Kachua is an Upazila of Chandpur District

Chandpur District

Chandpur is a district in east-central Bangladesh. It is located at the mouth of the Meghna River. It is a part of the Chittagong Division. The town of Chandpur is terminus of a metre gauge branch of Bangladesh Railways. It also has a water terminal situated here.-Geography:Chandpur district has a...

 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

Kachua is located at 23.3500°N 90.8917°E . It has 50262 units of house hold and total area 235.82 km².
kachua sawoth chandpur

Demographics

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...

, Kachua has a population of 293683. Males constitute are 49.7% of the population, and females 50.3%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 135448. Kachua has an average literacy rate of 34.1% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.