The Padma River is highly dynamic and meander in nature. Bank erosion severely affects the socioeconomic condition of the affected reach and not only causes suffering to the people living along its course but also national losses due to loss of cultivated land, settlements, commercial centers and infrastructures. The present research work tries to understand the bank erosion of Mawa- Dighirper reach and its present and future socioeconomic impact.A large number of good quality digital data have been prepared from satellite imageries and these data are used to evaluate the channel shifting in...