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'''Companiganj Upazila''' ([[Noakhali District|noakhali district]]) area 305.33 sq km, located in between 22°37' and 22°54' north latitudes and in between 91°10' and 91°31' east longitudes. It is bounded by [[Senbagh Upazila|senbagh]] and [[Daganbhuiyan Upazila|daganbhuiyan]] upazilas on the north, [[Subarnachar Upazila|subarnachar]] and [[Sandwip Upazila|sandwip]] upazilas on the south, [[Sonagazi Upazila|sonagazi]] and [[Mirsharai Upazila|mirsharai]] upazilas on the east, Noakhali Sadar and [[Kabirhat Upazila|kabirhat]] upazilas on the west.

''Population'' Total 214652; male 107300, female 107352; Muslim 200721, Hindu 13916 and others 15.

''Water bodies'' [[Little Feni River|little feni]] river and Sandwip channel are notable.

''Administration'' Companiganj Thana was formed in 1888 and it was turned into an upazila on 2 July 1983.

{| class="table table-bordered table-hover"
|-
| colspan="9" | Upazila
|-
| rowspan="2" | Municipality || rowspan="2" | Union || rowspan="2" | Mouza || rowspan="2" | Village || colspan="2" | Population || rowspan="2" | Density (per sq km) || colspan="2" | Literacy rate (%)
|-
| Urban || Rural || | Urban || Rural
|-
|
1 (Basurhat)
|
8
|
35
|
44
|
21096
|
193556
|
703
|
61.54
|
48.27
|}
{| class="table table-bordered table-hover"
|-
| colspan="9" | Municipality
|-
|
Area<br>
(sq km)
|
Ward
|
Mahalla
|
Population
|
Density<br>
(per sq km)
|
Literacy rate (%)
|-
|
6.16
|
9
|
11
|
21096
|
3425
|
61.54
|}
{| class="table table-bordered table-hover"
| colspan="5" | Union
|-
| rowspan="2" | Name of union and GO code || rowspan="2" | Area (acre) || colspan="2" | Population || rowspan="2" | Literacy rate (%)
|-
| Male || Female
|-
|
Char Elahi 10
|
17465
|
11708
|
10612
|
25.28
|-
|
Char Kakra 35
|
5342
|
17128
|
18262
|
51.82
|-
|
Char Parbati 47
|
4022
|
13087
|
13753
|
51.17
|-
|
Char Fakira 11
|
8166
|
11326
|
11122
|
49.62
|-
|
Char Hazari 23
|
3809
|
11017
|
11049
|
48.45
|-
|
Musapur 59
|
14813
|
10027
|
9715
|
43.59
|-
|
Rampur 71
|
4670
|
8987
|
9126
|
58.83
|-
|
Sirajpur 83
|
3560
|
13044
|
13593
|
54.02
|}

''Source'' Bangladesh Population Census 2001, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

[[Image:CompaniganjUpazilaNoakhali.jpg|thumb|400px]]
''Archaeological heritage and relics'' Statue of Kali (eighteenth century), Eidagazi Mosque at Char Hazari (Mughal period).

''History of the War of Liberation'' On 4 September 1971, an encounter was held between the freedom fighters and the Pak army on the Banchharam road at a place near the sluice gate of the upazila in which 6 freedom fighters were killed. Besides, during the [[War of Liberation, The|war of liberation]] a number of encounters were held between the freedom fighters and the Pak army in Companiganj upazila in which seven freedom fighters including Sadar BLF Commander Ohidur Rahman Wadud were killed.

''Marks of the War of Liberation'' Mass grave 1 (16 No Sluice Gate of Companiganj upazila).

''Religious institutions'' Mosque 242, temple 10. Noted religious institutions: Budi Mosque at Basurhat and Jagannath Bari Mandir (Char Hazari).

''Literacy rate and educational institutions'' Average literacy 49.64%; male 51.87%, female 47.47%. Noted educational institutions: Basurhat AHC Government High School (1911), Bamni High School (1914), Basurhat Islamia Senior Madrasa (1923), Bamni Achhria Senior Madrasa (1915).

''Newspapers and periodicals'' Irregular: Weekly Noakhali Kantha and Weekly Ajker Jogajog.

''Cultural organisations'' Club 22, library 6, cinema hall 1, playground 26.

''Main sources of income'' Agriculture 37.81%, non-agricultural labourer 3.16%, industry 0.79%, commerce 13.86%, transport and communication 4.03%, service 21.81%, construction 1.09%, religious service 0.36%, rent and remittance 7.59% and others 9.50%.

''Ownership of agricultural land'' Landowner 57.24%, landless 42.76%; agricultural landowner: urban 60.65% and rural 56.87%.

''Main crops'' Paddy, wheat, potato, sugarcane, pumpkin, vegetables.

''Extinct or nearly extinct crops'' Jute, peanut, sesame, linseed, mustard, pulse.

''Main fruits'' Mango, jackfruit, banana, papaya, coconut, plum, blackberry, betel nut.

''Fisheries, dairies and poultries'' Fishery 16, dairy 167, poultry 139, hatchery 1.

''Communication facilities'' Roads: pucca 30 km, semi-pucca 9.5 km, mud road 352 km.

''Extinct or nearly extinct traditional transport'' Palanquin, bullock cart, horse carriage.

''Noted manufactories'' Flour mill, oil mill, ice factory, welding factory, bidi factory.

''Cottage industries'' goldsmith, blacksmith, weaving, Arts and Crafts,''' '''bamboo work, cane work, wood work.

''Hats, bazars and fairs'' Hats and bazars are 18, most noted of which are Basurhat, Tal Muhammad Hat, Abu Majir Hat, Taleb Muhammad Hat, Chowdhury Bazar, Bangla Bazar, Natun Bazar; Naldia Mela on1 Magh is notable.

''Main exports'' Paddy, coconut, banana, pumpkin, betel nut, vegetables.

''Access to electricity'' All the wards and unions of the upazila are under rural electrification net-work. However 32.93% of the dwelling households have access to electricity.

''Sources of drinking water'' Tube-well 77.75%, tap 5.09%, pond 11.34% and others 5.83%. The presence of tolerable level of arsenic has been detected in the shallow tube-well water of the upazila.

''Sanitation'' 49.78% (rural 46.18% and urban 83.32%) of dwelling households of the upazila use sanitary latrines and 35.45% (rural 38.10% and urban 10.76%) of dwelling households use non-sanitary latrines; 14.77% of households do not have latrine facilities.'

''Health centres'' Upazila health complex 1, family planning centre 7, satellite clinic 1, clinic 20, Bangladesh Diabetic Association 1.

''Natural Disasters'' The tidal bore on 31 October 1876 and 12 November 1970 caused huge loss of life and damages to settlements, livestock and crops.

''NGO activities'' [[BRAC|brac]], [[ASA|asa]], [[Proshika|proshika]], LRDA. [Nuruddin Jaglul]

'''References''' Bangladesh Population Census 2001, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics; Cultural survey report of Companiganj Upazila 2007.

[[Category:Upazilas of Bangladesh]]

[[Category:Local Government]]

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