Daganbhuiyan Upazila


Daganbhuiyan is an upazila of Feni District in the division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. It consists of one municipality and eight union parishads.
WWW daganbhuiyan.feni.gov.bd

Etymology

During the reign of Mughal prince Shah Shuja, many officers and military leaders are known from historical sources to have settled in the Noakhali and Comilla regions. They were granted 'jagirs' here in lieu of salaries or pensions. There is a popular belief that two eminent individuals named Daganbhuyan and Matubhuyan, belonging to a lineage of the Baro-Bhuyan clan of Bengal, had settled in the western part of Feni around this time. The upazila was hence named after the Baro-Bhuyan member.

Geography

Daganbhuiyan is located at. It has 49,038 households and a total area of 165.84 km2.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Daganbhuiyan Upazila had 62,206 households and a population of 276,915. 9.74% of the population were under 5 years of age. Daganbhuiyan had a literacy rate of 80.10%: 81.40% for males and 79.03% for females, and a sex ratio of 84.56 males for every 100 females. 55,545 lived in urban areas.
As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Daganbhuiyan had 49,038 households and a population of 254,402. 59,755 were under 10 years of age. Daganbhuiyan had an average literacy rate of 58.76%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1142 females per 1000 males. 33,574 of the population lived in urban areas.

Administration

UNO: Nibedita Chakma.
Daganbhuiyan Upazila is divided into Daganbhuiyan Municipality and eight union parishads: Daganbhuiyan, Jayloskor, Matubhuiyan, Purba Chandrapur, Rajapur, Ramnagar, Sindurpur, and Yeakubpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 101 mauzas and 119 villages. Daganbhuiyan Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 20 mahallas.

Public representative

;Parliamentary Seats
Parliamentary SeatsNational ConstituencyMember of ParliamentPolitical Party
267 Feni-3Daganbhuiyan Upazila and Sonagazi UpazilaMasud Uddin ChowdhuryJatiya Party (Ershad)

;Upazila Parishad and administration
Sr. No.DesignationName
01Upazila ChairmanDidarul Kabir Ratan
03 Vice-ChairmanJainal Abedin Mamun
04Female Vice-ChairmanRoksana Akter

Notable people