Chittagong Diveesion
Chittagong Division (Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম) is geographically the lairgest o the seiven admeenistrative diveesions o Bangladesh. It covers the maist sootheastren auries o the kintra, wi a total aurie o 33,771.18 km² an a population at the 2011 Census (preliminary result) o 28,079,000.
Admeenistrative Destricts
eeditThe diveesion is subdividit intae eleiven destricts (zilas) an thence intae 99 sub-destricts (upazilas). The first sax destricts leetit belaw comprise the north-wastren portion (37.6%) o the Diveesion, while the remainin five comprise the sootheastren portion (62.4%), the twa portions being separatit bi the lawer (or Bangladeshi) stretch o the Feni River; the upland destricts o Khagrachhari, Rangamati an Bandarban thegither comprise that aurie previously kent as the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
| Name | Caipital | Aurie (km²) | Population 1991 Census |
Population 2001 Census |
Population 2011 Census (preliminary results) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brahmanbaria Destrict | Brahmanbaria | 1,927.11 | 2,141,745 | 2,398,254 | 2,808,000 |
| Comilla Destrict | Comilla | 3,085.17 | 4,032,666 | 4,595,539 | 5,304,000 |
| Chandpur Destrict | Chandpur | 1,704.06 | 2,032,449 | 2,271,229 | 2,393,000 |
| Lakshmipur Destrict | Lakshmipur | 1,455.96 | 1,312,337 | 1,489,901 | 1,711,000 |
| Noakhali Destrict | Noakhali | 600.99 | 2,217,134 | 2,577,244 | 3,072,000 |
| Feni Destrict | Feni Sadar | 928.34 | 1,096,745 | 1,240,384 | 1,420,000 |
| Chittagong Destrict | Chittagong | 5,282.98 | 5,296,127 | 6,612,140 | 7,509,000 |
| Khagrachari Destrict | Khagrachhari | 2,699.55 | 342,488 | 525,664 | 608,000 |
| Rangamati Hill Destrict | Rangamati | 6,116.13 | 401,388 | 508,182 | 596,000 |
| Bandarban Destrict | Bandarban | 4,479.03 | 230,569 | 298,120 | 383,000 |
| Cox's Bazar Destrict | Cox's Bazar | 2,491.86 | 1,419,260 | 1,773,709 | 2,275,000 |
| Total Diveesion | Chittagong | 33,771.18 | 20,552,908 | 24,290,384 | 28,079,000 |
Literacy
eeditThe Literacy rate is 22.08%.
Sources
eeditCensus figurs for 1991, 2001 an 2011 are frae Bangladesh Bureau o Statistics, Population Census Wing. The 2011 Census figures are based on preliminary results.