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Naniarchar Upazila

নানিয়াচর

4 union-level units in Rangamati district, holding 158 villages across 20 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.

Rangamati · 2022 census

Naniarchar

নানিয়াচর

Population

48,523

Indigenous

81.7%

39,659

Area

394 km²

Households

11,621

Literacy

69.2%

76% m · 62% f

Density

123/km²

Urban

27.6%

Sex ratio

103.0

men per 100 women

Under 5

8.8%

Villages

158

Mauzas

20

Postcode

4520

Peoples

Chakma

79.9%

Bengali

18.3%

Marma

1.7%

Others

0.1%

Religion

Buddhism

83.2%

Islam

14.8%

Hinduism

1.9%

Other or not stated

0.1%

Unions and municipalities (4)

  • Burighat

    13,830

  • Ghilachhari

    9,367

  • Naniarchar

    13,730

  • Sabekkyong

    11,594

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

Burighat

13,830

Peoples

Chakma

49.8%

Bengali

44.5%

Marma

5.5%

Other or not stated

0.2%

Religion

Buddhism

56.7%

Islam

42.9%

Other or not stated

0.4%

Ghilachhari

9,367

Peoples

Chakma

93.8%

Bengali

5.9%

Marma

0.3%

Other or not stated

0.1%

Religion

Buddhism

97.7%

Islam

2.0%

Other or not stated

0.3%

Naniarchar

13,730

Peoples

Chakma

89.2%

Bengali

10.3%

Marma

0.4%

Other or not stated

0.1%

Religion

Buddhism

86.1%

Islam

7.7%

Other or not stated

6.2%

Sabekkyong

11,594

Peoples

Chakma

98.9%

Bengali

1.0%

Marma

0.0%

Other or not stated

0.0%

Religion

Buddhism

99.7%

Islam

0.2%

Other or not stated

0.1%

Mapped settlements (1)

  • নানিয়ারচর

    নানিয়ারচর

    town

The census counts 158 villages here. These 1 are the ones OpenStreetMap has a position for; the rest are counted but not named in any public dataset.