Gomti River coming from Domur in the north eastern hilly region of Tripora state of India. From its source it flows about 155 km along a meandering course through the hills, turns west and enters Bangladesh near Catak Bazar (Comilla Sadar). Then it takes a meandering course again and passes through the north side of Comilla town and east of mainamati. On the north Burichang upazila, it cuts through Debidwar upazila and reaches Companiganj Bazar. The distance from Companiganj Bazar to Mainamati is about 63 km. From Companiganj it turns west and finally falls into the meghna at Shapta in Daudkandi upazila. The segment between Daudkandi and Companiganj is about 51 km long. The Gomti is about 137 km long within Bangladesh. The dakatia is one of the important tributaries of the Gomti and the Buri river is its distributary.
The Gumti is a hilly river having a strong current. Its flow varies from 150 to 25,000 cusec at Comilla. During the rains its average breadth is about 150m, it is full from bank to bank and the current is rapid. But during the winter it shrinks and becomes fordable at most places. In a year of normaly rainfall the river rises to above 1.7m than the level of the surrounding areas. Flash floods are common phenomena of this river and it occurs at regular intervals. Previously it was known as the 'sorrow of Comilla town'. The bangladesh (BWDB) has taken several measures to tame the river and save Comilla main town. Attempts have been made to construct flood embankments and 20 loop-cuts have been made to straighter the river. Despite these measures, several times Comilla town had been seriously menaced by floods. However, after the implementation of a number of BWDB projects, the Gomti appears now to be under control.
Comilla is very popular town. This District chittagong division with an area of 3087.17 sq km, is bounded by Feni and Noakhali districts on the south. Narayanganj and Brahmanbaria districts on the north, Chandpur and Munshiganj districts on the west. (state of India) Tripora on the east. Annual average temperature maximum 33.3°C, minimum 11.7°C; annual rainfall 2531mm. Main rivers are gomti dakatia and meghna.
Comilla is the administrative centre of the Comilla District part of the Chittagong Division stands on the bank of the Gomti river. It consists of 17 wards and 47 mahallas. It has an area of 11.48 sq km and a population of 167388 male 51.55%, female 48.45%. Literacy rate among the town people is 60.2%.
