Jumjournal Logo

Ruma Upazila

রুমা

4 union-level units in Bandarban district, holding 225 villages across 15 mauzas. This is the last level the map goes to — no village boundaries are published for Bangladesh.

Point at a union to read it · 13 mapped settlements shown as points
0%100%The share of each upazila's population recorded as belonging to an indigenous people in the 2022 census.

Bandarban · 2022 census

Ruma

রুমা

Population

32,533

Indigenous

87.0%

28,298

Area

492 km²

Households

7,318

Literacy

50.3%

59% m · 40% f

Density

66/km²

Urban

23.9%

Sex ratio

108.8

men per 100 women

Under 5

12.0%

Villages

225

Mauzas

15

Postcode

4620

Peoples

Marma

31.0%

Mro

22.0%

Bom

19.9%

Bengali

13.0%

Tripura

8.9%

Khumi

2.7%

Chakma

0.9%

Tanchangya

0.7%

Others

0.7%

Religion

Christianity

37.3%

Buddhism

36.8%

Other or not stated

16.8%

Islam

7.4%

Hinduism

1.7%

Unions and municipalities (4)

  • Ghalangya

    6,611

  • Paindu

    5,968

  • Remakripransa

    5,319

  • Ruma

    14,635

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

Ghalangya

6,611

Peoples

Mro

66.2%

Marma

16.1%

Tripura

13.1%

Other or not stated

4.1%

Bengali

0.5%

Religion

Tribal religion

51.0%

Christianity

25.4%

Buddhism

23.1%

Islam

0.3%

Hinduism

0.1%

Paindu

5,968

Peoples

Marma

59.7%

Other or not stated

38.0%

Bengali

2.3%

Mro

0.0%

Tripura

0.0%

Religion

Buddhism

64.4%

Christianity

34.4%

Islam

1.2%

Hinduism

0.0%

Tribal religion

0.0%

Remakripransa

5,319

Peoples

Other or not stated

42.2%

Mro

25.6%

Tripura

22.8%

Bengali

8.9%

Marma

0.5%

Religion

Christianity

73.0%

Tribal religion

23.5%

Buddhism

2.2%

Islam

1.1%

Hinduism

0.2%

Ruma

14,635

Peoples

Marma

37.2%

Bengali

24.5%

Other or not stated

22.9%

Mro

9.7%

Tripura

5.7%

Religion

Buddhism

44.3%

Christianity

30.9%

Islam

15.3%

Tribal religion

5.7%

Hinduism

3.6%

Mapped settlements (13)

  • কাখাংছড়ি

    কাখাংছড়ি

    village

  • বগামুখ পাড়া

    বগামুখ পাড়া

    village

  • পলিকা

    পলিকা

    village

  • দার্জিলিং পাড়া

    দার্জিলিং পাড়া

    hamlet

  • মুনলাই

    মুনলাই

    village

  • সইরাটং

    সইরাটং

    village

  • রুমা

    রুমা

    town

  • গ্যালেংগ্যা

    গ্যালেংগ্যা

    village

  • পাইন্দু

    পাইন্দু

    village

  • Harmunpara

    hamlet

  • বগালেক পাড়া

    hamlet

  • জাদিপাই পাড়া

    hamlet

  • সানসাং পাড়া

    hamlet

The census counts 225 villages here. These 13 are the ones OpenStreetMap has a position for; the rest are counted but not named in any public dataset.