Matiranga () is an upazila of Khagrachari District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Geography Matiranga is located at . 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
+Population by religion in Union/Paurashava Union/Paurashava Muslim Hindu Buddhist OthersMatiranga Paurashava25,3262,3511,509136Amtali6,9572,5591595Baranal8,5911,3021,19715Belchhari11,6702,224494213Gumti10,8942,8097206Matiranga1,16611,5471,020177Tabalchhari 17,5181,3111,12014Taindang11,4928751,70589 🟩 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.
+Population by ethnicity in Union/Paurashava Union/Paurashava Bengali Tripura Chakma Marma OthersMatiranga Paurashava26,8631,2329222978Amtali7,1022,5083121Baranal8,8551,1512688256Belchhari11,8442,32124617119Gumti11,0072,901602Matiranga1,55511,3353736443Tabalchhari 17,5971,2567074030Taindang11,5249431,4252690 🟩 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.
See also Upazilas of Bangladesh Districts of Bangladesh Divisions of Bangladesh
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