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Mahalchhari Upazila

মহালছড়ি

4 union-level units in Khagrachhari district, holding 196 villages across 13 mauzas. This is the last level the map goes to — no village boundaries are published for Bangladesh.

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0%100%The share of each upazila's population recorded as belonging to an indigenous people in the 2022 census.

Khagrachhari · 2022 census

Mahalchhari

মহালছড়ি

Population

49,077

Indigenous

63.0%

30,944

Area

186 km²

Households

11,572

Literacy

71.2%

77% m · 66% f

Density

263/km²

Urban

35.0%

Sex ratio

101.4

men per 100 women

Under 5

9.7%

Villages

196

Mauzas

13

Postcode

4430

Peoples

Chakma

43.5%

Bengali

37.0%

Marma

15.3%

Tripura

4.0%

Others

0.3%

Religion

Buddhism

61.7%

Islam

30.9%

Hinduism

6.9%

Christianity

0.4%

Other or not stated

0.1%

Unions and municipalities (4)

  • Kayangghat

    8,952

  • Mohalchhari

    18,598

  • Maischhari

    13,828

  • Mubachhari

    7,698

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

Kayangghat

8,952

Peoples

Chakma

80.7%

Bengali

19.1%

Marma

0.1%

Other or not stated

0.0%

Tripura

0.0%

Religion

Buddhism

83.2%

Islam

15.1%

Other or not stated

1.6%

Hinduism

0.1%

Mohalchhari

18,598

Peoples

Bengali

50.6%

Chakma

29.5%

Marma

15.3%

Tripura

4.1%

Other or not stated

0.5%

Religion

Buddhism

49.3%

Islam

39.3%

Hinduism

11.3%

Other or not stated

0.2%

Maischhari

13,828

Peoples

Bengali

50.2%

Chakma

23.6%

Marma

17.4%

Tripura

8.5%

Other or not stated

0.3%

Religion

Islam

47.3%

Buddhism

43.1%

Hinduism

9.3%

Other or not stated

0.3%

Mubachhari

7,698

Peoples

Chakma

69.9%

Marma

28.9%

Bengali

0.9%

Tripura

0.2%

Other or not stated

0.2%

Religion

Buddhism

99.8%

Hinduism

0.1%

Other or not stated

0.0%

Islam

0.0%

Mapped settlements (1)

  • মহালছড়ি

    মহালছড়ি

    town

The census counts 196 villages here. These 1 are the ones OpenStreetMap has a position for; the rest are counted but not named in any public dataset.