Hajiganj

Hajiganj is a town in eastern Bangladesh and the headquarters of Haziganj Upazila in Chandpur District. It lies on the banks of the Dakatia River. The 2011 Bangladesh census recorded 12,679 households and a population of 63,892, of whom 14,762 were under ten years of age, with a literacy rate of 66.18 percent for people aged seven and over and a sex ratio of 1,013 females per 1,000 males. By the 2022 census the population had grown to 79,482 and the literacy rate had risen to 84.71 percent. Hajiganj Handicrafts, an artisan business founded locally in 1988, specialises in sustainably produced woven baskets and has worked with the charity Oxfam UK since 2023.