Fatikchhari Upazila

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Fatikchhari
ফটিকছড়ি
Upazila
Fatikchhari Upazila
Fatikchhari is located in Bangladesh
Fatikchhari
Fatikchhari
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 22°41′02″N 91°47′21″E / 22.6840°N 91.7893°E / 22.6840; 91.7893Coordinates: 22°41′02″N 91°47′21″E / 22.6840°N 91.7893°E / 22.6840; 91.7893
Country Bangladesh
DivisionChittagong Division
DistrictChittagong District
Thana1918
Upazila1980s
Government
 • Upazila ChairmanHusayn Muhammad Abu Tayyab
 • MP (Chittagong-2)Syed Najibul Bashar Maizbhandari
Area
 • Total773.13 km2 (298.51 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total441,863
 • Density570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Websitewww.fatikchhari.chittagong.gov.bd

Fatikchhari (Bengali: ফটিকছড়ি, romanized: Fôṭikchhôṛi) is an upazila of the Chittagong District in southeastern Bangladesh, part of the Chittagong Division.[1]

History[]

Al-Jamiah Al-Islamiah Obaidia Nanupur was established by Shah Amiruddin in 1957.

The Fatikchhari Jami al-Uloom Fazil Madrasa and the Jamia Arabia Nasirul Islam Madrasa were founded in 1904 and 1912 respectively, transforming Fatikchhari into an important site of spiritual activities in the country. During the British colonial period, a thana was formed in Fatikchhari in 1918. In 1928, the Nanupur Sunnia Madrasa was established.

During the Bangladesh Liberation War, a training camp was founded in Fatikchhari by Mustafizur Rahman Siddiqi, Ziaur Rahman and Zonal Commander Mirza Abu Mansur in March 1971. Bengali freedom fighters around Chittagong that used to go to India for training purposes would return through there and Fatikchhari alone was home to roughly 1500 Bengali freedom fighters. Thus Fatikchhari was regarded as the gateway to freedom fighters. Subsequently, the Abu Subhan School playground in Nanupur became a refugee camp. Mass graves were dug in Dantmara, Began Bazar, Darbar Sharif and Lelang Tea Garden.

Geography[]

A bridge in Fatikchhari

It is one of the largest upazilas of Bangladesh. It is a fertile valley between the Sitakunda Hills and the Hills of the Chittagong Hill Tracts. These two hill ranges become one at the northernmost point of the upazila and they widen apart as they proceed southwards. There is no particular geographical place in the upazila called Fatikchhari, rather the entire upazila takes its name from one small all-season rivulet known as Fatikchhari Khal that originates in the Sitakund Hills on the West and enters the Upazila at Bhujpur Union before joining the River Halda, the longest river in Fatikchhari Upazila that runs through the upazila along almost its entire length. Dhurung is its second longest river. There are some small rivers (khals) originating from the hills both on the eastern and western flanks, all being tributaries of the Halda flowing southwards to the sea. Among them are Gazaria, Fatikchhari, Baramasia, Mandakini, Balukhali etc. In between the two hill ranges, Fatikchhari consists of flat farmland annually affected by flash floods caused by heavy rainfall in the hilly catchment areas and the water being drained by several small rivers and the Halda.

It is surrounded by Tripura (India) to the north, Hathazari and Kawkhali Upazila (Rangamati District) to the south, Ramgarh, Manikchhari, Lakshmichhari, and Raozan Upazilas on the east, Mirsharai and Sitakunda Upazilas on the west.

Demographics[]

A road in rural Fatikchhari.

According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Fatikchhari had a population of 388,013, in 65,861 households. Males constituted 50.1% of the population, and females 49.9%. The population aged 18 or over was 182,250. Fatikchhari had an average literacy rate of 32% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4% literate.[2]

Around 87% of the population are Bengali Muslims with around 10% adhering to Hinduism and around 9000 adherents to Christianity. There are 191 Buddhists, most of whom are Baruas. There are populations of Tripuris, Chakmas and Mog but it is decreasing as more and more are migrating to the nearby semi-autonomous region of the Chittagong Hill Tracts. There are also the Manipuris and Oriyas who were brought over by the British during the nineteenth century to work as tea garden labourers.

Facilities[]

The Halda valley tea garden.

The Fatikchhari Upazila also has 7 orphanages which take care of orphan children and educate them. These include:

  1. Muniria Islamia Orphanage & Madrasa
  2. Talimuddin Orphanage & Madrasa
  3. Munafkhil Uloom Hafizia Orphanage & Madrasa
  4. Chaumuhani Bazar Orphanage & Madrasa
  5. Manirul Uloom Hafezia Orphanage & Madrasa
  6. Mawlana Burhan ad-Din Shah Orphanage
  7. Imam Ghazzali Orphanage and Madrasa

Economy and tourism[]

Fatikchhari is home to the Maizbhandar Darbar Sharif which contains the shrines of prominent Sufi Tariqah leaders.

18 of Bangladesh's 163 tea gardens are in Fatikchhari Upazila.[3]

  • Aasia Tea Garden
  • Andharmanik Tea Garden
  • Baramasia Tea Garden
  • Dantmara Tea Garden
  • Elahi-Noor Tea Garden
  • Haldavalley Tea Garden
  • Laiyacherra Tea Garden
  • Karnafuli Tea Garden
  • Maa Jaan Tea Garden
  • Mohammad Nagar Tea Garden
  • Naseha Tea Garden
  • Neptune Tea Garden
  • New Dantmara Tea Garden
  • Oodaleah Tea Garden
  • Panchabati Tea Garden
  • Ramgarh Tea Garden
  • Rangapani Tea Garden
  • MMH Tea Garden

Fatikchhari is also home to many rubber gardens. The Dantmara Rubber Garden (4500 acre) is the largest rubber garden in Asia. The other rubber gardens are Tarakon Rubber Garden, Rangamatia Rubber Garden and Kanchannagar Rubber Garden.[4] It also home to the Bhujpur Rubber Dam.

Residential Hotel[]

Hotel Mount Royal is located in the heart of Fatikchhari, Chittagong and only 3.5 km away from Maiz Vandar Sharif.

[1] Hotel Mount Royal

Administration[]

Bibir Hat is the administrative centre of the Fatikchhari Upazila, not Fatikchhari. The old Fatikchhari Thana is divided into two Thanas (Police Stations) with Bhujpur created as a new thana in 2008 with its seat near Kazir Hat.

Fatikchhari Upazila is divided into Fatikchhari Municipality, Nazirhat Municipality, and 18 union parishads: Abdullapur, Bagan Bazar, Bhujpur, Bokhtapur, Dantmara, Dharmapur, Harualchari, Jafathagar, Kanchannagor, Khiram, Lelang, Nanupur, Narayanhat, Paindong, Roshangiri, Samitirhat, Suabil, and Sunderpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 102 mauzas and 206 villages.[5][6]

Upazila Chairmen
Name Term
ATM Peyarul Islam Kipaitnagari Aftab Uddin Chowdhury Haidchokia 2009-2014
Husayn Muhammad Abu Tayyab Jahanpuri Present

Education[]

See also: Education in Bangladesh
Fatikchhari Degree College

According to Banglapedia, Fatickchari Coronation Model High School, founded in 1912; Maizbhander Ahmadia High School; Haidchakia High School, founded in 1926; Nanpur Abu Sobahan High School, founded in 1942; and Dhurung Khulshi Lion's High School, founded in 1943, are notable secondary school and Zamidar Abdul Bari Chowdhury (Abc) School [1] There are five colleges in the upazila. They include Fatikchhari Degree College, founded in 1970.[7] Another Primary School Found 1926 Anwar Ali Primary School And Now It Government Primary School Registered. Its Haji Anwar Ali Sowdagor Bari Familiar Haji Anwar Ali Sowdagor Family Inferior. Other schools include Dantmara A.B.Z Sikder High School and Fatikchhari Girls Pilot High School.

The madrasa education system includes two fazil madrasas and one kamil madrasa.[8] Al-Jamiah Al-Islamiah Obaidia Nanupur and Al-Jamiatul Islamiah Azizul Uloom Babunagar are prominent Deobandi institutions in Fatikchhari.

Notable people[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Rubel, Tilak Barua (2012). "Fatikchhari Upazila". In Islam, Sirajul; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
  3. ^ "Bangladesh Tea Board". Teaboard.gov.bd. Archived from the original on 2012-06-03. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
  4. ^ "রাবার বাগান" [Rubber garden]. Fotiksori Ufozela (in Bengali).
  5. ^ "District Statistics 2011: Chittagong" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  6. ^ ফটিকছড়ি উপজেলা [Unions]. Fatikchhari Upazila (in Bengali).
  7. ^ "Colleges in Chittagong". Bangladesh.jantareview.com. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
  8. ^ "List of Institutions". Ministry of Education. Retrieved July 15, 2014.

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