Established as a district of Bengal by the British in 1790, it included the Sub-divisions of Brahmanbaria and Chandpur which eventually became separate districts in 1984.

Titu Mir was born as Syed Mir Nisar Ali on 27 January 1782 ( 14 Magh 1182 in Bengali calendar ), in Chandpur village, in North 24 Parganas district ( currently in West Bengal, India ).

Chandpur () is a district in east-central Bangladesh, located at the mouth of the Meghna River.

Chandpur district is administered by Chittagong Division, the second largest of Bangladesh's seven administrative divisions.

Chandpur district has a total area of 1, 704. 06 kilometers-squared ( 1, 058. 85 mi ).

Several significant tributaries of the Meghna River flow through Chandpur district.

) Abu Osman Chowdhury, a local leading member of the Bangladesh Awami League, as the administrator to the Chandpur district council.

A Deputy Commissioner ( DC ) of the Bangladeshi government's Cabinet Division, Priyatosh Saha, is responsible for Chittagong division's Chandpur district.

Chandpur district is made up of 6 municipalities, 60 wards, 195 mahallahs ( sub-divisions ), 8 upazilas ( administrative sub-districts ), 8 thanas ( administrative police districts ), 87 Union Councils of Bangladesh ( rural administrative districts ) and 1226 villages.

The 6 municipalities of Chandpur district are:

Chandpur district has an estimated population of 2, 808, 000 ,, 49 % male and 51 % female.

Wages in Chandpur district are often less than US $ 1 per day, which is below the international poverty line of US $ 1. 25 per day.

Poverty in Bangladesh is highest amongst coastal regions, with Chandpur district recognized by the Water Resources Planning Organization ( WARPO ) as one of the country's poorest areas.

In 1991, the district of Chandpur comprised the following:

Within the Chandpur district population, 92. 55 % identified as Muslim, 7. 18 % as Hindu, 0. 06 % as Buddhist, 0. 07 % as Christian and 0. 14 % as having animist beliefs.

As Chandpur district is one of the most economically deprived divisions in Bangladesh, there is a significant percentage of landless people ( 27 %) whose primary form of income is earned through wage labor.

The remaining majority of land in Chandpur district is owned by a wealthy 2 % of the population.

Chandpur district has an average literacy rate of 50. 29 %, which is slightly lower than the average Bangladeshi literacy rate of 55. 9 %.

The history of Chandpur district is reflected in its many remaining cultural, social and religious relics.

A diversity of cultural organizations, community centers and public access spaces exist within Chandpur district.

A variety of local newspapers, magazines and periodicals are available in Chandpur district.

Within the Chandpur district there are a wide variety of educational institutions, including:

Significant NGOs in the Chandpur district include:

In rural areas such as Chandpur district, village doctors with little or no formal training constitute 62 % of the healthcare providers practicing modern medicine ; whilst tertiary trained healthcare providers, who constitute 4 % of the total health workforce, are highly inaccessible to rural dwellers.

Bangladesh Railways utilize a small metre gauge track, with of railway tracks spanning the Chandpur district.

Comilla is bordered by Brahmanbaria and Narayanganj districts to the north, Noakhali and Feni districts to the south, Tripura of India to the east, and Munshiganj and Chandpur districts to the west.

There are no historical records but it is gathered from the local folklores and folksongs ( jagori ) that Shahipal who had his capital at Chandpur Garhi, buried a tantric instrument at Nauti nearby, and installed his patron-goddess Nandadevi ( Raj Rajeshwari ) there.

Near Chandpur it is very dangerous.

Down to Chandpur, Meghna is hydrographically referred to as the Upper Meghna.

Meghna is reinforced by the Dhaleshwari before Chandpur as well.

When the Padma joins with the Jamuna River, the largest distributary of the Brahmaputra, and they join with the Meghna in Chandpur District, the result in Bangladesh is called the Lower Meghna.

Further downstream, in Goalando, 2200 km away from the source, the Padma is joined by the mighty Jamuna ( Lower Brahmaputra ) and the resulting combination flows with the name Padma further east, to Chandpur.

The same dialect is also spoken in the districts of Feni and Laksmipur and in some parts of the districts of Chandpur, Chittagong and Comilla.

Chandpur is a conflux of two major rivers, the Padma River ( the main branch of the Ganges River ) and the Meghna River, which converge near Chandpur town.

A slight gender imbalance is reflected in Chandpur district's overall literacy rates, with statistics showing 51. 9 % amongst males and 48. 74 % amongst females.

The total land mass for agricultural cultivation in Chandpur district is 167, 009 hectares.

It meets the Jamuna ( Jomuna ) near Aricha and retains its name, but finally meets with the Meghna () near Chandpur and adopts the name ' Meghna ' before flowing into the Bay of Bengal.

The majority of Chandpur district's residents are employed in manual labor, with the population engaged in the following industries:

Many of Chandpur district's most enduring artifacts represent the different periods of British, Hindu and Islamic influence in the region, with some of most well known being:

However, with the advent of rickshaws, buses, bicycles, automobiles, railway systems and air travel, traditional modes of transport in the Chandpur district are either extremely rare or extinct.

Lakshmipur or Laxmipur District ( Chittagong Division ) with an area of 1455. 96 km², is a district of Bangladesh bounded by Chandpur District on the north, Bhola and Noakhali districts upazilas on the south, Noakhali District on the east, Barisal and Bhola districts and the Meghna and on the west.

* Barrackpore II ( Community development block ) consists of rural areas with 6 gram panchayats and six census towns: Jafarpur, Talbandha, Muragachha, Patulia, Ruiya and Chandpur.

Barisal District with an area of 2790. 51 km < sup > 2 </ sup > is bounded by Madaripur, Shariatpur, Chandpur and Lakshmipur districts on the north, Patuakhali, Barguna and Jhalokati districts on the south, Bhola and Lakshmipur districts on the east, Jhalokati, Pirojpur and Gopalganj districts on the west.