Chatmohar Upazila
Chatmohar is an upazila of Pabna District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Geography
Chatmohar is located at. It has 70,260 households and a total area of 310.10 km2.Demographics
According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Chatmohar Upazila had 90,904 households and a population of 334,240. 8.80% of the population were under 5 years of age. Chatmohar had a literacy rate of 70.12%: 71.57% for males and 68.71% for females, and a sex ratio of 97.67 males for every 100 females. 66,360 lived in urban areas.According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Chatmohar Upazila had 70,260 households and a population of 291,121. 67,559 were under 10 years of age. Chatmohar had a literacy rate of 45.57%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1010 females per 1000 males. 14,443 lived in urban areas.
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Chatmohar has a population of 227524. Males constitute are 50.63% of the population, and females 49.37%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 109774. Chatmohar has an average literacy rate of 24.1%, and the national average of 32.4% literate.
Administration
Chatmohar Upazila is divided into Chatmohar Municipality and 11 union parishads: Bilchalan, Chhaikhola, Danthia Bamangram, Failjana, Gunaigachha, Handial, Haripur, Mothurapur, Mulgram, Nimaichara, and Parshadanga. The union parishads are subdivided into 170 mauzas and 236 villages.Chatmohar Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 13 mahallas.
Chairman: Mirza Rezaul Korim
Vice Chairman: Md Saidul Islam
Woman Vice Chairman: Firoza Parvin
Upazila Nirbahi Officer : Musa Nasir Chowdhury
Political Leaders:-
1.Mirza Rezaul Korim
2.K.M.Anwarul Islam
3.Mirza Abu Hayat Mohammad Kamal
4.Hasibul Hasan Hira
5. Adv. Shakhawat Hossain Shakho
6.Nazim Uddin Mia
Education
Primary Schools:- Afrat Para Govt. Primary School
- Chatmohar Model Primary School
- D A Joyen Uddin School
- Bahadurpur Government Primary School
- Orbital Link school And college
- Orbital Link school And college
- Ashraf Zindani High School, Shomaj
- Mohela BL High School
- Chatmohar RCN and BSN High School
- Handiyal High School
- Mulgram Union High School
- Parshawdanga High School
- Bamongram High School
- Nimaichora High School
- Chatmohar Model High School
- Chatmohar Pilot Girls High School
- Chiknai High School
- Atlongka High School
- Saint Rita's High School
- Failjana High School
- Panchuria high School
- Chaikola High School
- Chalanbill High School
- Paramount International School
- Chatmohar Degree College
- Chatmohar Women's College
- Chatmohar Technical and Business Management Institute
- Atlongka Degree College
- Handiyal College
- M.A Samad BM School And College
- Chaikhola Degree College
- Professor Boyen Uddin Degree College
- Mirzapur Degree College
- Mahmud Ali Degree College
- Enayet ullah Fazil Madrasa
- Samad Sawda Dhakhil Madrasha
- Boyaiimary Dhakhil Madrasha
- Kuabashi Dakhil Madrasah
- Charikol Pukurpar Dakhil Madrasah
- Chatmohar Polytechnic Institute
Notable residents
- Pramatha Chaudhuri, writer, spent his first five years at Haripur village.
- K. M. Anowarul Islam was Member of Parliament for constituency Pabna-3 from 2001 until 2008.
- Md Mokbul Hossain was Member of Parliament for constituency Pabna-3 from 2006 until 2024.