Chandina is an Upazila of Comilla District

Comilla District

The district of Comilla consists 4543 mosques, 379 temples, 98 churches, 34 Buddhist temples and six tombs.-Places of interest:Important landmarks include Kotbari, a cantonment, or military installation and Kandirpar, considered the heart of the Comilla district...

 in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

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Geography

Chandina is located at 23.4833°N 91.0083°E . It has 46856 units of house hold and total area 201.92 km². Chandina township is a class B municipality, which is located at the extreme north of the upazilla by the Dhaka Chittagong Highway. Cahndiara village area is within the municipality and value of property here, like the rest of the municipality, have increced significantly.

Demographics

Chandina, due to fartile land and less flood zones, is one of the most densely populated rural areas of the world. As of the 1991 Bangladesh census

1991 Bangladesh census

In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age distribution, marital status, economically active...

, Chandina has a population of 269878. Males constitute are 50.18% of the population, and females 49.82%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 127010. Chandina has an average literacy rate of 27.7% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Administrative

Chandina has 1 class B municipality 12 Unions, 126 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 232 villages.