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Khagrachhari Sadar Upazila

Khagrachari Sadar () is an upazila of Khagrachari District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Geography

Khagrachari is located at . It has 24,316 households and total area 297.92&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Khagrachhari Sadar Upazila had 32,531 households and a population of 136,141. 9.18% of the population were under 5 years of age. Khagrachhari Sadar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 77.36%: 82.39% for males and 72.17% for females, and a sex ratio of 103.07 males for every 100 females. 72,246 (53.07%) lived in urban areas.

Ethnicity and religion

🟩 Muslim majority 🟨 Buddhist majority 🟧 Hindu majority

The ethnic population was 80,636 (59.23%), of which Chakma were 36,937, Tripura 28,576 and Marma 14,792.

🟩 Bengali majority 🟨 Chakma majority 🟧 Tripura majority

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.

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