Panchhari () is an upazila of Khagrachari District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Geography Panchhari is located at . 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
+Population by religion in Union Union Muslim Buddhist Hindu OthersChengi1547,1731,482111Latiban675,2244,822146Logang2,4726,8663,06813Panchhari 11,3789,9383,26042Ultachhari7,0683,2482,10932 🟩 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.
+Population by ethnicity in Union Union Bengali Chakma Tripura Marma OthersChengi1827,0351,4902067Latiban724,3354,8999503Logang2,5726,7592,90111473Panchhari 12,7429,2981,926459203Ultachhari7,1052,8432,0794246 🟩 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):
See also Upazilas of Bangladesh Districts of Bangladesh Divisions of Bangladesh
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