Chatkhil Upazila

Chatkhil (Bengali: চাটখিল) is an upazila of Noakhali District in Chittagong Division, Bangladesh.^[4] Chatkhil thana was formed in 1977 and was upgraded into an upazila in 1983.

Chatkhil চাটখিল
Upazila
Coordinates: 23°3′N 90°57.5′E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Chittagong
District	Noakhali
Area
• Total	133.89 km2 (51.70 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Total	258,794
• Density	1,932.9/km2 (5,006.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)
Postal code	3870[2]
Area code	0321[3]
Website	chatkhil.noakhali.gov.bd

Geography

Chatkhil is located at 23.0500°N 90.9583°E / 23.0500; 90.9583. It has 46,044 household units and a total area 133.89 km². It is bounded by Manoharganj and Shahrasti Upazila on the north, Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila on the south, Begumganj Upazila on the east, and Ramganj Upazila on the west.

Demographics

Religions in Chatkhil Upazila (2022)[5]
Religion			Percent
Islam			96.93%
Hinduism			3.05%
Other or not stated			0.02%

According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Chatkhil Upazila had 46,044 households and a population of 233,253. 54,246 (23.26%) were under 10 years of age. Chatkhil had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 65.57%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1159 females per 1000 males. 44,775 (15.67%) lived in urban areas.^[6][7]

The town is now a municipality with an area of 6.07 km² and population 28,817; male 48.45%, female 51.55%. It has 9 wards and 18 mahallas. Literacy rate among the town people is 54.8%.^[7]

Administration

Chatkhil police station was established in 1977 and was turned into an Upazila in 1983.

Chatkhil Upazila is divided into Chatkhil Municipality and nine union parishads: Badalkot, Hat Pukuriaghatlabag, Khilpara, Mohammadpur, Noakhala, Panchgaon, Porokote, Ramnarayanpur and Sahapur. The union parishads are subdivided into 108 mauzas and 129 villages.^[8]

Chatkhil Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 16 mahallas.^[8]

The hub of the Upazila is Bhimmpur village which consists of Chatkhil Bazar and the administration office of Chatkhil Upazila.

Notable residents

• Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury- politician
• Munier Choudhury, writer
• Kabir Chowdhury, writer
• Muhammed Abul Manzur, general
• Ferdousi Mazumder, actress
• Habibur Rahman (bn), professor
• Rubi Rahman, poet and politician

See also

• Dhannapur, a village in Chatkhil