Chhatak (Town) is now a municipality with an area of 9.24 sq km and population 34498; male 55.77%, female 44.23%. It has 9 wards and 22 mahallas. Literacy rate among the town people is 48.3%.

Administration Chhatak Police outpost was established in 1908 and it was upgraded to a thana in 1922. The thana was turned into an upazila in 1985. The upazila consists of one municipality, 23 union parishads, 311 mouzas and 530 villages.

Archaeological heritage and relics Bagbari Tila. Marks of War of Liberation Memorials: Shikha Satera (Seventeen Flames) of Madhavpur and Chhatak Central Memorial Monument.

Population 273153; male 51.05%, female 48.95%. Muslim 93.08%, Hindu 6.75%, Buddhist, Christian and others 0.17%; ethnic nationals: Manipuri (Visnupria cast) and Khasia. Literacy and educational institutions Average literacy 24.5%; male 30.4%, female 18.2%.

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