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Naikhongchhari (Bandarban)

Local Gov

A southernmost Bandarban upazila along the Myanmar border, combining hill terrain with a sensitive frontier and indigenous communities.

Wealth rank 7/452 (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. governance As a border upazila adjoining Myanmar, Naikhongchhari faces frontier-security pressures including cross-border movement, smuggling and refugee-related strains layered onto a remote hill setting. So what: Border instability complicates service delivery and local livelihoods. Source: Bangladesh Land Port Authority
  2. environment The upazila shares the district's deforestation pressure from jhum expansion, plantation conversion and timber extraction on its forested hills. So what: Forest loss heightens erosion and landslide risk on steep terrain. Source: Bangladesh Forest Department
  3. poverty Naikhongchhari's RWI mean of -0.478 places it in the very poorest wealth decile among all upazilas nationally, among the most deprived in the country. So what: Extreme deprivation compounds the vulnerability of a frontier hill community. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

Probable solutions