Lohagara Upazila

Lohagara (Bengali: লোহাগাড়া) is an Upazila of Chittagong District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Lohagara is situated between Chittagong and Cox's bazar.

Geography

Lohagara is located at . It has 33,981 units of household and total area 258.87 square kilometres (99.95 sq mi). It is bounded by Satkania upazila on the north, Chakaria and Lama upazilas on the south, bandarban sadar and Lama upazilas on the east, Banshkhali upazila on the west. Noted canals are Tonkaboti, Dolu and Hadar.

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Lohagara has a population of 203453. Males constitute are 51.07% of the population, and females 48.93%.Muslim 84%, Hindu 12% and Buddhist 4%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 95617. Lohagara has an average literacy rate of 34% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.^[1] Main occupations are- Agriculture 32.39%, fishery and livestock 2.8%, agricultural labourer 14.99%, wage labourer 4.47%, industry 1.93%, transport 3.55%, commerce 15.64%, service 10.77% and others 13.46%.

Literacy and Educational institutions

Average literacy 34%; male 42.40% and female 25.03%. Educational institutions: colleges 3, madrasa 10, high school 19; Noted educational institutions: North M B Amirabad High School (1932), Golambari High School (1937), Kalauzan Gorsundar High School (1945), Adhunagar High School(1961), Padua A.C.M. High School(1963), Lohagara Shahpir Pilot High School(1966), Chunati High School, Sukchari High School(1986) Chonati Hakimia Madrasah,Amirabad Sofia Aliya Madrasah,Rajghata Hossainia Azizul Uloom Madrasah Baro Aulia Degree College, Chunati Mahila College and Alhaj Mostafizur Rahman college are the colleges of Lohagara.Kalauzan Shah Rashidia Fadil(Degree)Madrasah.

Association:

(1) Lohaga Press Club (2) Lohagara Press Club Foundation (3) Rajghata Sahaba Smirity Patagar (amirabad)

Library: (1) Killar Andar Islamic Library(amirabad)

Administrative

Lohagara thana was turned into an upazila in 1983. The upazila consists of 9 union parishads, 40 mouzas and 43 villages. Largest Union is BAROHATIA and largest village is Rashider Ghona. MP : Samsul Islam UNO : Sarah Diba Upozil Chirman : Alhaj Ziaul Hoque Chy, BABUL Vice Chirman : SREE NIBAS DAS SAGOR

Notable Residents

• Sector Commander Major Nazmul Huq (7th sector of Bangladesh Liberation War, till August 1971).
• Maulana Abdul Jabbar (RA), Founder of Baitush Sharaf.
• Major General Joinal Abedin Bacchu

• Moshtaque Ahmed Chy (Ex-Parliamentarian).
• Alhaj Shafiur Rahman (Industrialist).
• Alhaz Ahmedur Rahman Chowdhury (Distric Ansar Adjutant(Comilla,Feni,Coxsbazar,Chittagong & Noakhali)
• Mahmudur Rahman Chowdhury ( Disaster Management Advisor,United Nations(South Africa,Srilanka,Somalia,Namibia)
• Dr. Anisur Rahman Chowdhury (Founder of Lohagara Najumonnesa Adarsha Primary School)
• Late Moulana Hefazatur Rahman

References

1. ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS.". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm. Retrieved November 10, 2006.