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Terokhada (Khulna)

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A small inland upazila in the northeast of Khulna district, set in the freshwater-fringe of the delta away from the tidal Sundarbans front.

Wealth rank 180/452 (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. water Lying in Khulna's brackish, tidal river-and-channel network, dry-season salinity intrusion and the difficulty of securing clean freshwater complicate household supply and irrigation here. So what: Farmers and households face seasonal scarcity of usable water. Source: Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE)
  2. climate disaster As part of a low-lying delta district, Terokhada is exposed to monsoon flooding and waterlogging that ponds on its low farmland. So what: Standing water disrupts cropping and damages homesteads. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board
  3. poverty Household wealth is below the local median, with a Relative Wealth Index mean of -0.119 placing Terokhada in the 4th decile (rank 180 of 452 upazilas). So what: A weaker asset base limits resilience to shocks. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

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