Sandwip Upazila


Sandwip is an upazila of Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. It encompasses the islands of Sandwip and Urir Char.
WWW sandwip.chittagong.gov.bd

History

Sandwip Thana's status was upgraded to an upazila in 1984. The construction works of a Bangladesh Navy fleet headquarters at the Sandwip Channel with ship berthing facilities is also going on as part of the Forces Goal 2030. In 2010, the Government of Bangladesh announced a plan to build a dam in Urir Char to reclaim land as it had suffered greatly from Tropical Storm One and the 1991 Bangladesh cyclone among other natural disasters.

Geography

Sandwip is located at. It has a total area of 762.42 km2.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Sandwip Upazila had 74,242 households and a population of 327,564. 10.67% of the population were under 5 years of age. Sandwip had a literacy rate of 74.14%: 74.64% for males and 73.69% for females, and a sex ratio of 90.94 males for every 100 females. 157,465 lived in urban areas.
As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Sandwip upazila had 56,617 households and a population of 278,605. 71,657 were under 10 years of age. Sandwip had an average literacy rate of 51.47%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1166 females per 1000 males. 52,982 of the population lived in urban areas.
According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Sandwip had a population of 272,179. Males constituted 49.68% of the population, and females 50.32%. The population aged 18 or over was 122,499. Sandwip had an average literacy rate of 35%, against the national average of 32.4%.

Administration

Sandwip Upazila is divided into the Sandwip Municipality and 15 union parishads: Amanullah, Azimpur, Bauria, Digghapar, Gachhua, Haramia, Harispur, Kalapania, Magdhara, Maitbhanga, Musapur, Rahmatpur, Santoshpur, Sarikait, and Urirchar. The union parishads are subdivided into 39 mouzas and 34 villages.
Sandwip Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 10 mahallas.

Education

There are 28 secondary schools in Sandwip Upazila, including
In total, the Upazila has 149 state primary schools, one junior high school, 4 colleges, 1 girls college, 19 kindergartens and 3 girls high schools. There are 9 dakhil madrasas, 3 alim madrasas, 3 fazil madrasas and four Kamil madrasas. Notable madrasas include the Bashiria Ahmadia Alhaj Abu Bakar Sidiqque Fazil Madrasa, founded in 1902, and the Kashgar Islamia Fazil Madrasa which was founded in 1929. The upazila has a literacy rate of 51.5%.

Facilities

The upazila is home to 10 orphanages, including one governmental orphanage. It has 295 mosques which serve the majority Sunni Muslim population of the sub-district. Notable mosques include Shahabanu Mosque, Faqir Shah Mosque, Sandwip Town Jame Mosque, Sandwip Town Bazar Mosque, and the Abdul Ghani Chowdhury Mosque. There are 32 haat bazaars, two canals, 26 post offices, and 10 banks.

Notable people