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 km2.
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
+Population by religion in Union/Paurashava Union/Paurashava Muslim Buddhist Hindu OthersKhagrachhari34,56115,9257,936453Bhaibonchhara 1,49110,18010,640212Golabari5,8694,7014,45473Kamalchhari4,20410,0201,158293Sadar1,2025,3993,64261Perachhara2866,1875,883344 🟩 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.
+Population by ethnicity in Union/Paurashava Union/Paurashava Bengali Chakma Tripura Marma Others Khagrachhari Paurashava41,22311,1912,5273,699235Bhaibonchhara1,8468,46910,7131,69513Golabari6,5431,7073,9912,90531Kamalchhari4,2857,6031,1842,88720Sadar1,2222,6773,7232,7183Perachhara3795,2906,43888829 🟩 Bengali majority 🟨 Chakma majority 🟧 Tripura majority
Administration Khagrachhari Sadar Upazila is divided into Khagrachhari Municipality and five union parishads: Bhaibonchhara, Golabari, Kamalchhari, Khagrachhari and Perachhara. 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 Upazilas of Bangladesh Districts of Bangladesh Divisions of Bangladesh
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