Dighinala Upazila

দীঘিনালা

5 union-level units in Khagrachhari district, holding 245 villages across 20 mauzas. This is the last level the map goes to — no village boundaries are published for Bangladesh.

Bounded by Tripura state of India on the north, Langadu upazila on the south, Baghaichhari upazila on the east, Panchhari and Khagrachhari Sadar upazilas and Tripura state on the west.

Point at a union to read it · 3 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.

Khagrachhari · 2022 census

Dighinala

দীঘিনালা

Population

115,440

Indigenous

61.0%

70,420

Area

694 km²

Households

28,028

Literacy

69.9%

77% m · 63% f

Density

166/km²

Urban

25.0%

Sex ratio

103.7

men per 100 women

Under 5

9.3%

Villages

245

Mauzas

Postcode

4420

Peoples

Chakma

53.4%

Bengali

39.0%

Tripura

7.4%

Others

0.2%

Religion

Buddhism

54.5%

Islam

35.7%

Hinduism

9.4%

Other or not stated

0.3%

Unions and municipalities (5)

Babuchhara
15,426
Boalkhali
21,695
Dighinala
14,866
Kabakhali
17,937
Merung
45,522

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

Babuchhara

15,426

Peoples

Chakma

83.8%

Bengali

13.4%

Tripura

2.2%

Other or not stated

0.5%

Religion

Buddhism

84.4%

Islam

11.6%

Hinduism

3.5%

Other or not stated

0.5%

Boalkhali

21,695

Peoples

Bengali

42.5%

Chakma

38.1%

Tripura

18.7%

Other or not stated

0.6%

Religion

Buddhism

42.7%

Islam

31.4%

Hinduism

25.2%

Other or not stated

0.7%

Dighinala

14,866

Peoples

Chakma

96.6%

Bengali

3.1%

Other or not stated

0.2%

Tripura

0.1%

Religion

Buddhism

96.9%

Islam

2.7%

Hinduism

0.2%

Other or not stated

0.2%

Kabakhali

17,937

Peoples

Bengali

51.2%

Chakma

48.6%

Tripura

0.1%

Other or not stated

0.1%

Religion

Islam

50.8%

Buddhism

48.5%

Other or not stated

0.4%

Hinduism

0.3%

Merung

45,522

Peoples

Bengali

52.9%

Chakma

38.1%

Tripura

8.9%

Other or not stated

0.1%

Religion

Islam

50.8%

Buddhism

38.5%

Hinduism

10.5%

Other or not stated

0.2%

Mapped settlements (3)

দিঘীনালা
দিঘীনালা
town
বাবুছড়া
বাবুছড়া
village
Noimail Gutchagram
village

The census counts 245 villages here. These 3 are the ones OpenStreetMap has a position for; the rest are counted but not named in any public dataset.