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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Khagrachhari Sadar Upazila
Khagrachari Sadar (Bengali: খাগড়াছড়ি সদর) is an upazila of Khagrachari District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Geography

Khagrachari is located at 23°02′30″N 91°59′40″E / 23.0417°N 91.9944°E / 23.0417; 91.9944. It has 24,316 households and total area 297.92 km.

Demographics

Religions in Khagrachhari Sadar upazila (2022)
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 34.98%
Hinduism
 
 24.76%
Buddhism
 
 38.50%
Christianity
 
 1.75%
Other or not stated
 
 0.01%

As of the 2022 Bangladesh census, Khagrachhari Sadar upazila had a population of 136141. The ethnic population was 80636 (59.23%), of which Chakma were 36937, Tripura 28576 and Marma 14792.

Ethnicity in Khagrachhari (2022)

  Bengali (40.77%)
  Chakma (27.13%)
  Tripura (20.99%)
  Marma (10.86%)
  Others (0.25%)

Administration

Khagrachhari Sadar Upazila is divided into Khagrachhari Municipality and five union parishads: Bhaibonchhara, Golabari, Kamalchhari, Khagrachhari, and Parachara. The union parishads are subdivided into 13 mauzas and 246 villages.

Khagrachhari Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 73 mahallas.

There are two government middle schools and one government college (high school) in Kharachari upazila.

See also

References

  1. ^ National Report (PDF). Population and Housing Census 2022. Vol. 1. Dhaka: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. November 2023. p. 397. ISBN 978-9844752016.
  2. ^ https://bbs.gov.bd/site/page/2888a55d-d686-4736-bad0-54b70462afda/-
  3. ^ "District Statistics 2011: Khagrachhari" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.


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