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Char Rajibpur (Kurigram)

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A small, remote char upazila in southeastern Kurigram east of the Brahmaputra-Jamuna near the Indian border, one of the most isolated and impoverished in the district.

Wealth rank 78/452 (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

poverty A mean Relative Wealth Index of -0.227 (national rank 78/452, second decile) places Char Rajibpur among the poorest upazilas nationally, consistent with acute deprivation on Kurigram's remote chars. So what: Severe poverty leaves char households with almost no buffer against flood and lean-season shocks. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)
infrastructure As a remote char upazila east of the Brahmaputra-Jamuna, it shares the district's weak all-weather road and ferry connectivity, leaving communities cut off during the long monsoon. So what: Isolation compounds poverty by limiting market access and relief during floods. Source: Local Government Engineering Department (LGED)

Probable solutions

Seasonal employment and food-security programming timed to the lean monga period, paired with flood-resilient asset support Responsible: Department of Disaster Management · policy proposal
All-weather char connectivity through raised submersible roads, jetties and ferry services linking isolated chars to upazila centres Responsible: Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) · policy proposal