Chandpur District

Chandpur চাঁদপুর
District
Nickname(s): The Gateway Of Eastern Bengal
Motto: We'll develop our district
Location of Chandpur in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 23.2139°N 90.6361°ECoordinates: 23.2139°N 90.6361°E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Chittagong Division
Parliamentary seat	5
Area
• Total	1,704.06 km2 (657.94 sq mi)
Population
• Total	2,616,018 [1]
Literacy rate
• Total	69.29%
Time zone	BST (UTC+6)
• Summer (DST)	BDST (UTC+7)
Postal code	3600
Website	Chandpur(চাঁদপুর জেলা)

Chandpur (Bengali: চাঁদপুর) is a city in east-central Bangladesh, located at the mouth of the Meghna River.
The Chandpur district is administered by the Chittagong Division, the second largest of Bangladesh's seven administrative divisions.^[2]

Contents

• 1 History
• 2 Name
• 3 British
• 4 Developer
• 5 Administration
  • 5.1 Subdivisions
  • 5.2 Deputy Commissioner
• 6 Demographics
  • 6.1 Population
• 7 References

History

The Chandpur city was established in 1878.

Name

• Main name-Chandpur
• Nickname-The Gateway of Eastern India/Bengal
• Old name-Samotat

It is named from the name of Zamider Chand Roy, but some people think that it is named from Chand Sowdagor who came to this port to do business & some people think that it is named from Dorbesh Chand Fakir. In 1600, 1700 & 1800 the people of Eastern India have to go Kolkata & Dhaka by Chandpur Port. In those days Chandpur was called 'THE GATEWAY OF EASTERN INDIA'.

British

In a time the all massacre of Eastern India rebelled against the British about their salary. They came to Chandpur city rebelling. Then the police shot against them. Then many massacre was been Myrtar. Then Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji, Mowlana Muhammad Ali came to Chandpur City.

Developer

The developer of this website is MM Rizwanul Islam Rafi. Facebook-Muhammad Rizwan Rafi From Balakhal, Hajigonj, Chandpur. Number- +8801986170553

Administration

In December 2011, the Bangladeshi government appointed Lieutenant Colonel (Rtd.) Abu Osman Chowdhury, a local leading member of the Bangladesh Awami League, as the administrator to the Chandpur district council. Md. Ismiel Hossain, the Deputy Commissioner of the Bangladeshi government's Cabinet Division, is responsible for Chittagong division's Chandpur district. The Chandpur City is 25 square km in area. It is a special class municipality & its subdivision Hajigonj is a 1st class municipality. The municipalities are proposed a city corporation. The City is 80 sq.km. The population of the city 3,00,000 (.3 million). The financial side of this City is so important.The district has 5 parliamentary seat.This was called 'The Gateway Of Eastern Bengal.'

Subdivisions

The Chandpur district consists of 8 municipalities, 660 wards, 200 mahallahs (sub-divisions), 8 upazilas (administrative sub-districts), 8 thanas (administrative police districts), 87 Union Councils of Bangladesh (rural administrative districts) and 1226 villages.
The 8 municipalities of Chandpur district are:

• Chandpur Sadar
• Shahrasti
• Matlab
• Changerchar
• Hajiganj
• Kachua
• Narayanpur

The Chandpur district's 8 upazilas are:

• Chandpur Sadar
• Faridganj
• Haimchar
• Haziganj
• Kachua
• Matlab Uttar
• Matlab Dakkhin
• Shahrasti