Khagrachhari Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Khagrachari
locator_position = right
latd = 23.0417
longd = 91.9944
division_name = Chittagong Division
district = Khagrachari District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 61306
population_density = 206
area_total = 297.92
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/khagrachhari/Khagrachhari.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Khagrachhari
footnotes =

Khagrachari or Khagrachhari ( _bn. খাগড়াছড়ি) is an Upazila of Khagrachari District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Geography

Khagrachari is located at coord|23.0417|N|91.9944|E| . It has 11989 units of house hold and total area 297.92 km².

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Khagrachhari has a population of 61306. Males constitute are 54.02% of the population, and females 45.98%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 32215. Khagrachhari has an average literacy rate of 33.7% (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.]

Administrative

Khagrachhari has 8 Unions/Wards, 39 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 77 villages. There are two govt. middle school, one govt. college(high school)in Kharachari upazila.

ee also

*Upazilas of Bangladesh
*Districts of Bangladesh
*Divisions of Bangladesh

References