Chandpur (চাঁদপুর)is a district in east-central Bangladesh. It is at the mouth of the Meghna River. It is a part of the Chittagong Division. The town of Chandpur is at the end of a Bangladesh Railways line.
Geography
Chandpur district has a total area of 1704.06 square kilometres. It is bordered by Munshiganj District and Comilla District on the north, Noakhali District, Lakshmipur District and Barisal District on the south, Comilla District on the east, and Meghna River, Shariatpur District and Munshiganj District on the west.
Chandpur is where two of the biggest rivers of Bangladesh meet, the Padma River and the Meghna River.
Subdivisions
Chandpur has 6 municipalities, 60 wards, 195 mahallas, 8 upazilas, 1 thana, 87 union parishads and 1226 villages. The municipalities are Chandpur Sadar, Shahrasti, Matlab, Changer Char and Hajiganj. The administrative subdivisions called upazilas are:
Chandpur Sadar Upazila
Faridganj Upazila
Haimchar Upazila
Haziganj Upazila
Kachua Upazila
Matlab South Upazila
Matlab North Upazilla
Shahrasti Upazila
Religions
In 1991 the religions of the people of this district were recorded as being: Muslim - 92.55%, Hindu - 7.18%, Buddhist - 0.06%, Christian - 0.07% and Others - 0.14%.