Laksam Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Laksam
locator_position = right
latd = 23.2472
longd = 91.1278
division_name = Chittagong Division
district = Comilla District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 513119
population_density = 1195
area_total = 429.34
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/comilla/Laksam.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Laksam
footnotes =

Laksam ( _bn. লাকসাম) is an Upazila of Comilla District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Geography

Laksam is located at coord|23.2472|N|91.1278|E| . It has 88063 units of house hold and total area 429.34 km².

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Laksam has a population of 513119. Males constitute are 49.42% of the population, and females 50.58%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 237152. Laksam has an average literacy rate of 34.4% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. cite web | accessdate = November 10 | accessyear = 2006 | url = http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archivedate = 2005-03-27 | title = Population Census Wing, BBS.] shakil mahmud

Administrative

Laksam has 25 Unions/Wards, 484 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 504 villages.

Railways

laksham has big rail station

Popular sites

Laksam is the junction on the Bangladesh Railway for [Chandipur, Bangladesh|Chandipur] laksham rail station was biggest junction of bangladesh but after developing komolapur rail station it lost its position.Now it is second largest junction of this country with it's 400 acr land.One can go every where of the country through this station.

Newspaper

Laksam Barta is a prestigious newspaper published by Editor Shahidullah Bhouian every week from Laksam which is a popular local newspaper not only in Laksam Upazilla but in whole Comilla district since 1997.

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