Chatmohar ( bn, চাটমোহর) 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 ...

Pabna District Pabna District ( bn, পাবনা জেলা) is a district in central Bangladesh. It is an economically important district in Bangladesh. Its administrative capital is the eponymous Pabna town. History Archeologist Cunningham conjectured ...

in the Division of

Rajshahi Rajshahi ( bn, রাজশাহী, ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city and a major urban, commercial and educational centre of Bangladesh. It is also the administrative seat of the eponymous Rajshahi Division, division and Rajshahi District ...

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 ...

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 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: 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

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 ins ...

s. 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 (administratio ...

(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 * Mohela BL High School *

Chatmohar RCN and BSN High School Chatmohar Raja Chandra Nath and Babu Shambhu Nath Model Pilot High School and College, also referred to as Chatmohar High School or Chatmohar RCN and BSN Model Pilot High School ( bn, চাটমোহর রাজা চন্দ্রনাথ � ...

*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 General Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri (Bengali: জয়ন্তনাথ চৌধুরী; 10 June 1908 – 6 April 1983) was a General Officer in the Indian Army. He served as the 6th Chief of Army Staff from 1962 to 1966 and the Military Gov ...

OBE 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 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.

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