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词条 Chilmari Upazila
释义

  1. History

  2. Geography

  3. Demographics

  4. Administration

     Ninth Parliament election from Kurigram-4 

  5. See also

  6. References

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}}Chilmari ({{lang-bn|চিলমারী}}) is an Upazila of Kurigram District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh.[2]

History

Chilmari was river port during the Pakistani and British Rule. During the war of Independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the Chilmari Expedition was conducted by then BDF Sector 11, Mankarchar Sub-Sector, led by Squadron Leader M. Hamidullah Khan.

Geography

Chilmari is located at {{coord|25.5667|N|89.6917|E|}} . It has 20129 households and total area 224.97 km². Situated in the northern part of Bangladesh, it is located by the Indo-Bangladesh frontier. Chilmari Upazila is intersected by the mighty Brahmaputra River.

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Chilmari has a population of 100516. Males constitute 49.98% of the population, and females 50.02%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 47851. Chilmari has an average literacy rate of 23.7% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[3]

Administration

Chilmari has 6 Unions/Wards:

1. Ashtamir Char (অষ্টমির চর)

2. Nayar Hat (নয়ার হাট)

3. Chilmari (চিলমারী)

4. Ramna (রমনা)

5. Thanahat (থানাহাট)

6. Raniganj (রানীগঞ্জ)

Under these 6 unions, there are 58 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 152 villages.

Ninth Parliament election from Kurigram-4

In the ninth parliament election (জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন) held on 29 December 2008 a total of eight candidates, including two independent ones, are contesting but the contest will be mainly limited to three candidates: former JP MP Md. Golam Habib Dulal from JP-Ershad, Md. Jakir Hossain from AL and Md. Nur Alam Mukul from Jamaat-e Islami candidate of BNP-led four-party alliance. The Jamaat-e Islami candidate is using 'Scale' as the symbol.

The majority voters are in the eastern side of the Brahmaputtra river. There are 1,56,822 voters in Raumari and Rajipur upazilas, while 71,730 voters in Chilmari upazila. Of the Chilmari voters, there are about 20,000 voters in Astomir Char and Nayarhat unions under Chilmari that is situated on the eastern side of the Brahmaputra river.

Finally Md. Jakir Hossain from AL elected MP for the 9th Parliament election, 2008 ( Kurigram-4).

See also

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

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.citypopulation.de/php/bangladesh-admin.php?adm2id=4909|title=Chilmari (Subdistrict (Upazila), Bangladesh) - Population Statistics and Location in Maps and Charts|work=citypopulation.de}}
2. ^{{citation |author=Md Abdul Hakim|chapter=Chilmari Upazila|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Chilmari_Upazila|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |editor=Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh |year=2012 |edition=Second}}
3. ^{{cite web | accessdate = November 10, 2006 | url = http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archivedate = 2005-03-27 | title = Population Census Wing, BBS.}}
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1 : Upazilas of Kurigram District

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