Kotchandpur Upazila

Kotchandpur (কোটচাঁদপুর) is an upazila of Jhenaidah District in Khulna Division, in south-west Bangladesh.

Geography
Kotchandpur is located at 23.4°N, 89.0167°W. It has a total area of 165.63 km2. It is under Jhenaidah district. Kotchandpur is surrounded by three upzilla, in the east "Kaliganj", in the south-west "Moheshpur" and in the north "Jhenaidah" sadar. There are two rivers cross Kotchandpur. One is the Kopothakho River (also called Kobadak, Kabadak, and Kapotaksma), which crosses the town and another is the Chitra, which forms the northern border of Kotchandpur. This town is very close to India. Once it was famous for sugar. It is also famous for Boluhor Fish Project.

Demographics
As of the 2011 Bangladesh census, Kotchandpur upazila had 34,249 households and a population of 141,121. 27,796 (19.70%) were under 10 years of age. Kotchandpur had an average literacy rate of 50.4%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 999 females per 1000 males. 33,094 (23.45%) of the population lived in urban areas.

Administration
Kotchandpur Upazila is divided into Kotchandpur Municipality and five union parishads: Baluhar, Dora, Elangi, Kushna, and Sabdalpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 81 mauzas and 79 villages.

Kotchandpur Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 25 mahallas.

Politics
Municipality Mayor: Md. Zahidul Islam (ZIRA) is the current Mayor of the Municipality (Pourasava). He was elected in the year 2016 and serving his 3rd term.

Upazila Chairman: Md. Tazul Islam. He was in politics for 20 years, under the banner of the opposition party Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (2014–still now).

Upazila Vice Chairman: Md. Muabia Hossain. He was in politics for 25 years, under the banner of the opposition party Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (2014–still now).

Upazila Mohila Vice Chairman: Mst. Nazma Khatun. She was in politics for 10 years, under the banner of the opposition party Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (2014–still now).

Member of the Parliament (MP): Shafiqul Azam Khan

Education
There are six colleges in the upazila. They include Government K. M. H. College, founded in 1969, Kotchandpur Poura Mohila College, G. T. College Talsar, and S. D. Degree College.

The madrasa education system includes one kamil madrasa.