Bagerhat District Equity Profile
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BAGERHAT DISTRICT EQUITY PROFILE November 2014 Local Capacity Building and Community Empowerment (LCBCE) Programme. Supported by: UNICEF 0 | P a g e Bagerhat District Map 1 | P a g e Contents 1.0: Overview of the district ............................................................................................................ 3 1.1 Background, Area and location ............................................................................................. 3 1.2 Basic Data .............................................................................................................................. 3 1.3 Population and Demography ................................................................................................. 3 1.4 Climate ................................................................................................................................... 4 1.5 Economy ................................................................................................................................. 4 1.6 Communication ...................................................................................................................... 4 1.6.1 Access to Mass Media and ICT........................................................................................... 5 1.7 Sociocultural Scenario ........................................................................................................... 5 1.8 Access to basic services .......................................................................................................... 5 1.9 Disability: ............................................................................................................................... 5 1.10 Issues Related to Natural Disaster ....................................................................................... 5 2.0 Situation Analysis .................................................................................................................. 6 2.1 Education ............................................................................................................................... 6 2.2 WASH .................................................................................................................................... 8 2.3Basic data on Child Protection in Bagerhat: ........................................................................ 10 Birth Registration ...................................................................................................................... 11 Child marriage........................................................................................................................... 11 Monitoring or Results for Equity System for Child Protection ............................................... 11 Challenges of Child Protection Sector: ..................................................................................... 12 2.4 Health: …………………………………………………………………………………… 13 2.5 Nutrition: ............................................................................................................................. 18 2.6 Field Operation Section: Local Capacity Building and Community Empowerment (LCBCE)..20 2.6.1 Emergency ......................................................................................................................... 20 2.6.2 Status of Disaster Preparedness and risk reduction …………………………………………………….. 20 3.0 Overall Challenges for development: ........................................................................................ 21 4.0 Conclusion................................................................................................................................. 21 5.0 Other Important Information .................................................................................................... 22 5.1 Summary of UNICEF interventions in Bagerhat ................................................................ 22 5.2 Upazila wise name of unions: .............................................................................................. 24 2 | P a g e 1.0: Overview of the district 1.1 Background,Area and location Bagerhat lies between 21049 and 220 59 north latitudes between 89032 and 89098 east longitudes. The total area of the district is 3959.11 sq. km of which 1912.82 sq. km is under forest, the largest Mangrove forest of the world Sunderban. It is bounded by Gopalganj District and Narail District on the north, The Bay of Bengal on the south, Gopalganj District, Pirojpur District and Barguna District on the east and Khulna District on the west. Main rivers of the district are Panguchi, Daratana, Madhumati, Pasur, Haringhata, Mongla, Baleswar, Bangra and Goshairkhali. Bagerhat District is a disaster prone area specially Sarankhola, Mongla and Morrelganj Upazila. Day by day it’s vulnerability is increasing due to claimant change. Annual average temperature is maximum 33.50 C and minimum 12.50C. Annual rainfall is 1710 mm.The main crops are paddy, vegetable, wheat, Jute, sugar cane, potato and banana and main export items are paddy, fish (shrimp), coconut and honey. 1.2 Basic Data Indicator Number Total Area 3959.11 Square km Total population Total: 1512484 Male: 758387 Female: 754097 Number of Upazilla 9 Number of Union 76 Number of Villalge 961 Number of Thana 9thana (police station) Number of municipality/pourashava 3 Under 5 population Total: 132440 0- 5 months:13460 6-23 months: 34385 6- 59 months: 121977 Female adolescent 13-19 yrs.: 120999 Pregnant and lactating women Pregnant women: 27043 Lactating women: 71891 1.3 Population and Demography: In Bagerhat distrcit a number of 151284 population is residing in total 3959.11 square km area with annual growth rate of -0.47. Total number of household is 354223 with an average household size of 4.13. Upazila Area sq. km Total population Male Female Mongla 1461.2 74523 67835 142358 Sarankhola 756.6 64807 58875 123682 Bagerhat Sadar 272.73 139127 138097 277224 Chitalmari 191.99 72055 72032 144087 Fakirhat 160.68 72076 71021 143097 Kachua 131.63 49606 51117 100723 Mollahat 187.88 67700 68186 135886 Morrelganj 460.9 148858 157240 306098 Rampal 335.45 80451 80406 160857 Source: National Census 2011 3 | P a g e Among nine upazilas of Bagerhat Mongla has the largest geographical area, whereas Kachua is the smallest. But in terms of population, Morrelganj is the largest, around 0.14 million people are residing in this upazila. 1.4 Climate Bagerhat has a tropical climate. In winter there is much less rainfall in Bagerhat than in summer. The average annual temperature in Bagerhat is 26 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1934 mm. The driest month is December with 8 mm. Most precipitation falls in July, with an average of 404 mm. The difference in precipitation between the driest month and the wettest month is 396 mm. The average temperatures vary during the year by 10.7 °C. Temperature Graph of Bagerhat district: The warmest month of the year is May with an average temperature of 29.8 °C. In January, the average temperature is 19.1 °C. It is the lowest average temperature of the whole year. 1.5 Economy One of the two main ports of Bangladesh, Port Mongla is here. Rampal and Fakirhat, two Upazilla of Bagerhat is famous for huge production of shrimp and earning a lot of foreign exchange.The main crops are paddy, vegetable, wheat, Jute, sugar cane, potato and banana and main export items are paddy, fish (shrimp), coconut and honey. The majority of family income earned through unskilled daliy labour, agriculture and fish culture. 1.6 Communication Most of the areas of the district are well communicable except some Islands inside forests. Engine boats are generally used to reach remote Islands on the other hand foot, bicycle and motor bikes are popular for inland hard to reach areas. Some areas with muddy roads become inaccessible during rainy season. These areas become real hard to reach as they can only be accessed on foot, and it is often difficult. Bagerhat District has a total of 370.91 kilometres (230.47 mi) waterways 205 kilometres (127 mi) and railway 24 kilometres (15 mi). There are 5 railway stations. 4 | P a g e Road Type Earthen(KM) Pavement(KM) Total Length(KM) Upazila Road : 6585.81 29797.33 37334.86 Union Road : 19981.70 22478.31 44202.03 Village Road A: 100645.49 8736.13 111340.87 Village Road B: 86117.94 22291.64 111501.55 Total Roads: 213330.94 83303.41 304379.31 Source: http://www.lged.gov.bd/ViewRoad2.aspx 1.6.1 Access to Mass Media and ICT Indicator (%) Exposure to mass media to women aged 15-49 years 0.1 Use of computers by women aged 15-49 years 7.6 Use of internet by women aged 15-24 years 3.3 Source: MICS 2012-2013 1.7 Sociocultural Scenario The socio cultural environment of Bagerhat district is largely influenced and renovated by the livelihhod surrounded by the Sundarbans, expended areas of shrimp farming and the country’s second largest sea port Mongla. 1.8 Access to basic services 10% of country’s children lives in Khulna Division of which 24% are either living in households under the 1$ day/person PPP-s threshold or experiencing severe deprivation of human need. 57% children are facing at least one severe deprivation of their basic needs. The coastal belt in Khulna division is prone to cyclones and flooding so it is a pocket of vulnerability, with approximately 3 million extremely poor people living there. These people suffer from a lack of fresh water (salinity problem), lack of income generating options (leading to urban migration), lack of access to basic services (health problems