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Barkal Upazila

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5 union-level units in Rangamati district, holding 180 villages across 28 mauzas. This is the last level the map goes to — no village boundaries are published for Bangladesh.

Bordered by Bagaichhari upazila to the north, Langadu and Rangamati Sadar upazilas to the west, Juraichhari upazila to the south, and the Indian state of Mizoram to the east.

Point at a union to read it · 6 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.

Rangamati · 2022 census

Barkal

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Population

49,708

Indigenous

71.0%

35,315

Area

761 km²

Households

11,242

Literacy

70.2%

79% m · 60% f

Density

65/km²

Urban

26.8%

Sex ratio

110.4

men per 100 women

Under 5

8.4%

Villages

180

Mauzas

28

Postcode

4570

Peoples

Chakma

69.3%

Bengali

29.0%

Marma

0.9%

Pankhoa

0.4%

Others

0.4%

Religion

Buddhism

75.8%

Islam

22.7%

Hinduism

0.9%

Christianity

0.6%

Other or not stated

0.0%

Unions and municipalities (5)

  • Aimachhara

    7,539

  • Bara Harina

    5,870

  • Barkal

    7,266

  • Bhushanchhara

    17,046

  • Subalong

    11,986

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

Aimachhara

7,539

Peoples

Chakma

81.4%

Bengali

18.3%

Other or not stated

0.3%

Religion

Buddhism

84.7%

Islam

14.5%

Other or not stated

0.8%

Bara Harina

5,870

Peoples

Chakma

90.9%

Bengali

6.1%

Other or not stated

3.0%

Religion

Buddhism

94.7%

Other or not stated

3.2%

Islam

2.0%

Barkal

7,266

Peoples

Chakma

60.1%

Bengali

33.9%

Other or not stated

6.0%

Religion

Buddhism

71.3%

Islam

26.0%

Other or not stated

2.7%

Bhushanchhara

17,046

Peoples

Chakma

58.6%

Bengali

40.1%

Other or not stated

1.4%

Religion

Buddhism

65.8%

Islam

33.5%

Other or not stated

0.7%

Subalong

11,986

Peoples

Chakma

70.9%

Bengali

28.6%

Other or not stated

0.5%

Religion

Buddhism

78.0%

Islam

20.7%

Other or not stated

1.3%

Mapped settlements (6)

  • আইমাছড়া

    আইমাছড়া

    village

  • বরকল

    বরকল

    village

  • ভূষণছড়া

    ভূষণছড়া

    village

  • সুবলং

    সুবলং

    village

  • বরকল

    বরকল

    town

  • Thamabag

    village

The census counts 180 villages here. These 6 are the ones OpenStreetMap has a position for; the rest are counted but not named in any public dataset.