Rajnagar Upazila

 subdistrict, fourth-level administrative division, local government

Rajnagar Upazila (Maulvibazar district) area 338.15 sq km, is bounded by Balaganj and Fenchuganj upazilas on the north, Kamalganj upazila on the south, Kulaura upazila on the east, Maulvibazar sadar upazila on the west. Manu and Kushiyara rivers and Kawadighi Haor are notable. Tea garden 12.

Rajnagar is located at 24.5194°N 91.8667°E. It has 29305 units of house hold. Rajnagar (Town) consists of 4 mouzas. The area of the town is 8.58 sq km. It has a population of 9716; male 51.59%, female 48.41%; density of population is 1132 per sq km. Literacy rate 36.3%. Rest house 1 and community centre 1.

Rajnagar thana was established in 1845 and was turned into an upazila in 1984. The upazila consists of 8 union parishads, 142 mouzas and 255 villages.

As of 1991 Bangladesh census, Population 174,280; male 50.66%, female 49.34%. Muslim 73.85%, Hindu 25.79%, others 0.36%; ethnic nationals: Khasi (196 families).

Religious institutions Mosque 310, temple 51, tomb 10, sacred place 2.

Average literacy 25.4%; male 29.2%, female 21.5%. Educational institutions: college (private) 2, secondary school (private) 10, junior high school (private) 2, primary school (government) 102, primary school (private) 33, satellite school 10, madrasa 19. Aakasantosh Government Primary School (1880) and Portious High School (1893) are two of the notable educational institutions of the upazila.

Main occupations Agriculture 34.98%, agricultural labourer 20.85%, transport 1.57%, industry 1.38%, wage labourer 5.97%, commerce 7.47%, service 5.42%, fishing 4.13%, other 18.23%.

Land use Arable land 23114.12 hectares, barren land 7384.86 hectares; single crop 47.44%, double crop 50.62% and treble crop land 1.94%. Arable land under irrigation 51%.

Land control Among the peasants, 35.0% are landless, 34.5% small peasants, 18.4% are intermediate and 12.1% rich; cultivable land per head 0.12 hectare.

Fisheries, dairies, poultries Fishery 6, dairy 18, poultry 11.

Manufactories Tea processing factory 6, flour mill 1.

Cottage industries Bamboo & cane work 2, goldsmith 20, blacksmith 28, tailoring 100, welding 10.

Main exports Tea, pineapple.

Communication Roads: pucca 87 km and mud road 321 km; waterways 11 nautical mile.

Health centres Upazila health centre 1, family planning & satellite clinic 3, rural health centre 2, BRAC hospital 1

NGO activities brac, grameen bank, asa, BUP, HEED Bangladesh, Setu, VERD, CREED.