SFD (Lite) Report - Arani Municipality CWIS-FSM Support Cell, DPHE (2025)
Arani Municipality lies within Bagha Sub-District (Upazila) in the Rajshahi District (Zila) which is under the Rajshahi Division. The geographical coordinates of Arani are 24° 17' 0" N and 88° 52' 0" E. Arani Municipality is situated in the Bagha Sub-District. It is bordered on the north by the Charghat and Bagatipara upazilas, on the south by the Daulatpur (Kushtia) upazila, on the east by the Lalpur and Bagatipara upazilas, and on the west by the Padma River and the West Bengal (India).
According to the population census in 2011 by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the population of Arani Municipality was 16,550. The urban population growth in Arani is 1.2% per year. Considering 10% floating population, such as farmers and traders coming to the city every day, the present (2023) population is estimated to be around 21,007.
The outcome of the SFD graphic shows that only twenty-three percent (23%) of the excreta flow is classified as safely managed, and the remaining seventy-seven percent (77%) is classified as unsafely managed.
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CWIS-FSM Support Cell, DPHE (2025). SFD (Lite) Report - Arani Municipality CWIS-FSM Support Cell, DPHE
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