Chhagalnaiya

Not to be confused with Chhagalnaiya Upazila.

Chhagalnaiya (Bengali: ছাগলনাইয়া) is a town in Feni district of Chittagong Division, Bangladesh. The town is the administrative headquarters and urban centre of Chhagalnaiya Upazila.The urban area of Chhagalnaiya is the biggest in Chhagalnaiya Upazila and 2nd most populous in Feni district. Chhagalnaiya is 14.6 km away^{[2][better source needed]} from the district headquarter, Feni city while the distance from the Divisional Headquarter, Chittagong is 96.6 km.^{[3][better source needed]} The nearest airport from Chhagalnaiya town is Shah Amanat International Airport.^{[citation needed]}

Chhagalnaiya ছাগলনাইয়া Sagarnaiya
A sculpture situated at the Zero point of Chhagalnaiya town
Chhagalnaiya location of Chhagalnaiya town in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 23.039483°N 91.514628°E / 23.039483; 91.514628
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Chittagong
District	Feni
Upazila	Chhagalnaiya
Upazila headquarter	1 October 1983
Municipality	3 June 2002
Government
• Type	Mayor–Council
• Body	Chhagalnaiya Municipality
• Paura Mayor	Mohammad Mostafa[1]
Area
• Total	25.3 km2 (9.8 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	48,243
• Density	1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (Bangladesh Time)
National Dialing Code	+880

Etymology

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Despite some beliefs, the origin of the word chhagal (ছাগল, 'goat') in Chhagalnaiya has no connection to the Gandhi's goat stealing incident of 1946.^[a][5] The Chhagalnaya-Parshuram region, located in this relatively ancient part of Noakhali, had a large portion of its area submerged underwater in the distant past. This body of water was known as either billasagar or sukh sagar (transl. sea of happiness), according to different opinions. Numerous boat wrecks have been discovered in this area once inhabited by boatmen, referred to as sagarer naiya (Bengali: সাগরের নাইয়া, lit. 'boatmen of the sea') in Bengali. Over time, sagarer naiya evolved into sagarnaiya in folk language, and eventually into chagalnaiya, the term used today. Some accounts suggest that during the early British period, the word sagar (sea) was mistakenly transcribed as sagol, resulting in sagolnaiya or Chhagalnaiya.^[6]: 111

Climate

Chhagalnaiya Climate chart (explanation) J F M A M J J A S O N D     1     24 13     19     27 16     25     29 20     193     30 23     459     27 22     897     24 23     455     26 19     455     26 21     390     26 23     294     27 23     14     26 18     3     24 15 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mm Source: [7][failed verification] Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     0     75 55     0.7     81 61     1     84 68     7.6     86 73     18     81 72     35     75 73     18     79 66     18     79 70     15     79 73     12     81 73     0.6     79 64     0.1     75 59 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches

Geography

Chhagalnaiya is located at 23.0361°N 91.5194°E / 23.0361; 91.5194. It has an average elevation of 8 metres.^{[citation needed]}

Demography

According to 2011 Bangladesh census, Chhagalnaiya town has a population of about 48,243 of which 23,857 are male and 24,386 are female. ^[8]

Administration

The town is administered by a local governing body called Chhagalnaiya Municipality or Chhagalnaiya Paurashava which has divided the town into 9 wards. The town occupies an area of 27.04 km² of which municipality governs an area of 25.2 5 km².^{[citation needed]}

Transport

The town is the road transport hub of the upazila. To the west it is connected by zilla road Z1031 to Feni, about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) away. Z1035 runs north 23 kilometres (14 mi) to Parshuram. Z1032 runs south 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) to Muhuriganj, where it connects to the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway.^[9]

Education

The literacy rate of the town is 62.7%. Some of the notable educational institution of the town are:

• Chhagalnaiya government college
• Chhagalnaiya academy
• Chhagalnaiya Govt. Pilot high school
• Chhagalnaiya Pilot girls high School
• Moulovi Samsul Karim College
• Radhanagar High School
• Karaiya High School

See also

• Chhagalnaiya Upazila
• Feni District
• Chittagong Division
• List of municipal corporations in Bangladesh

Notes

1. In Bangladesh, Gandhi is remembered for his visit to the coastal area of Noakhali, the site of a 1946 communal riot, where he walked through villages to calm the mobs. According to legend, during this time, some individuals opposed to Gandhi's philosophy stole his goat, which had been providing him with nourishing milk, and cooked it for dinner.^[4]

References

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3. "Distance from Chittagong to Chhagalnaiya". distancesto.com. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
4. Chowdhury, Afsan (2006-01-28). "The man who lost his goat: Missing Gandhi in Bangladesh". Himal Southasian. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
5. "Chhagalnaiya" ছাগলনাইয়া [Chhagalnaiya]. The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 9 February 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
6. Khan, Shamsuzzaman; Hossain, Md. Altaf, eds. (June 2014). Bangladesher Lokaja Sangskriti Granthamala বাংলাদেশের লোকজ সংস্কৃতি গ্রন্থমালা [Bangladesh Folk Culture Series]. Present State of Folklore in Feni District (in Bengali). Dhaka: Bangla Academy. ISBN 978-9840758531.
7. "NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification". NASA/MODIS. Archived from the original on 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
8. "Chapter:5,Urban Centers in Bangladesh". Population & Housing Census-2011 (PDF) (Report). National report. Vol. 3. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. p. 192. ISBN 978-984-519-036-7. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
9. "RHD Road Network, Comilla Zone" (PDF). Roads and Highways Department. May 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.