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Patgram (Lalmonirhat)

Local Gov

The northernmost border upazila of Lalmonirhat, deep in enclave country near the Burimari land port on the Indian frontier.

Wealth rank 93/452 (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 remote border upazila hosting the Burimari land port, Patgram faces cross-border smuggling and frontier-management pressures alongside the legacy of former enclave settlements. So what: Illicit cross-border trade and enclave legacies strain local services and law-and-order. Source: Bangladesh Land Port Authority
  2. economy Despite the land port, the broader upazila economy is weak, in line with a district ranking near the bottom of national growth, with few formal non-farm jobs. So what: Port trade has not lifted incomes across the surrounding villages. Source: Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC)
  3. poverty Patgram's mean Relative Wealth Index of about -0.205 sits in the 3rd national decile (rank 93/452), reflecting deprivation in this remote border zone. So what: Border remoteness compounds the district's persistent poverty. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

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