Lohagara Upazila, Chittagong


Lohagara is an upazila of Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. Lohagara is situated between Chattogram and Cox's Bazar. It is one of the largest and most densely populated upazilas of Bangladesh. It has headquarters in Lohagara.
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Etymology

In 1660, Mughal prince Shah Shuja took shelter in the Kingdom of Arakan to escape from Mir Jumla II. While heading to Arakan, he stayed in a beautiful hilly place between Chittagong and Cox's Bazar for a few days. At the time of departure, he engraved an iron bar in that place as a sign. It is thought that because of engraving iron bar by Shah Shuja the area is called 'Lohagara' since 'Loha' means 'iron'.

History

Lohagara was once under Satkania Upazila. Lohagara thana was formed in 1981 and it was turned into an upazila in 1983.

Geography

Lohagara is located at. It has 52,873 households and a total area of. It is bordered by Satkania Upazila on the north, Chakaria and Lama Upazilas on the south, Bandarban Sadar and Lama Upazilas on the east and Banshkhali Upazila on the west. The noted canals are Tonkaboti, Dolu and Hangor.

Parks and greenery

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Lohagara Upazila had 71,711 households and a population of 328,220. 11.97% of the population were under 5 years of age. Lohagara had a literacy rate of 82.41%: 84.22% for males and 80.83% for females, and a sex ratio of 89.66 males for every 100 females. 100,052 lived in urban areas.
As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Lohagara upazila had 52,873 households and a population of 279,913. 74,420 were under 10 years of age. Lohagara had an average literacy rate of 49.19%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1062 females per 1000 males. 30,815 of the population lived in urban areas.

Points of interest

  • Chunati Khan Mosque
  • Upazila Memorial Museum
  • Central Mosque
  • Hafez Para Jame Mosque, Putibila
  • Gupta Landlord House
  • Gupta Landlord House

Administration

Lohagara thana was turned into an upazila in 1983.
Lohagara Upazila is divided into nine union parishads: Adhunagar, Amirabad, Putibila, Barahatia, Charamba, Chunati, Kalauzan, Lohagara, and Padua. The union parishads are subdivided into 40 mauzas and 43 villages.

Education

There are three kamil madrasas, two degree colleges, one mohila College, nine fazil madrasas, one technical college, one school and college, 1 alim madrasas, 25 secondary schools, 18 dakhil madrasas, two quami madrasas, 10 lower secondary schools, 105 primary schools, 43 ebtedi madrasas, and 30 kindergartens.

Colleges and universities

Schools

Madrashas

  • Amirabad Sufia Aliya Madrasah
  • Rajghata Hossainia Azizul Uloom Madrasah, Amirabad
  • Lohagara Islamia Madrasah
  • Adhunagor Islamia Kamil Madrasha, Adhunagor
  • Barahatia Malpukuria Miaskatul Ulum Madrasah
  • Chunati Hakimia Kamil Madrasah
  • Charamba jame ul ulom dakil Madrasha
  • Al-Ihsan Academy, Lohagara
  • South Sukchari Shah Abdul Khalek Fazil Madrasah
  • Kalauzan Shah Rashidia Fazil Madrasah
  • Barohatia Darul Quran Academy
  • Putibila Hamedia Fazil Madrasah
  • Allama Fazlullah Ideal Dhakil Madrasah Narischa
  • Darul Arquam Academy 2001
  • Noarbila Kaderia Adarsha Dakhil Madrasah, Charamba

Notable residents