Naikhongchhari Upazila
নাইক্ষ্যংছড়ি
4 union-level units in Bandarban district, holding 237 villages across 17 mauzas. This is the last level the map goes to — no village boundaries are published for Bangladesh.
Bordered by Lama upazila to the north, Alikadam upazila to the east, Rakhine State of Myanmar to the south, and Cox's Bazar district to the west.
Bandarban · 2022 census
Naikhongchhari
নাইক্ষ্যংছড়ি
Population
76,477
Indigenous
16.5%
12,636
Area
464 km²
Households
16,181
Literacy
64.1%
66% m · 62% f
Density
165/km²
Urban
54.1%
Sex ratio
100.2
men per 100 women
Under 5
12.7%
Villages
237
Mauzas
17
Postcode
4660
Peoples
Bengali
83.5%
Marma
6.2%
Tanchangya
3.8%
Mro
3.1%
Chak
3.0%
Others
0.5%
Religion
Islam
79.4%
Buddhism
19.4%
Hinduism
0.7%
Christianity
0.5%
Other or not stated
0.0%
Unions and municipalities (4)
Baishari
18,336
Dochhari
9,647
Ghumdhum
17,707
Naikhongchhari
23,343
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
Baishari
18,336
Peoples
Bengali
84.7%
Marma
6.2%
Other or not stated
5.1%
Mro
3.9%
Religion
Islam
81.4%
Buddhism
16.7%
Other or not stated
1.9%
Dochhari
9,647
Peoples
Bengali
77.4%
Mro
16.6%
Other or not stated
4.3%
Marma
1.7%
Religion
Islam
76.9%
Buddhism
21.4%
Other or not stated
1.7%
Ghumdhum
17,707
Peoples
Bengali
86.6%
Other or not stated
12.6%
Marma
0.8%
Mro
0.0%
Religion
Islam
76.4%
Buddhism
22.7%
Other or not stated
0.9%
Naikhongchhari
23,343
Peoples
Bengali
92.3%
Other or not stated
5.1%
Marma
2.5%
Mro
0.0%
Religion
Islam
90.3%
Buddhism
8.7%
Other or not stated
1.0%
Mapped settlements (6)
নাইক্ষ্যংছড়ি
নাইক্ষ্যংছড়ি
town
বাইশারী
বাইশারী
village
ছানদুং
ছানদুং
village
দোছড়ি
দোছড়ি
village
Sinaipara
village
জামছড়ি
village
The census counts 237 villages here. These 6 are the ones OpenStreetMap has a position for; the rest are counted but not named in any public dataset.