Chhagalnaiya ( Bengali : ছাগলনাইয়া ) is a town in Feni district of Chittagong Division , Bangladesh. The town is the administrative headquarters and urban centre of Chhagalnaiya Upazila .The urban area of Chhagalnaiya is the biggest in Chhagalnaiya Upazila and 2nd most populous in Feni district . Chhagalnaiya is 14.6 km away from the district headquarter, Feni city while the distance from the Divisional Headquarter , Chittagong is 96.6 km. The nearest airport from Chhagalnaiya town is Shah Amanat International Airport .
6-761: Despite some beliefs, the origin of the word chhagal ( ছাগল , 'goat') in Chhagalnaiya has no connection to the Gandhi's goat stealing incident of 1946. The Chhagalnaya- Parshuram region, located in this relatively ancient part of Noakhali , had a large portion of its area submerged underwater in the distant past. This body of water was known as either billasagar or sukh sagar ( transl. sea of happiness ), according to different opinions. Numerous boat wrecks have been discovered in this area once inhabited by boatmen, referred to as sagarer naiya ( Bengali : সাগরের নাইয়া , lit. 'boatmen of
12-402: A population of about 48,243 of which 23,857 are male and 24,386 are female. The town is administered by a local governing body called Chhagalnaiya Municipality or Chhagalnaiya Paurashava which has divided the town into 9 wards . The town occupies an area of 27.04 km of which municipality governs an area of 25.2 5 km. The town is the road transport hub of the upazila. To the west it
18-484: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Parshuram Upazila Parshuram ( Bengali : পরশুরাম ) is an upazila of Feni District in the Division of Chittagong , in southeast Bangladesh . As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh , Parshuram upazila had 20,353 households and a population of 101,062. 24,600 (24.34%) were under 10 years of age. Parshuram had an average literacy rate of 58.75%, compared to
24-468: Is connected by zilla road Z1031 to Feni , about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) away. Z1035 runs north 23 kilometres (14 mi) to Parshuram. Z1032 runs south 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) to Muhuriganj, where it connects to the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway . The literacy rate of the town is 62.7%. Some of the notable educational institution of the town are: This Bangladesh location article
30-467: The national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1107 females per 1000 males. 29,691 (29.37%) of the population lived in urban areas. UNO : Afruza Habib Shapla. Parshuram Upazila is divided into Parshuram Municipality and three union parishads : Boxmahmmud, Chitholia, and Mirzanagar. The union parishads are subdivided into 157 mauzas and 71 villages. Parshuram Municipality (or Parshuram Paurashava (Bengali: পরশুরাম পৌরসভা ), or just Parshuram )
36-635: The sea') in Bengali. Over time, sagarer naiya evolved into sagarnaiya in folk language, and eventually into chagalnaiya , the term used today. Some accounts suggest that during the early British period , the word sagar (sea) was mistakenly transcribed as sagol , resulting in sagolnaiya or Chhagalnaiya. Chhagalnaiya is located at 23°02′10″N 91°31′10″E / 23.0361°N 91.5194°E / 23.0361; 91.5194 . It has an average elevation of 8 metres. According to 2011 Bangladesh census , Chhagalnaiya town has
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