Chakaria ( bn, চকরিয়া) 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 ...

Cox's Bazar District Cox's Bazar ( bn, কক্সবাজার জেলা , ''Cox's Bazar Jela'' also ''Cox's Bazar Zila'') is a district in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh. It is named after Cox's Bazar town. It is located south of Chittagong. Cox's ...

in the Division of

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 ...

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Geography

Chakoria is located at . It has 63671 households and a total area of 643.46 km². Once there was a

mangrove forest Mangrove forests, also called mangrove swamps, mangrove thickets or mangals, are productive wetlands that occur in coastal intertidal zones. Mangrove forests grow mainly at tropical and subtropical latitudes because mangroves cannot withstand fre ...

named Chakaria Sunderban here. But now it is no more.

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 ag ...

, Chakaria had a population of 409, 346. Males constituted 51.87% of the population, and females 48.13%.

Chakaria Town

Chakaria Town has an area of 2.95 km². The town is known as " CHIRINGA " . It has a population of 50716; male 52.64%, female 47.36%. The literacy rate among town people is 34.5%. It has three dak bungalows.

Administration

Chakaria thana was constituted in 1793 and was turned into an upazila in 1983. Chakaria Upazila is divided into Chakaria Municipality and 18

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: Badarkhali, Baraitali, Bheola Manikchar, Bamo Bilchari, Chiringa, Demusia, Dulahazara, Fashiakhali, Harbang, Kaiarbil, Kakhara, Khuntakhali, Konakhali, Lakhyarchar, Paschim Bara Bheola, Purba Bara Bheola, Saharbil, and Surajpur Manikpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 48 mauzas and 212 villages. Chakaria Bazar Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 23

mahalla is an Arabic word variously translated as district, quarter, ward, or "neighborhood" in many parts of the Arab world, the Balkans, Western Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and nearby nations. History Historically, mahallas were autonomous social i ...

Archaeological heritage

Tomb of Shah Umar, Sat-gumbad Masjid of Fazl Quke at Manikpur (1873), Hasher Dighi, Bir Kamla Dighi, Dolhazara Safari Park, Chawarfari Mangrove Forest.

Historical events

During the war of liberation in 1971, the Pak army killed 13 villagers by gunshot and burnt more than one hundred houses and shops in different places of the upazila.

Marks of War of Liberation

Shaheed Abdul Hamid memorial monument.

Religious institutions

Mosque 500, temple 99, church 3, pagoda 16, mazar 6.

Old institutions

Educational institutions in the Upazila include: * Manikpur Burmese Government Primary School (1828) * Harbang Government Primary School (1884) * Kaharia Ghona Government Primary School (1914) * Pekua Government Primary School (1918) * Saharbil Anwarul Ulum Senior Madrasa (1918) * Chakaria Government High School (1930) * Illishia Jamila Begum High School (1945) * Chakaria Government Girls' High School (1968) * Chakoria pre cadet grammar School (1998) * Quality Computer Chakaria (2000) * Computer Tech-IT Solution Malumghat (2016) * Chakaria Korak Biddayapith (1990) * Chakaria Cambrian School (2011) * চিরিংগা ইসলামিয়া এমদাদুল উলুম মুহিউচ্ছুন্নাহ মাদ্রাসা (1975) * মারকাজুস সুন্নাহ চকরিয়া । (2018) *Chakaria Central high school (1972)

Media

Weekly Chakori, fortnightly Mehdi.

Cultural organizations

52, literary organization 3, women's organization 22, theatre party 2, playground 50. Main Exports Shrimp, salt, tobacco, groundnut, mustard seed, flour, watermelon, timber, coastal Fish.

References

External links

Local Government Engineering Department, Cox's Bazar, Union Parishad List
{{Authority control Upazilas of Cox's Bazar District