Kotchandpur () is an

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Jhenaidah District Jhenaidah District () is a district in southwestern Bangladesh. Part of the Khulna Division, the district has an area of . It is bordered by Kushtia District to the north, Jessore District and West Bengal to the south, Rajbari District and Magu ...

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Division, in south-west

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Geography

Kotchandpur is located at . It has a total area of 165.63 km². It is under Jhenaidah district. Kotchandpur is surrounded by three upzilla, in the east "Kaliganj", in the south-west "Moheshpur" and in the north "Jhenaidah" sadar. There are two rivers cross Kotchandpur. One is the Kopothakho River (also called Kobadak, Kabadak, and Kapotaksma), which crosses the town and another is the Chitra, which forms the northern border of Kotchandpur. This town is very close to India. Once it was famous for sugar. It is also famous for Boluhor Fish Project.

Demographics

As of the

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, Kotchandpur upazila had 34,249 households and a population of 141,121. 27,796 (19.70%) were under 10 years of age. Kotchandpur had an average literacy rate of 50.4%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 999 females per 1000 males. 33,094 (23.45%) of the population lived in urban areas.

Administration

Kotchandpur Upazila is divided into Kotchandpur Municipality and five

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s: Baluhar, Dora, Elangi, Kushna, and Sabdalpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 81 mauzas and 79 villages. Kotchandpur Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 25

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Politics

Municipality mayor: Md. Zahidul Islam (ZIRA) is the current mayor of the municipality (Pourasava). He was elected in 2016 and serving his third term. Upazila chairman: Md. Tazul Islam. He was in politics for 20 years, under the banner of the opposition party

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(2014–present). Upazila vice chairman: Md. Muabia Hossain. He was in politics for 25 years, under the banner of the opposition party

(2014–present). Upazila Mohila vice chairman: Mst. Nazma Khatun. She was in politics for 10 years, under the banner of the opposition party

(2014–present). Member of the Parliament (MP): Shafiqul Azam Khan

Education

There are six colleges in the upazila. They include Government K. M. H. College, founded in 1969, Kotchandpur Poura Mohila College, G. T. College Talsar, and S. D. Degree College. The madrasa education system includes one kamil madrasa.3 Alim madrasha hazi altaf hossain horindia alim madrasah, Safderpur D.U Alim Madrasah, doirampur alim madrasa.

References

{{Reflist Upazilas of Jhenaidah District