Chhagalnaiya ( bn, ছাগলনাইয়া) is a town in

Feni district Feni is a district located in southeastern Bangladesh. It was a part of the Greater Noakhali, Comilla, Chittagong and Tripura. , the district's estimated population stood at 1,437,371, making it the ninth-most populous district in Chittagong Divis ...

Chittagong 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. The town is the administrative headquarter and urban centre of

Chhagalnaiya Upazila Chhagalnaiya ( bn, ছাগলনাইয়া) is an upazila of Feni District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Chhagalnaiya lies in the southern part of the district, bordering Tripura and Mirsharai Upazila of Chittagong. It is ric ...

.The urban area of Chhagalnaiya is the biggest in

and 2nd most populous in

. Chhagalnaiya is 14.6 km away from the district headquarter, Feni city while the distance from Divisional Headquarter,

Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...

is 96.6 km. The nearest airport from Chhagalnaiya town is

Shah Amanat International Airport Shah Amanat International Airport ( bn, শাহ আমানত আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর ''Shah Amanôt Antôrjatik Bimanbôndôr'') is an international airport serving Bangladesh's southeastern port ...

History

Chhagalnaiya is also the name for eponymous uupazila in

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 is believed that the name of the area changed from Sagarnaiya (whom the sea bathes or bathes) to Chagalnaiya, as a result of mistakenly writing L instead of R in official documents during the

British rule The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; * * it is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or Direct rule in India, * Quote: "Mill, who was himsel ...

. Due to its convenient geographical location and proximity to the border, the place has historically played an important role - especially during the liberation war of Bangladesh. Goats have nothing to do with this region, on the other hand it is a region created by the freezing of the sea char and Naiya means sailor, it means Sagarnaiya is a sea sailor. Chhagalnaiya is actually a derivative of ''Sagarnaiya'' or ''sea-sailor'' as many people from this region used to go to the sea to earn their bread.

Climate

Geography

Chhagalnaiya is located at . It has an average elevation of 8 metres.

Demography

According to

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 ...

, Chhgalnaiya town has a population of about 48,243 of which 23,857 are

male Male (symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or ovum, in the process of fertilization. A male organism cannot reproduce sexually without access to ...

and 24,386 are

female Female (Venus symbol, symbol: ♀) is the sex of an organism that produces the large non-motile ovum, ova (egg cells), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the Sperm, male gamete during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gamet ...

Administration

The towns is administrated by a local governing body called Chhagalnaiya Municipality or Chhagalnaiya Paurashava which has divided the town into 9

wards Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a priso ...

. The town occupies an area of 27.04 km² of which municipality governs an area of 25.2 5 km².

Transport and communications

Education

The literacy rate of the town is 62.7%. Some of the notable educational institution of the town are: * Chhagalnaiya government college * Chhagalnaiya academy *Chhagalnaiya Govt. Pilot high school *Chhagalnaiya Pilot girls high School *Moulovi Samsul Karim College *Radhanagar High School *Karaiya High School

Media

References

Chittagong District Populated places in Feni District {{Bangladesh-geo-stub