Daganbhuiyan Upazila

Daganbhuiyan (Bengali: দাগনভূঁইয়া, officially spelled: দাগনভূঞা)^[4][5] is an upazila (sub-district) of Feni District in the division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.^[6] It consists of one municipality and eight union parishads.

Daganbhuiyan দাগনভূঁইয়া
Upazila
Coordinates: 22°56.3′N 91°18.3′E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Chittagong
District	Feni
Area
• Total	141.70 km2 (54.71 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Total	276,915
• Density	2,000/km2 (5,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)
Postal code	3920[2]
Area code	0331[3]
Website	Official Map of Daganbhuiyan

Etymology

During the reign of Mughal prince Shah Shuja, many officers and military leaders are known from historical sources to have settled in the Noakhali and Comilla regions. They were granted 'jagirs' (land grants) here in lieu of salaries or pensions. There is a popular belief that two eminent individuals named Daganbhuyan and Matubhuyan, belonging to a lineage of the Baro-Bhuyan clan of Bengal, had settled in the western part of Feni around this time. The upazila was hence named after the Baro-Bhuyan member.^[7]

Geography

Daganbhuiyan is located at 22.9375°N 91.3042°E / 22.9375; 91.3042. It has 49,038 households and a total area of 165.84 km².

Demographics

Religions in Daganbhuiyan Upazila (2022)[8]
Religion			Percent
Islam			94.37%
Hinduism			5.61%
Other or not stated			0.02%

As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Daganbhuiyan had 49,038 households and a population of 254,402. 59,755 (23.49%) were under 10 years of age. Daganbhuiyan had an average literacy rate of 58.76%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1142 females per 1000 males. 33,574 (13.20%) of the population lived in urban areas.^[9][10]

Administration

UNO: Nibedita Chakma.^[11]

Daganbhuiyan Upazila is divided into Daganbhuiyan Municipality and eight union parishads: Daganbhuiyan, Jayloskor, Matubhuiyan, Purba Chandrapur, Rajapur, Ramnagar, Sindurpur, and Yeakubpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 101 mauzas and 119 villages.^[12] Daganbhuiyan Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 20 mahallas.^[12]

Public representative

Parliamentary Seats

Parliamentary Seats	National Constituency	Member of Parliament	Political Party
267 Feni-3	Daganbhuiyan Upazila and Sonagazi Upazila	Masud Uddin Chowdhury	Jatiya Party (Ershad)

Upazila Parishad and administration

Sr. No.	Designation	Name
01	Upazila Chairman	Didarul Kabir Ratan
03	Vice-Chairman	Jainal Abedin Mamun
04	Female Vice-Chairman	Roksana Akter

Notable people

• Abdus Salam, martyr of the Bengali Language Movement
• Rahimullah Choudhury, industrialist and politician
• Zahur Hossain Chowdhury, journalist and politician
• Abdul Awal Mintoo, industrialist

See also

• Upazilas of Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh