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Jhenaigati (Sherpur)

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A remote northern border upazila in the Garo Hills forest belt along the Indian frontier, mixing plain agriculture with forest-edge tracts and an indigenous Garo and Koch presence.

Wealth rank 52/452 (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. poverty Household wealth is well below average, with a mean Relative Wealth Index of -0.276 (national rank 52 of 452, second-poorest decile), the poorest profiled in this district. So what: Deep deprivation in an isolated forest-edge upazila severely limits service access and resilient livelihoods. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)
  2. environment The upazila sits in the Garo Hills forest belt where forest loss and illegal logging are concentrated, with recurring human-elephant conflict at the forest edge. So what: Forest degradation and crop-raiding undermine both ecology and farm incomes. Source: Bangladesh Forest Department
  3. climate disaster Hill-fed rivers descending from the Garo Hills cause flash flooding in the plains below during heavy rainfall. So what: Flash floods destroy crops and damage homes with little warning. Source: Department of Disaster Management

Probable solutions