4450
Matiranga
Postal code 4450 covers Matiranga, Matiranga, Khagrachari District, Chittagong.
- Division
- Chittagong
- District
- Khagrachari
- Upazila / Area
- Matiranga
- Coordinates
- 23.1219, 91.8767
About Matiranga
Matiranga (Bengali: মাটিরাঙ্গা) is an upazila of Khagrachari District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Geography
Matiranga is located at 23.0417°N 91.8750°E / 23.0417; 91.8750. It has 24,080 households and a total area of 404.75 km2.
Demographics
According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Matiranga Upazila had 29,990 households and a population of 126,609. 11.69% of the population were under 5 years of age. Matiranga had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 71.59%: 76.01% for males and 67.35% for females, and a sex ratio of 96.91 males for every 100 females. 32,142 (25.39%) lived in urban areas.
=== Ethnicity and religion ===
🟩 Muslim majority 🟧 Hindu majority
As of the 2022 Bangladeshi census, the residual Matiranga upazila had a population of 126,609. The ethnic population was 30,257 (23.90%), of which Tripura were 23,647, Chakma 3,950 and Marma 2,621.
🟩 Bengali majority
🟧 Tripura majority
Administration
Matiranga Upazila is divided into Matiranga Municipality and seven union parishads: Amtali, Baranal, Belchhari, Gumti, Matiranga, Tabalchhari and Taindang. The union parishads are subdivided into 27 mauzas and 365 villages.
Matiranga Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 53 mahallas.