Lama Upazila
লামা
8 union-level units in Bandarban district, holding 343 villages across 18 mauzas. This is the last level the map goes to — no village boundaries are published for Bangladesh.
Bordered by Bandarban Sadar upazila and Chittagong district to the north, Ruma and Thanchi upazilas to the east, Alikadam upazila to the south and Cox's Bazar district to the west.
Bandarban · 2022 census
Lama
লামা
Population
139,689
Indigenous
23.8%
33,221
Area
672 km²
Households
30,416
Literacy
65.7%
70% m · 62% f
Density
208/km²
Urban
22.9%
Sex ratio
102.0
men per 100 women
Under 5
12.1%
Villages
343
Mauzas
18
Postcode
4640
Peoples
Bengali
76.2%
Marma
11.3%
Mro
7.7%
Tripura
4.1%
Others
0.6%
Religion
Islam
71.7%
Buddhism
17.1%
Christianity
6.2%
Hinduism
2.9%
Other or not stated
2.1%
Unions and municipalities (8)
Aziznagar
12,709
Faitang
14,734
Fansiakhali
36,209
Gajalia
13,878
Lama Sadar
10,119
Lama Paurashava
municipality
22,645
Rupshipara
14,516
Sarai
14,863
Union boundaries are from a 2015 vintage, so a union created since then is drawn inside the one it was split from. Figures are the 2022 census tables for each union.
Each union in detail
Aziznagar
12,709
Peoples
Bengali
91.9%
Marma
3.9%
Tripura
2.7%
Mro
1.4%
Other or not stated
0.1%
Religion
Islam
90.0%
Buddhism
5.2%
Christianity
2.9%
Hinduism
1.8%
Other or not stated
0.1%
Faitang
14,734
Peoples
Bengali
82.3%
Marma
15.0%
Tripura
2.2%
Mro
0.4%
Other or not stated
0.1%
Religion
Islam
80.2%
Buddhism
15.9%
Christianity
2.3%
Hinduism
1.5%
Other or not stated
0.1%
Fansiakhali
36,209
Peoples
Bengali
87.0%
Marma
6.6%
Mro
3.3%
Tripura
3.0%
Other or not stated
0.1%
Religion
Islam
83.5%
Buddhism
7.6%
Christianity
4.8%
Hinduism
2.3%
Other or not stated
1.9%
Gajalia
13,878
Peoples
Bengali
32.4%
Marma
32.1%
Mro
20.8%
Tripura
13.6%
Other or not stated
1.1%
Religion
Buddhism
44.4%
Islam
31.1%
Christianity
19.6%
Other or not stated
4.3%
Hinduism
0.6%
Lama Sadar
10,119
Peoples
Bengali
70.0%
Mro
16.6%
Tripura
7.3%
Marma
6.0%
Other or not stated
0.1%
Religion
Islam
60.4%
Buddhism
21.9%
Christianity
9.8%
Hinduism
7.3%
Other or not stated
0.6%
Lama Paurashava
municipality
22,645
Peoples
Bengali
87.0%
Marma
11.6%
Mro
0.7%
Tripura
0.3%
Other or not stated
0.3%
Religion
Islam
78.3%
Buddhism
13.6%
Hinduism
7.1%
Christianity
0.9%
Other or not stated
0.1%
Rupshipara
14,516
Peoples
Bengali
63.3%
Marma
17.6%
Mro
17.2%
Tripura
1.9%
Other or not stated
0.1%
Religion
Islam
57.1%
Buddhism
34.2%
Other or not stated
5.5%
Christianity
3.0%
Hinduism
0.1%
Sarai
14,863
Peoples
Bengali
71.8%
Mro
14.4%
Tripura
6.9%
Other or not stated
3.8%
Marma
3.2%
Religion
Islam
68.3%
Christianity
12.8%
Buddhism
11.4%
Other or not stated
4.9%
Hinduism
2.5%
Mapped settlements (7)
লামা
লামা
town
ফাঁসিয়াখালী
ফাঁসিয়াখালী
village
গজালিয়া
গজালিয়া
village
সরই
সরই
village
আজিজনগর
village
কুমারী বাজার
suburb
ইয়াংছা বাজার
suburb
The census counts 343 villages here. These 7 are the ones OpenStreetMap has a position for; the rest are counted but not named in any public dataset.