| Official Name: | Kanchana Union |
| Native Name: | কাঞ্চনা ইউনিয়ন |
| Pushpin Map: | Bangladesh |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Bangladesh |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Population Total: | 21,575 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | 1600 |
| Area Total Km2: | 13.53 |
| Leader Title: | Union Chairman |
| Leader Name: | Ramjan Ali |
| Utc Offset: | +6 |
| Coordinates: | 22.1167°N 92.5°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Post code |
| Postal Code: | 4387 |
| Website: | official website |
Kanchana Union (Bengali: কাঞ্চনা ইউনিয়ন) is a Union of Satkania Upazila in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
The Union total area is 13.53 km2 or 5.22 sq mile[2] [3] [4]
As of 2011, the union total population is 21,275. Male is 10,164 and female is 11,411.[2]
Kanchana Union is located in the western part of Satkania Upazila. The distance from this union to Upazila Sadar is about 15 kilometers. It is bounded on the north by Charoti Union and Amilaish Union, on the east by Amilaish Union and Eochia Union, on the south by Eochia Union and on the west by Eochia Union and Sadhanpur Union of Banshkhali Upazila.
It is said that in ancient times, the village was attracted by its natural beauty, economic prosperity and the abode of spiritual pursuits. They wanted to buy the village from the people of the village at the price of kanchan. Bengali kanchan means gold. But the villagers did not want to hand over the freedom in exchange for Kanchan or gold. On the one hand, the Auliya saints want to pay Kanchan as the price of the village and on the other hand, the people of the village do not respond, Bengali means "Na". Finally, Kanchan and Na merge with Kanchana.
Kanchana Union is 4th union of Satkania Upazila. The union Administrative activities are under Satkania police station. It is part of Jatiya Sangsads 292 constituency Chittagong-15.[2] It consists of Kanchana mouza. The villages of this union are:
Kanchana Union has a literacy rate of 49.31%,[4] The union has 3 secondary schools, 3 madrasas and 9 primary schools.
Kanchana Union has 18 mosques, 5 Eidgahs and 5 temples.
The Gaharchari Canal, Burachari Canal and Eochia Chara Canal are flowing over Kanchana Union.[7]
| Serial | Chairman name | period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Syed Rafiqur Rahman | 1958-1962 | |
| 2 | Abdur Rahim | 1963-1967 | |
| 3 | 1968-1969 | ||
| 4 | Nur Ahmed | 1970-1972 | |
| 5 | Furak Ahmed | 1973-1977 | |
| 6 | Abdul Hakim | 1978 | |
| 7 | Jahirul Haque | 1978-1982 | |
| 8 | Anowerul Haque Kaderi | 1983-1987 | |
| 9 | Ataur Rahman | 1988-1991 | |
| 10 | Anowerul Haque Kaderi | 1992-1997 | |
| 11 | Ataur Rahman | 1998-2000 | |
| 12 | Abu Shah Alam Ledu | 2001-2002 | |
| 13 | Maulana Mujaffar Ahmed | 2003-2016 | |
| 14 | Ramjan Ali | 2016–present |