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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Kachua
| native_name        = কচুয়া
| settlement_type    = [[Upazilas of Bangladesh|Upazila]]
| image_skyline      = 
| imagesize          = 
| image_alt          = 
| image_caption      = Skyline of Kachua, Bangladesh
| image_map          = Kachua in Chattogram division (Bangladesh).svg
| coordinates        = {{coord|23|21|N|90|53|E|type:adm3rd_region:BD_dim:20000|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type   = [[Country]]
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[Divisions of Bangladesh|Division]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Districts of Bangladesh|District]]
| subdivision_type3  = <!-- Capital -->
| subdivision_name1  = [[Chittagong Division|Chittagong]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Chandpur District|Chandpur]]
| subdivision_name3  = 
| leader_title       = 
| leader_name        = 
| leader_title1      = MP ([[Chandpur-1]])
| leader_name1       = [[Salim Mahmud]]
| area_total_km2     = 235.81
| area_metro_km2     = 
| elevation_m        = 
| elevation_ft       = 
| established_title1 = Thana
| established_date1  = 25 January 1918
| established_title2 = Upazila
| established_date2  = 1983
| population_total   = 405497
| population_as_of   = [[2022 Bangladeshi census|2022]]
| population_footnotes = <ref name="census2022">{{Cite book |url=https://bbs.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/bbs.portal.gov.bd/page/b343a8b4_956b_45ca_872f_4cf9b2f1a6e0/2024-01-31-15-51-b53c55dd692233ae401ba013060b9cbb.pdf |title=National Report |date=November 2023 |publisher=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]] |isbn=978-9844752016 |series=Population and Housing Census 2022 |volume=1 |location=Dhaka |pages=396}}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = auto
| postal_code_type   = [[Postal codes in Bangladesh|Postal code]]
| postal_code        = 3630<ref name="postalcode">{{Cite web |url=https://bdpost.portal.gov.bd/site/page/b0b8c189-1e64-4722-bb82-80e0159435d9 |title=Bangladesh Postal Code |date=20 October 2024 |publisher=Bangladesh Postal Department under the Department of Posts and Telecommunications of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology of the People's Republic of Bangladesh |location=Dhaka}}</ref>
| area_code          = 08425<ref name="areacode">{{Cite web |url=https://en.chahaoba.com/Bangladesh |title=Bangladesh Area Code |date=18 October 2024 |publisher=Chahaoba.com |location=China}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|kachua.chandpur.gov.bd}}
| footnotes          = 
| timezone           = [[Bangladesh Standard Time|BST]]
| utc_offset         = +6
}}
'''Kachua''' ({{langx|bn|কচুয়া}}) is an [[upazila]] (sub-district) of [[Chandpur District]] in [[Bangladesh]], located in the [[Chittagong Division]].<ref name=Banglapedia>{{cite Banglapedia
|author=Habibunnabi Shariful Haque Shajee|article=Kachua Upazila (Chandpur District)}}</ref> It is a part of the [[Greater Comilla]] region.

==History==
[[File:বখতিয়ার খান মসজিদ,কচুয়া, উজানী,চাঁদপুর।.jpg|left|thumb|The Bakhtiyar Khan Mosque in Ujani was later the centre of the activities of [[Rashid Ahmad Gangohi]]'s student Qari [[Ibrahim Ujani]], who founded the [[Jamia Islamia Ibrahimia|Ujani Madrasa]] in 1901.]]
During the reign of the [[Mughal emperor]] [[Bahadur Shah I|Bahadur Shah]] in 1705/1706 [[Common Era|CE]], the [[Faujdar]] (local governor) Bakhtiyar ibn Ilyas Khan built a mosque in Ujania which still stands today. The area was also settled by a [[wali]] known as Shah Niamat Shah, who was based on the banks of the Tarini Dighi. People from various places would travel to meet the Wali, and a [[haat bazaar]] later emerged known as ''Niamat Shaher Bazar'' (Niamat Shah's bazaar). It is presently known as Kachua Bazar after the establishment of Kachua Thana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kachua.chandpur.gov.bd/site/page/e19a94b5-2144-11e7-8f57-286ed488c766/ভাষা%20ও%20সংষ্কৃতি|script-title=bn:ভাষা ও সংষ্কৃতি|language=bn|trans-title=Language and culture|website=Kochuya Upazila}}</ref>

[[File:Munshibari mosque minaret.jpg|thumb|A minaret of the [[Taltoli Jama Mosque]], an example of [[Indo-Saracenic architecture]] in Kachua.|left]]

During the administration of the [[British East India Company]], Kachua was a part of the [[Daudkandi Upazila|Daudkandi Thana]]. A large portion of present-day Kachua was under the [[zamindari]] of the [[Munshibari family of Comilla]]. Abdul Hamid Munshi of this family established the glorious [[Taltoli Jama Mosque]] in the village of [[Taltoli, Bangladesh|Taltoli]] in 1891.

By the time of [[Queen Victoria]], Kachua was under the [[Hajiganj Upazila|Hajiganj Thana]]. A separate [[thana]] was established with the name of Kachua on 25 January 1918 during the reign of [[George V]]. There are numerous theories behind the naming of Kachua. One theory suggests that it is of [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] origin. It was said that in 1905, the [[Hajiganj Upazila|Hajiganj Thana]] was divided into two parts and survey work was carried out to determine its boundary/area. The survey was conducted under the leadership of a police officer. The survey work started from the southern boundary of [[Daudkandi Upazila|Daudkandi Thana]] i.e. the northern end of present Kachua Upazila. At one stage of the survey, the police officer and other people came to the southern part of the village on the north side adjacent to Kachua Bazar and found some palm trees. They camped for a few days in a high place in this palm tree area which is now known as Dhulikachua village. A local villager by the name of Maulvi Ali Akmat asked how much of the survey work had been done and in reply, the officer said "Kuch Hua" meaning ''some things have happened''. The name Kachua was said to have been derived from "Kuch Hua" according to this incident.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kachua.chandpur.gov.bd/site/page/2acbd643-2144-11e7-8f57-286ed488c766/কচুয়া%20উপজেলার%20পটভূমি|script-title=bn:কচুয়া উপজেলার পটভূমি|language=bn|trans-title=Background of Kachua Subdistrict|website=Kochua Upazila}}</ref>

During the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] of 1971, a brawl took place in Raghunathpur Bazar leading to the death of one Bengali freedom fighter and 14 civilians. Kachua Thana was upgraded to an upazila in 1983.<ref name=Banglapedia/>

==Geography==
[[File:গোবিন্দপুর ঐতিহাসিক পাটোয়ারী বাড়ি জামে মসজিদ .jpg|thumb|A historic mosque in Patwari Bari, Gobindapur.|left]]
Kachua is located in between 23.15 and 23.28 degrees of North latitudes and 90.48 to 91.01 degrees of East longitudes.  ( {{coord|23.3500|N|90.8917|E|}} ). It has a total area of 235.81&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|align       = center
|pop_name    = {{abbr|Pop. (000)
|Population}} 
|footnote    = 
|source      = <br>Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics<ref name="district-stats" />
|1981 |248
|1991 |293
|2001 |331
|2011 |382
}}

{{bar box
|title=Religions in Kachua Upazila (2022)<ref name="2022census">{{Cite book |url=http://nsds.bbs.gov.bd/storage/files/1/Publications/PHCensus/District%20Report%20Chadpur.pdf |title=Population and Housing Census 2022 - District Report: Chandpur |date=June 2024 |publisher=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]] |isbn=978-984-475-248-1 |series= District Series |location=Dhaka |pages=}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|[[Islam in Bangladesh|Islam]]|green|93.73}}
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism in Bangladesh|Hinduism]]|darkorange|6.26}}
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According to the [[2011 Bangladesh census|2011 Census of Bangladesh]], Kachua Upazila had 76,642 households and a population of 382,139. 98,415 (25.75%) were under 10 years of age. Kachua had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 53.77%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1114 females per 1000 males. 27,024 (7.07%) lived in urban areas.<ref name="community">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Community Tables: Chandpur district |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCen2011/Com_Chandpur.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd}}</ref><ref name="census2011">{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Chandpur |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Chandpur.pdf |website=bbs.gov.bd |publisher=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref>

== Administration ==
[[File:উজানি মাদ্রাসা.jpg|thumb|The [[Jamia Islamia Ibrahimia]] madrasa, founded in 1901.]]
Kachua Upazila is divided into Kachua Municipality and 12 [[union parishad]]s: Ashrafpur, Bitara, Dakshin Gohat, Dakshin Kachua, Kadla, Karyia, Pashim Sahadebpur, Pathoir, Purba Sahadebpur, Sachar, Uttar Gohat, and Uttar Kachua. The union parishads are subdivided into 158 mauzas and 232 villages.

Kachua Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 20 [[mahalla]]s.<ref name="district-stats">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Chandpur.pdf |url-status=dead |title=District Statistics 2011: Chandpur |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113184958/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Chandpur.pdf |archive-date=13 November 2014 |access-date=14 July 2014}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
Some famous residents of Kachua include:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kachua.chandpur.gov.bd/site/page/2ad37f81-2144-11e7-8f57-286ed488c766/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%20%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC |script-title=bn:প্রখ্যাত ব্যক্তিত্ব |trans-title=Eminent personalities |website=Kachua Upazila, Chandpur}}</ref>
* [[Jalal Alamgir]] (1971-2011), former associate professor of political science [[University of Massachusetts Boston]]
* [[Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir|Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir]] (b. 1942), economist and civil servant
* [[Burhanuddin Khan Jahangir]] (1936-2020), writer and educationist
* [[Muntassir Mamoon|Muntassir Uddin Khan Mamoon]] (b. 1951), historian
* [[A.N.M. Ehsanul Hoque Milan]] (b. 1957), Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician
* [[Mesbah Uddin|Mesbah Uddin Khan]] (d. 2006), Awami League politician
* [[Ibrahim Ujani]] (1863-1943), qazi and Islamic scholar
* [[Muhammed Alamgir]](b. 1963), educationist

==See also==
*[[Upazilas of Bangladesh]]
*[[Districts of Bangladesh]]
*[[Divisions of Bangladesh]]

==References==
<references/>

==Further reading==
* {{Cite journal|last1=Ahmed|first1=Nasir|last2=Mikail|first2=Mohammad|last3=Saha|first3=DK|date=2009-05-06|title=Mineralogical study of Sediment samples of Kachua, Chandpur district for investigation of arsenic bearing minerals|journal=Journal of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences|volume=32|issue=1|pages=1–12|doi=10.3329/jbas.v32i1.2436|issn=0378-8121|doi-access=free}}

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