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Ghoraghat (Dinajpur)

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A southern Dinajpur upazila on the Karatoya in the rice granary, with household wealth in the lower-middle national range.

Wealth rank 132/452 (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 Mean Relative Wealth Index is -0.161 (national rank 132 of 452, third decile), below the national mean. So what: Modest incomes constrain investment in farm inputs and resilience. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)
climate disaster Monsoon flows along the rivers fringing the upazila bring seasonal flooding and bank erosion to low-lying farmland. So what: Recurrent inundation damages crops and erodes cultivable land. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board
water Granary cultivation depends on groundwater irrigation where permanent surface water is scarce. So what: Aquifer drawdown raises pumping costs and dry-season risk. Source: Barind Multipurpose Development Authority

Probable solutions

Re-excavate silted channels and upgrade drainage and erosion control along the rivers to reduce flood damage. Responsible: Bangladesh Water Development Board · Bangladesh Water Development Board
Expand AWD irrigation and surface-water harvesting to ease groundwater stress in the granary. Responsible: Barind Multipurpose Development Authority · Barind Multipurpose Development Authority programmes