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Lalmanirhat Sadar (Lalmonirhat)

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The district seat of Lalmonirhat on the northern border floodplain, the administrative hub of a small, economically stagnant Teesta-Dharla district.

Wealth rank 197/452 (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. economy Economic activity around the sadar is weak, mirroring a district whose growth ranks near the bottom of the country, leaving the seat with few non-farm jobs. So what: Stagnation pushes working-age residents toward out-migration. Source: Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC)
  2. climate disaster Lying on the Teesta-Dharla floodplain, Lalmanirhat Sadar faces monsoon flooding and riverbank erosion that threaten homesteads and farmland near the district town. So what: Flooding and erosion can displace households on the town's river margins. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board
  3. poverty Lalmanirhat Sadar's mean Relative Wealth Index of about -0.11 sits in the 5th national decile (rank 197/452), showing the district seat itself remains poor. So what: Even the hub town offers households a thin economic cushion. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

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