Chandanaish Upazila


Chandanaish is an upazila of Chittagong District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh]
. Mohammed nazim uddin, Engineer, working at Chittagong port,born in north barkal chandanish.

Geography

Chandanaish is located at . It has 30,189 households and a total area of 201.99 km².Its west side is plainland and its east side is surrounded with the tertiary hill tracts. Here cultivable land is very fertile. Sangu is the main river but there are also small rivers and canals like Borumoti, Chandkhali river etc.There are a lot of bills such as Moga Bill, Arah Bill,Ronger Bill.

Demographics

According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Chandanaish had a population of 172,843. Males constituted 51.27% of the population, and females 48.73%. The population aged 18 or over was 81,653. Chandanaish had an average literacy rate of 33.9%, compared to the national average of 32.4%.

Administration

MP: Nazrul Islam Chowdhury
Upazila Chairman:Alhaz Abdul Jabbar Chowdhur.
Vice Chairman: M Solaiman Faruque
Femail V. Chairman: Kamela Rupa
There are 09 Unions and 02 Municipalities.
Municipalities are:
The Unions are:
Universities
Medical colleges
Colleges
High schools
Madrasahs
Others
Chandanaish is one of the first inhabitant of the early settlers of Chittagong. Muslim traders and preachers from the then Islamic worlds had been settling in Chittagong due to the close proximity of Chandanaish from the river Karnaphuly. However, the Muslim settlement was permanently established when the medieval Islamic invasion occurred in Chittagong.
Chandanaish was previously part of Patiya upazila. In 1976, Chandanaish was separated from Patiya and established as Chandanaish thana and in 1983 it became an upazila.

Notable persons