page_title: Nijhum Dwip
section_title: Current status
hierarchical_section_title: Nijhum Dwip / Current status
caption_attribution_description: বাংলা: অসাধারণ সৌন্দর্যে ভরা নিঝুম দ্বীপের আরেকটি দারুণ জায়গা হল চৌধুরী খাল, আর এই চৌধুরী খাল যাবার পথটাও বেশ দারুণ। English: On the way to 'Chowdhury Khal' Nijhum Dwip
context_page_description: Nijhum Dwip is a small island under Hatiya upazila. It is situated in Noakhali District in Bangladesh. Once it was called Char Osmani, Baluar Char, Golden Island
  A cluster of islands emerged in the early 1950s as an alluvium in the shallow estuary of the Bay of Bengal on the south of Noakhali. These new sandbanks first drew the notice of a group of fishermen, who named it Baular Char later transformed into Ballar Char. Occupying an area of 14,050 acres, the island is situated between 21 0 1 / to 22 0 6 /North latitude and 90 0 3 / to 91 0 4 / East longitude
  Migratory Birds in Nijhum Dwip:
  During winter, thousands of migratory birds flock in to island. The fishermen use the airy and sunny land as an ideal place for drying their catches from the sea. Sometimes many of them also construct straw huts on the island as seasonal residences.
  In 1974 the Forest Department took an afforestation program for a duration of twenty years in the north side of the island. Covering an area of nine thousand acres, it has now developed into a deep forest with a variety of plant species. Among the trees Keora is much seen.
context_section_description: Nijhum Dwip presently has six big bazaars that mainly consist of grocery shops, small restaurants and drug stores. These bazaars are the only places in the islands to have electricity from generators. More than eight (8) thousand inhabitants found their permanent settlement in the island and their occupations are mainly cultivation and fishing. There are some NGO's and other organisations like Proshika, Human Development Centre and JAICA who are involved with their development projects on this island.
caption: On the way to 'Chowdhury Khal', Nijhum Dwip
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