Hatibandha Upazila HQ

 township, subdistrict, fourth-level administrative division, local government

Hatibandha Upazila (Lalmonirhat district) with an area 288.42 sq km, is bounded by Patgram upazila and West Bengal of India on the north, Kaliganj (Lalmonirhat) upazila on the south, West Bengal (India) on the east, Dimla and Jaldhaka upazilas of on the west. Main river is Tista.

Hatibandha is located at 26.1125°N 89.1333°E. It has 33369 units of house hold. Hatibandha (Town) consists of four mouzas. The area of the town is 18.30 sq. km; population 17868, male 51.66%, female 48.34%; density of population is 976 per sq km. Literacy rate among the town people is 25.7%.

Hatibandha thana, now an upazila, was established in 1935. The upazila consists of 10 union parishads, 63 mouzas and 64 villages.

Relics and monuments: Five domed mosque like house (eighteenth century).

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, population 201591: male 51%, female 49%; Muslim 87.7%, Hindu 12%, ethnic and others 0.3%; ethnic nationals: Santal and Garo, 88 families.

Average literacy 21.4%; male 28.2%, female 13.4%. Educational institutions: college 3, high school 19, madrasa 13, government primary school 59, non-government primary school 53, satellite school 17. Noted educational institution: Hatibandha S S High School (1946).

Religious institutions Mosque 314, temple 46, sacred place 1, tomb 2; Shah Garibullah Shah is noted.

Main occupations Agriculture 52.94%, agricultural labourer 25.66%, wage labourer 3.66%, commerce 6.02%, service 3.56% and others 8.16%.

Land use Cultivable land 22235 hectares, fallow land 304 hectares; single crop 27%, double crop 65% and treble crop 8%; land under irrigation 43%.

Land control Among the peasants, 35% are landless, 30% small, 20% intermediate and 15% rich; cultivable land per head 0.11 hectare.

Fisheries, dairies, poultries Fishery 514, dairy 12, poultry 60, hatchery 8.

Manufactories: Ice factory 3, saw mill 11, welding 42.

Cottage industries: Weaving 7, bamboo work 114, goldsmith 21, blacksmith 54, wood work 121, sewing 317, welding 42, bidi factory 2 and food 52.

Communication facilities Roads: pucca 48 km, semi pucca 27 km and mud road 144 km; railways 42 km.

Health centres: Upazila health complex 1, satellite clinic 2, maternity 3, family planning centre 7.

NGO activities: brac, rdrs, Ganabima and Grameen Bima, Bichitra, Phulkali.