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Chaugachha (Jessore)

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A border upazila in northwestern Jessore on the Kapotaksha river, an agricultural area abutting the Indian frontier with cross-border trade and smuggling pressures.

Wealth rank 176/452 (1 = poorest upazila)

Indicators: Meta RWI (HDX); ERA5-Land; MODIS; Sentinel-5P; VIIRS night-lights; GHSL; Hansen v1.11; CHIRPS v2.0. Exposure: GloFAS v2.1, FABDEM, MODIS LST, ACAG PM2.5, WorldPop 2020.

Problems and issues

  1. governance As a frontier upazila on the Indian border, it faces cross-border smuggling and informal-trade pressures that complicate revenue, security and orderly commerce. So what: Border porosity strains enforcement and undercuts formal trade. Source: Bangladesh Land Port Authority
  2. water With little permanent surface water and a silted Kapotaksha, the upazila depends heavily on groundwater and seasonal flows for irrigation. So what: Dry-season scarcity threatens the farming base. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board
  3. poverty The upazila has a mean Relative Wealth Index of -0.122 (national rank 176 of 452, fourth decile), placing it in the poorer half nationally despite its agricultural and trade activity. So what: Modest wealth persists alongside border-trade access. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

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