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Kachua (Chandpur)

Local Gov

An inland agricultural and remittance-dependent upazila in northwestern Chandpur.

Wealth rank 324/452 (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 Among the lower-wealth upazilas of Chandpur (RWI 0.047, national rank 324/452, poverty decile 8 of 10), with heavy dependence on remittance and farm income. So what: Reliance on remittances leaves households exposed to overseas labour-market shocks. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)
  2. water Low-lying floodplain terrain leaves the upazila exposed to seasonal flooding and waterlogging. So what: Inundation disrupts cropping and rural connectivity. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB)
  3. agriculture A field-crop and inland-fishery economy sensitive to flood timing and the district's hilsa-fishery closures. So what: Flood losses and fishing bans periodically cut local income. Source: Department of Fisheries / Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE)

Probable solutions