Mahalchari ( bn, মহালছড়ি) is an

upazila An ''upazila'' ( bn, উপজেলা, upôzela, lit=sub-district pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative region in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a ...

of Khagrachari District in the Division of

Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

Geography

Mahalchari is located at . It has 9,556 households and total area 186.48 km².

Demographics

As of the

2011 Bangladesh census In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh, which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census. Data were reco ...

, the residual Mahalchhari upazila had 9,556 households and a population of 42,427. 10,098 (23.80%) were under 10 years of age. Mahalchhari had an average literacy rate of 47.48%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 929 females per 1000 males. 10,249 (24.16%) of the population lived in urban areas. The ethnic population was 27,857 (65.66%), of which

Chakma Chakma may refer to: *Chakma people, a Tibeto-Burman people of Bangladesh and Northeast India *Chakma language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them **Chakma script ***Chakma (Unicode block) Chakma is a Unicode block containing characters for ...

were 19,328, Marma 6,760 and

Tripura Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the east a ...

1,636. As of the

1991 Bangladesh census In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age ...

, Mahalchari has a population of 32,609. Males constitute 52.95% of the population, and females 47.05%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 16,662. Mahalchari has an average literacy rate of 26.5% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Administration

Mahalchari Upazila is divided into five

union parishad Union council ( bn, ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ, translit=iūniyan pariṣad, translit-std=IAST), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit ...

s: Kayangghat, Mahalchhari, Maschhari, Mubachhari, and Sindukchhari. The union parishads are subdivided into 13 mauzas and 196 villages. Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO): Priyanka Datta Upazila Chairman: Bimal Kanti Chakma

Education

Schools * APBn Ideal School and College * Mohalchari Government High School * Mohalchari Girls High School College * Mohalchari Government College

References

Upazilas of Khagrachhari District {{Chittagong-geo-stub

Geography

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