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Kaliganj (Jhenaidah)

Local Gov

A southern Jhenaidah upazila on the dry Ganges-floodplain belt, a road-junction market town with paddy, vegetables and date-palm jaggery trade.

Wealth rank 145/452 (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 Household wealth is below average, with a Relative Wealth Index mean of -0.145 (national rank 145 of 452, fourth-poorest decile). So what: Thin off-farm income limits resilience in a structurally poor rural economy. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)
water Very little permanent surface water leaves the upazila dependent on groundwater for dry-season irrigation and drinking supply. So what: Aquifer dependence sharpens dry-season water stress. Source: Department of Public Health Engineering
air quality Brick kilns and dry-season crop-residue burning over the southwest plain drive particulate haze. So what: Seasonal haze degrades local air quality. Source: Department of Environment

Probable solutions

Scale agro-processing of date-palm jaggery and vegetables with cold-chain and SME credit to add off-farm income. Responsible: Department of Agricultural Extension and SME Foundation · policy proposal
Expand dry-season surface-water harvesting through re-excavation of khals and ponds with monitored conjunctive use. Responsible: Bangladesh Water Development Board and Department of Public Health Engineering · policy proposal