Cox's Bazar Sadar () is an upazila of Cox's Bazar District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Geography Cox's Bazar Sadar is located at . It has 60,916 households and total area .
Demographics
According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Coxs Bazar Sadar Upazila had 90,550 households and a population of 417,365. 11.17% of the population were under 5 years of age. Coxs Bazar Sadar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 77.59%: 78.74% for males and 76.33% for females, and a sex ratio of 108.48 males for every 100 females. 331,355 (79.39%) lived in urban areas.
As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Cox's Bazar Sadar upazila had a population of 417,365. Ethnic population was 4,048 (0.97%), of which the Rakhine were 3,494. At the 1991 Bangladesh census, Cox's Bazar Sadar had a population of 253,788, of whom 117,509 were aged 18 or older. Males constituted 53.94% of the population, and females 46.06%. Cox's Bazar Sadar had an average literacy rate of 28.3% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%.
Administration In 1854, the Cox's Bazar police station and the Town Committee in 1959 were formed. In 1972, the town committee was demolished and turned into a municipality. In 1983, the thana was turned into an upazila.
Cox's Bazar Sadar Upazila is divided into Cox's Bazar Municipality and 5 union parishads: Chowfaldandi, Jhilongjha, Khurushkhul, Pmkhali and Varuakhali. The union parishads are subdivided into 19 mauzas and 185 villages.
Cox's Bazar Municipality is subdivided into 12 wards and 97 mahallas.
See also Upazilas of Bangladesh Districts of Bangladesh Divisions of Bangladesh
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