Panchlaish Thana
Panchlaish (Bengali: পাঁচলাইশ) is a thana of Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh.
Geography
Panchlaish is located at 22°22′00″N 91°49′30″E / 22.3667°N 91.8250°E . It has 37105 households and total area 27.45 km.
Demographics
At the 1991 Bangladesh census, Panchlaish had a population of 193,357, of whom 112,099 were aged 18 or older. Males constituted 59.39% of the population, and females 40.61%. Panchlaish had an average literacy rate of 59.3% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%.
Points of interest
Rupali Guitar, an 18-foot-high (5.5 m) stainless steel sculpture memorializing Ayub Bachchu, was erected in the Prabartak roundabout in 2019.
See also
Notable residents
- Shakil Khan, film actor
References
- ^ "Geographic coordinates of Chattagram Bangladesh". DATEANDTIME.INFO. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
- ^ National Report (PDF). Population and Housing Census 2022. Vol. 1. Dhaka: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. November 2023. p. 386. ISBN 978-9844752016.
- ^ "Bangladesh Area Code". China: Chahaoba.com. 18 October 2024.
- ^ Golam Kibria Bhuiyan (2012), "Panchlaish Thana", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
- ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
- ^ Hussain, Anwar (17 September 2019). "Guitar statue in memory of Ayub Bachchu to be inaugurated Wednesday". Dhaka Tribune.
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