4410
Panchhari
Postal code 4410 covers Panchhari, Panchhari, Khagrachari District, Chittagong.
- Division
- Chittagong
- District
- Khagrachari
- Upazila / Area
- Panchhari
- Coordinates
- 23.0222, 91.9808
About Panchhari
Panchhari (Bengali: পানছড়ি) is an upazila of Khagrachari District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Geography
Panchhari is located at 23.2903°N 91.9000°E / 23.2903; 91.9000. It has 14,154 households and total area 334.10 km2.
History
Panchhari is the site of a massacre by Shanti Bahini, the armed wing of the separatist Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti party in 1996.
Demographics
According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Panchhari Upazila had 17,159 households and a population of 68,678. 9.19% of the population were under 5 years of age. Panchhari had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 68.01%: 74.79% for males and 61.28% for females, and a sex ratio of 99.66 males for every 100 females. 33,540 (48.84%) lived in urban areas.
=== Ethnicity and religion ===
🟩 Muslim majority 🟨 Buddhist majority
As of the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Panchhari upazila had a population of 68,678. The ethnic population was 46,000 (66.98%), of which Chakma were 30,270, Tripura 13,295 and Marma 2,143.
🟩 Bengali majority
🟨 Chakma majority
🟧 Tripura majority
Administration
Panchhari Upazila is divided into five union parishads: Chengi, Latiban, Logang, Panchhari and Ultachhari. The union parishads are subdivided into 7 mauzas and 220 villages.
Chairman: Sarbottom Chakma
Vice Chairman:
Woman Vice Chairman:
Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO):