Chatkhil Upazila

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Chatkhil Upazila
Chatkhil
Division_name - District	Chittagong Division - Noakhali District
Coordinates	23.0500° N 90.9583° E
Area	133.89 km²
Time zone	BST (UTC+6)
Population (1991) - Density	194185 - 1450/km²

Chatkhil (Bengali: চাটখিল) is an Upazila of Noakhali District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Administrative
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Geography

Chatkhil is located at 23.0500° N 90.9583° E. It has 33,832 household units and a total area 133.89 km².

[edit] Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh census^[1],Chatkhil has a population of 194185. Males constitute are 48.43% of the population, and females 51.57%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 90484. Chatkhil has an average literacy rate of 52.1% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. Chatkhil (Town) The town is now a municipality with an area of 6.07 km² and population 28817; male 48.45%, female 51.55%. It has 9 wards and 18 mahallas. Literacy rate among the town people is 54.8%.^[2]

[edit] Administrative

Chatkhil thana was established in 1977 and was turned into an upazila in 1983. The upazila has 9 unions/wards, 116 mauzas/mahallas, and 136 villages. Population 194185; male 48.43%, female 51.57%; Muslim 96.23%, Hindu 3.75% and others 0.02%.