Liberation, was born in Singhajhuli village in 1920.

References

Upazilas of Jessore District Jashore District Khulna Division {{Khulna-geo-stub