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Damurhuda (Chuadanga)

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A hot, dry border upazila in southern Chuadanga adjoining the Indian frontier, intensively farmed for paddy, sugarcane, and vegetables; its Relative Wealth Index of -0.076 (national rank 235 of 452, decile 6 of 10 where 1 is poorest) reflects a below-average border-agriculture economy.

Wealth rank 235/452 (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. climate disaster Damurhuda lies in the western heat-and-drought belt, facing intense summer heat against low rainfall that stresses crops and people. So what: Heat extremes threaten labour, livestock, and the irrigated cropping the upazila depends on. Source: Department of Disaster Management
  2. water With essentially no permanent surface water, all dry-season irrigation and supply comes from groundwater. So what: Continued abstraction risks aquifer depletion in a zero-surface-water setting. Source: Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE)
  3. governance As a frontier upazila on the Indian border, Damurhuda relies partly on informal cross-border trade outside formal channels. So what: Unrecorded trade undercuts revenue and complicates border management. Source: Bangladesh Land Port Authority

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