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3.4.1 Background: Dhubchanchia, the smallest upazila of Bogra Zila in respect of population came
into existence as a thana in 1880 and upgraded to upazila in 1983. Nothing is definitely known about
the origin of the upazila name. It is said that the place of present upazila headquarters had in the long
past a large number of washer men (laundrymen), Bangla synonym Dhopa. It is generally believed
that the upazila name might be an onomastic derivation from the local expression Dhopa.

3.4.2 Area and Location: The upazila occupies an area of 162.44 sq. km.. It is located between
24°48' and 24°58' north latitudes and 89°05' and 89°13' east longitudes. It is bounded on the north by
Khetlal Upazila of Joypurhat Zila, east by Shibganj Upazila and Kahaloo Upazila, south by Adamdighi
Upazila and Kahaloo Upazila and west by Akkelpur Upazila of Joypurhat Zila and Adamdighi Upazila.

3.4.3 Administrative/Geographic Unit: The upazila consists of 1 paurashava, 9 wards, 37
mahallas, 6 unions, 109 populated mauzas and 212 villages. The average size of population of each
ward and mahalla are 2490 and 606 respectively. On the other hand, the average size of population
of each union, mauza and village are 25712, 1415 and 728 respectively.

3.4.4 Housing and Household Characteristics: In the upazila, there are 45390 households.
Distribution of household by type shows that there are 99.75% general unit, 0.06% institutional and
0.19% other unit.

• Household Size: The average household size (General) for the upazila is 3.9 persons, for
rural area the size is slightly lower i.e. 3.8 and for urban area the size is slightly higher i.e. 4.1.

• Type of Housing Structure: In the upazila, 5.6% general households live in pucca house,
16.8% in semi-pucca house, 76.6% in kutcha house and the remaining 1.0% live in jhupri
which is shown in a pie-chart in figure 4.1.

Figure 4.1: Housing structure by type, 2011

76.6%
1.0%
5.6%

16.8%

Pucca Semi‐Pucca Kutcha Jhupri

• Source of Drinking Water: In Dhubchanchia Upazila, 94.2% general households get the
facility of drinking water from tube-well, 2.1% from tap and the remaining 3.7% household get
water from other sources.

• Sanitation: In the upazila, 62.9% general households use sanitary latrine, 25.5% non-
sanitary latrine and the remaining 11.6% have no toilet facility.

• Access to Electricity: All the 6 unions of the upazila have brought under the Rural
Electrification Program. However, a total of 65.4% general households reported to have
electricity connection in the entire upazila in 2011 as against 32.2% in 2001.
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