Chhagalnaiya ছাগলনাইয়া Sagarnaiya | |
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 A sculpture situated at the Zero point of Chhagalnaiya town | |
  Chhagalnaiya location of Chhagalnaiya town in Bangladesh | |
| Coordinates:23°02′22″N91°30′53″E / 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 |
Chhagalnaiya (Bengali:ছাগলনাইয়া) is a town inFeni district ofChittagong Division, Bangladesh. The town is the administrative headquarters and urban centre ofChhagalnaiya Upazila.The urban area of Chhagalnaiya is the biggest inChhagalnaiya Upazila and 2nd most populous inFeni district. Chhagalnaiya is 14.6 km away[2][better source needed] from the district headquarter,Feni city while the distance from theDivisional Headquarter,Chittagong is 96.6 km.[3][better source needed] The nearest airport from Chhagalnaiya town isShah Amanat International Airport.[citation needed]
Despite some beliefs, the origin of the wordchhagal (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 ofNoakhali, had a large portion of its area submerged underwater in the distant past. This body of water was known as eitherbillasagar orsukh sagar (transl. sea of happiness), according to different opinions. Numerous boat wrecks have been discovered in this area once inhabited by boatmen, referred to assagarer naiya (Bengali:সাগরের নাইয়া,lit. 'boatmen of the sea') in Bengali. Over time,sagarer naiya evolved intosagarnaiya in folk language, and eventually intochagalnaiya, the term used today. Some accounts suggest that during the earlyBritish period, the wordsagar (sea) was mistakenly transcribed assagol, resulting insagolnaiya or Chhagalnaiya.[6]: 111
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Chhagalnaiya is located at23°02′10″N91°31′10″E / 23.0361°N 91.5194°E /23.0361; 91.5194. It has an average elevation of 8 metres.[citation needed]
According to2011 Bangladesh census, Chhagalnaiya town has a population of about 48,243 of which 23,857 are male and 24,386 are female.[8]
The town is administered by a local governing body called Chhagalnaiya Municipality orChhagalnaiya Paurashava which has divided the town into 9wards. The town occupies an area of 27.04 km2 of which municipality governs an area of 25.25 km2.[citation needed]
The town is the road transport hub of the upazila. To the west it is connected by zilla road Z1031 toFeni, 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 theDhaka-Chittagong Highway.[9]
The literacy rate of the town is 62.7%.Some of the notable educational institution of the town are:
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