Andar Char

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Andar Char
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Andar Char
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 22°52′N90°31′E / 22.867°N 90.517°E / 22.867; 90.517
CountryFlag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh
Division Barisal Division
District Patuakhali District
Upazila Galachipa
Union council Char Montaz
Population
 (2011) [1]
 • Total
1,609
Time zone UTC+6 (Bangladesh Time)

Andar Char is a village in Patuakhali District in the Barisal Division of southern-central Bangladesh. [2] It is on a coastal island in the western Bay of Bengal which has the same name. A char is an island formed by the continuous shifting of a river. [3] The village forms a mauza along with the village of Kabiraj Para. [1] As of 2011, the village's population is 1,609 people, in 348 households. [1]

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On 7 May 2003, Andar Char was the site of a pirate attack against 27 fishing trawlers. [4] The boats were in the bay when they were boarded by armed pirates, and the fishermen involved lost their catch, their nets, and other valuables. [4] 11 fishermen who attempted to resist were thrown overboard; 7 of them drowned and the other 4 were rescued by other fishermen. [4]

Demographics

According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Andar Char has a population of 1,609 people, in 348 households, with an average household size of 4.6 people. [1] The population includes 830 males and 779 females, with a corresponding sex ratio of 107. [1] The village's literacy rate is 63.9%, including 63.8% among males and 64.1% among females. [1] 1,589 of the village's residents are Muslim and 20 are Hindu. [1] A total of 42.0% of the village's residents are age 0 through 19. [1] The village has a total workforce of 99 people, including 93 men and 6 women; all the women and all but two of the men are employed in agriculture. [1] The remaining two men are employed in the service sector. [1] In addition, 76 women were counted as primarily engaged in household work. [1]

Of the village's 348 households, a majority (67.2%) are kutcha structures, with another 28.7% being jhupri and the remaining 4.0% being semi-pucca (none were fully pucca). [1] 21.8% of households had sanitary toilets with water seal, 47.4% had sanitary toilets with no water seal, 26.1% had non-sanitary toilets, and the remaining 4.6% had no toilets. [1] All households obtained drinking water via tube well, and likewise all households were owned instead of rented. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Population & Housing Census 2011 Community Report: Patuakhali (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2013. pp. 50, 80, 110, 140, 170, 200, 230, 260, 295, 327, 362, 392, 422. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "NGA GeoNames Database". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency . Retrieved 2008-07-14.
  3. ↑ Shamsuddoha, Md.; Hossain, M. Shahadat; Shahjahan, Mohammad (2014). "Land availability for climate-displaced communities in Bangladesh". In Leckie, Scott (ed.). Land Solutions for Climate Displacement. Routledge. pp. 138–140. ISBN   978-0-203-76251-6 . Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 Menefee, Samuel Pyeatt (2011). "Piracy in Bangladesh: What Lies Beneath?". In Ellerman, Bruce A.; Forbes, Andrew; Rosenberg, David (eds.). Piracy and Maritime Crime (Web). Newport: Naval War College Press. p. 127. ISBN   978-1-884733-65-9 . Retrieved 6 July 2021.


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