Chakaria () is an

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in the Division of

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Geography

Chakoria has 88,391 households and a total area of 503.83 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 mangrove trees cannot withsta ...

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

Demographics

As of the

2011 Census of Bangladesh 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 r ...

, Chakaria upazila had 88,391 households and a population of 474,465. 134,516 (28.35%) were under 10 years of age. Chakaria had an average literacy rate of 47.61%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 984 females per 1000 males. 72,669 (15.32%) of the population lived in urban areas. Ethnic population is 2,783 (0.59%). 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 a ...

, 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. 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 (), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit in Bangladesh, with zila parishads (district councils) being the largest rural authori ...

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

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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) *Memorial Christian High School (1975) *Turas Travels and Tourism (2022) *Palakata High School (1970)

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