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DISTRICT AT A GLANCE
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Area : 1602.58 sq km.
Geographical location : 24 ° 22 'to 24 °56' north latitude and 8 ° 20 'to 8 ° 23' east longitude. East: Godagari upazila of Rajshahi district and Niamatpur and Porsha upazilas of Naogaon district. West: Malda district of India and Padma river north: Malda District: South: Padma River and Murshidabad District of India.
Constituencies: There are 3 constituencies
43-Chapainawabganj-1 (Shibganj)
44-Chapainawabganj-2 (Nachol, Bholahat and Gomstapur)
45-Chapainawabganj-3 (Sadar)
Population : The population is 17,47,521
Total No. of Voters (Male and Female) Total: 10,69,138 Male: 5,33,101 Female: 5,37,035
Literacy rate : 66%.
Upazila : 05 (Chapainawabganj Sadar, Shibganj, Gomstapur, Nachol and Bholahat)
Municipalities (Chapainawabganj, Shibganj, Rahanpur,Nachol municipality)
Unions: 45
Mouzas: 787
villages: 1294
Rivers: 04 (Padma, Mahananda, Punarbhaba and Pagla river)
Bill : 41
Mosques: 460
NGOs: 98
Food warehouses: 07
Storage capacity of the food warehouse :16,000 metric tons.
Banks: 23 (62 branches in total)
Telephone Exchange: 07 (Chapainawabganj, Maharajpur, Shibganj, Rahanpur, Nachol, Bholahat)
Cinema Hall:  03 
Post Office 75 (13 large and 72 small)
Fisheries Department:
Fish farms: 595
Fish minnow production farms: 92
ponds under fish farming: 9171
Power Department:
02 grid sub-stations
33 KV line (PDB) 05 (63.50 km)
16 11 kV lines (390 km)
04 kV line 550 km
Palli Bidyut Samiti : 01
Other sections:
Duk-bungalows: 09 (Owned by District Council)
Helipad: 03
Microwave stations: 05 (Chapainawabganj Sadar, Shibganj, Rahanpur, Nachol Ovolahat)
Railway stations: 08 (Chapainawabganj, Amanura, Nezampur, Nachol, Golabari and Rahanpur)
Central Cooperative Societies: 15
Central Cooperative Bank: 01
Daily Newspapers: 04 (Daily Gaur Bangla, Chapai Drishti, Chapai Chitra and Chapai Darpan)
Weekly Magazine: 02 (Border Paper and Sonamasjid)
Radio stations: 02 (community radio & mohananda community radio)
Tourist Attractions Chhota Sonamasjid, Tomb of Birshreshtha Shaheed Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir, Darsbari Mosque, Khanjandighir Mosque, Bull Tower, Kotwali Darwaza, Shah Neyamatullah (Rah) and his Shrine, Chamchika Mosque, Small and Large Direct communication, Sona Masjid land port, Sheikh Hasina Bridge, vast Indian border, huge Padma river, green agricultural land. Auto Rice Mills.
Mango related information: Potential mango production 3 lakh May: Tron. The income from this sector is about 10 thousand crore rupees.
Contact with Dhaka: Airplane Dhaka - Rajshahi
Train Dhaka - Rajshahi
Buses Dhaka - Chapainawabganj (Desh Travels, Hanif, Shyamoli Paribahan buses leave from Kalyanpur, Kalabagan)
Distance from Dhaka to Chapainawabganj is 318 km
Distance from Rajshahi to Chapainawabganj is 48 km
Accommodation: Circuit House, Rest House of various government departments, District Council Rest House, Tourist Motel (waiting to be opened)

 

 

 

 

Educational Institution
23.

 

University

01 (Exim Bank Agricultural University)

 
24.

 

Colleges

49 (3 government, 48 private)

25.

 
Schools and colleges

 

 

 
09

 

26.

Secondary schools

 
225 (4 government, 221 private)

 

27.

Juniou secondary schools

 
16

28.

Government primary schools

 
370 
 

29.

Nationalized primary schools

 
335 
 

30.

Madrasah

 
132

31.

Independent Madrasah

 
14

32.

Ebtedayi madrasah

 

 
132

33.

Polytechnic institutes

 
06

34.

PTI

 
02 (Nawabganj and Dadanchak Fazlul Haque, Shibganj)
 
 
Department of Agriculture
35.

 

 
The total land area 

 

1,70,3626.3 hectares

36.

 
The area under cultivable land

 

1,29,751.00 hectares

37.

 
Amount of irrigable land

 

1,14,355.00 hectares - 88%

38.

 
Deep tube wells

 

1,575

39.

 
Shallow tube wells

 

 
14,412

40.

 
Powered pumps

 

 
2,697

41.

 
Upazila Land Office

 

 
05 (Chapainawabganj Sadar, Shibganj, Gomstapur, Nachol and Bholahat)

42.

 
Union Land Office

 

 
45

43.

 
Municipal land office

 

 
02

44.

 
Settled khas land (agriculture)

 

 
9148.6595 acres

45.

 
The remaining khas land

 

 
197.8915 acres

46.

Total  ideal villages

 
14

47

 
Ashraon Projects

 

 
08(04 Phase-II and 04 Ashraon Projects) 
 

48

 
Sairat Mahal

 

 
6

49

 
Above Jalmahal 20 acres
 
The revenue income of the government from 29 areas is about Tk 3.5 crore
 

50

 
Hats and bazars

 

 
94

51

 
khas ponds
 
 
2867
 

52

 
Abandoned property

 

 
Agriculture 09.9800 acres, non-agriculture 1.4731 acres

53

 
The vested property 
2,785.6078 acres