# Bandarban District, Chattogram Division – Upazilas

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/bandarban/

District · Chattogram Division 

# Bandarban District

Bandarban District is a district (zila) of Bangladesh in Chattogram Division. It had an estimated **497,397 people** in 2022 on 4,591 km² (about 108 per km²). It is divided into 7 upazilas. 324 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 220 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 497,397people (2022)
- 4,591km²
- 7upazilas
- 220mapped services

## How many people live in Bandarban District?

Bandarban District had an estimated **497,397 people** in 2022 — 1.5% of Chattogram Division, the least populous of 64 districts. There are 936 women for every 1,000 men (below the Chattogram Division figure of 1,084). Spread over 4,591 km², that is about **108 people per km²**, the least densely populated of 64 districts.

30.9% of people are children under 15 and 5.1% are 65 or older; the median age is about 26 years (it is 26 across Chattogram Division). For every 100 people of working age (15–64) there are 56 children and older people.

0–4 ****55,883**

5–9 ****52,457**

10–14 ****45,366**

15–19 ****42,481**

20–24 ****43,935**

25–29 ****42,630**

30–34 ****38,232**

35–39 ****35,050**

40–44 ****29,202**

45–49 ****27,769**

50–54 ****24,089**

55–59 ****19,988**

60–64 ****14,730**

65–69 ****9,881**

70–74 ****7,358**

75–79 ****4,844**

80+ ****3,502**

Source: [UNFPA and US Census Bureau (USCB) via OCHA HDX, population 2022 (COD-PS, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ps-bgd).

## Where is Bandarban District?

Bandarban District lies in [Chattogram Division](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/), [Bangladesh](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/). It borders 3 other districts: [Chattogram District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/chattogram/), [Cox's Bazar District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/cox-s-bazar/) and [Rangamati District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/rangamati/). By area it is the 3rd largest of 64 districts in Bangladesh. It covers 14.0% of [Chattogram Division](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/). The centre of Bandarban District is about 292 km in a straight line from Dhaka, the capital. It is about 81 km from Chattogram, the main town of Chattogram Division. The centre point is at 21.8045° N, 92.3651° E.

Source: [Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-bgd).

## Upazilas of Bandarban District

Upazila Area km² Localities Services 

[Alikadam Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/bandarban/alikadam/) 785 4 17 

[Bandarban Sadar Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/bandarban/bandarban-sadar/) 523 82 106 

[Lama Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/bandarban/lama/) 704 117 39 

[Naikkhongchhari Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/bandarban/naikkhongchhari/) 517 64 36 

[Rowangchhari Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/bandarban/rowangchhari/) 441 8 2 

[Ruma Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/bandarban/ruma/) 634 18 12 

[Thanchi Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/bandarban/thanchi/) 986 37 8 

Source: [Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-bgd); [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

## Villages and localities in Bandarban District

Open gazetteers list **324 villages, towns and localities** in Bandarban District. The largest with a recorded population: Bāndarban (54,450), Lāma (22,648) and Lemujhirīpāra (201). Settlements here lie between about 2 m and 584 m above sea level (median 36 m).

- Aaartali
- Acchurpāra
- Ajakhāi
- Alekyong
- Alikadam
- Alingpāra
- Arakajāpara
- Aungehanyopara
- Aunghbhainpāra
- Aungkeojaipāra
- Aunglāpāra
- Aungphrupāra
- Aungphupāra
- Aungpāra
- Aungthurpāra
- Autirang para
- Aziznagar
- Baisari
- Baishari
- Bakioharapāra
- Baklai Para
- Balagaonpāra
- Balikāpāra
- Balipara
- Bandarban
- Bangīpāra
- Bardeil
- Baripāra
- Barpāra
- Barābil
- Barāthali
- Basantapāra
- Batyāpāra
- Bekhyongpāra
- Bhangāmurāpāra
- Bhojupāra
- Bhājāpāra
- Bhījāpāra
- Bikrīpāra
- Bingehongpāra
- Boarding Para
- Boga Lake Para
- Bogamuck Para
- Buchāpara
- Bāghmāra
- Bāishpāra
- Bāndarban
- Chaiaungpāra
- Chainphrūpāra
- Chakrapāta
- Chambatali
- Chambi
- Chandung
- Changachara
- Changu Kārbāripāra
- Chaopāra
- Charāpāra
- Chathaupāra
- Chathoaungpāra
- Chathāuāiphrupāra
- Chhota Bamu
- Chiloopāra
- Chintārpāra
- Chokhyong
- Chālantāli
- Chāongpāra
- Chāoripāra
- Chātuāi Aungpāra
- Daiyabāperpāra
- Dalupāra
- Dardaripāra
- Darjeling para
- Dawāipāra
- Dhola Aungpāra
- Dhulyājiri
- Dochhari
- Dolian Para
- Dolupāra
- Dulacharan Para
- Dungmaripāra
- Dābaikhāli
- Fasyakhali
- Gajalia
- Gangārāmpāra
- Ghalangya
- Ghungrā Pāra
- Giāphrubāra
- Gombāpāra
- Gotāiāpāra
- Gulāmbāri
- Gundum Bāzār
- Gurunyarkatāpāra
- Guthirampāra
- Haichangpāra
- Hajachara
- Hamburampāra
- Harmunpara
- Headman Para
- Headmanpāra
- Hepnopāra
- Hārinjhiri
- Jadipai Para
- Jagāpāra
- Jaintli
- Jalāchharīpāra
- Jamchari
- Jheochharipāra
- Jhonkapāra
- Jānerāmpāra
- Kacchaptali
- Kadamchara
- Kaimmāpāpāra
- Kakhangchari
- Karālīmura
- Kaunglāgyawpāra
- Kaydaung
- Keojaipāra
- Keojāipāra
- Keopāra
- Keoulipāra
- Khalukaāliyapāra
- Khamrutānropāra
- Khamtaipāra
- Khondikkāpāra
- Khuyopāra
- Kisipāra
- Koiyacharipāra
- Konājhirīpāra
- Kothoipāra
- Krakchawaipāra
- Krakjonpāra
- Krishnārāmpāra
- Ksheduripāra
- Kube
- Kuhalong
- Kulkiānmuāpāra
- Kumai
- Kumari Bazar
- Kurākhāl
- Kyajhapāra
- Kyamalongpāra
- Kyauktai
- Kyāwthowaipāra
- Kāntāpāra
- Kārbāripāra
- Kāyo Faingpāra
- Kūkīpāra
- Laimi Para
- Lainkalangpāra
- Laitāmāpāra
- Lakhoāipāra
- Lakripāra
- Lama
- Lamacha
- Lamarpāra
- Lampāipāra
- Langīpāra
- Lapakhyongpāra
- Laui
- Lemujhirīpāra
- Lentapāra
- Linjeroa
- Ludīpāra
- Lungdupāra
- Lālāroa
- Lāma
- Lāmbaibil
- Lārupāra
- Lūkhāpāra
- Macachopāra
- Machaungpāra
- Maddhampara
- Mahājanpāra
- Malāipāra
- Mamphrapāra
- Manijānpāra
- Mankhāpāra
- Mantlai
- Marachopāra
- Marewapāra
- Margīpara
- Marlaipāra
- Maunglapāra
- Maunglākhaipāra
- Maungziapāra
- May Aungpāra
- Merengpāra
- Meyaksipāra
- Meākeapāra
- Michaipāra
- Mokheniāpāra
- Mongfrupāra
- Mowdok
- Mrāsānpāra
- Mrāthaipāra
- Munlai
- Murolong Para
- Musabania
- Mājaniāpāra
- Mālumbhaugapāra
- Nablaipāra
- Naikhongchari
- Nakhyaungcharīpāra
- Nandirbil
- Nathaindipara
- Nathingpāra
- Nathumpāra
- Nawāpāra
- Nengkhumpāra
- Nenīrcājāpāra
- Netkaipāra
- Newpāra
- Nialāpāra
- Ningraipāra
- Noapara
- Nowa Potong
- Nunabil
- Omtabangpāra
- Oyamukhpāra
- Paincharamukh
- Paindu
- Pattargāra
- Pauchāpāra
- Paulipāra
- Phaduchathaupāra
- Phaitāpāra
- Phalodaung
- Phaphra Kābāripāra
- Phejupāra
- Phuittacoliara
- Phulpāra
- Polika
- Potianpāra
- Poyamuhuri
- Prangopāra
- Pransipāra
- Prommukhpāra
- Puranpāra
- Pāglirpāra
- Rainchungpāra
- Raionroa
- Rairupāra
- Rajbilapāra
- Rajupāra
- Ranipāra
- Ray Aungpāra
- Refugeepāra
- Reicha
- Reichāpāra
- Rejupāra
- Relāpāra
- Remarki
- Retapāra
- Rinipāra
- Roangchari
- Robertpara
- Ronīpāra
- Rowangchari
- Ruikhāibara
- Rulkippāra
- Ruma
- Ruma Bāzār
- Rāmgatipāra
- Rāmharīpāra
- Rāmjupāra
- Rāmkari
- Sama
- Sanaiohrūpāra
- Sangyāpāra
- Sapeonroa
- Sarai
- Saraupāra
- Saron Para
- Sarākānpāra
- Shalukia Para
- Shaymācharanpāra
- Shoiratong
- Silopy Para
- Simperam
- Simtalamping Para
- Sinaipara
- Singpa
- Sonāchandrapāra
- Sonāichari Nawāpāra
- Sonāichari Thākurpāra
- Sui Aung Kārbāripāra
- Sui Aungpāra
- Suimāunpāra
- Suithualpāra
- Suitopāra
- Sunsang Para
- Talaipara
- Tamlo Para
- Tangjamapāra
- Tankabati
- Tankupāra
- Taungmenpāra
- Thaipāra
- Thanchi
- Thandui Para
- Thaprupāra
- Thiachhāipāra
- Thoj Baidyaberpāra
- Thowinegyāpāra
- Thowinepāra
- Thoān Saprupāra
- Thuiapāra
- Thuiaungpara
- Thuiaungpāra
- Thuiripāra
- Tindu
- Tipperāpāra
- Toma Tungi
- Tuisuwai
- Tukpui
- Tumbru
- Tīghorpāra
- Udalpania
- Ujirmukhpāra
- Ukachingpāra
- Waiphapāra
- Yangcha Bazar
- Yonrai
- Ākirampāra

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

## Landscape and landmarks of Bandarban District

Named natural and historic features inside Bandarban District, from the GeoNames gazetteer.

### Water

163 rivers and streams.

- Aling Chāra
- Amsan Khiang
- Anam Chaung
- Andhāri Chāra
- Arakaja Chāra
- Aunakheon Chāra
- Badar Chara
- Badar Chāra
- Badu Chāra
- Baki Chāra
- Baki Chāri
- Bali Chaung
- Bamu Khāl
- Banshkata Jhīri
- Bed Chāra
- Bet Chāra
- Beti Chara
- Biching Khāl
- Bikang Chāra
- Bikri Khāl
- Buri Chāra
- Busi Chara
- Bāghmāra Nadi
- Chaimfra Chāra

…and 139 more.

### Hills and mountains

11 mountains; 3 hills; 1 peak.

- Rāmiu Taung · 882 m
- Thaingkhiang Taung · 880 m
- Keokradong · 864 m
- Muripha Taung · 812 m
- Lungphe Taung · 791 m
- Rungrang Taung · 772 m
- Lurain Taung · 670 m
- Roling Taung · 599 m
- Busi Taung · 500 m
- Bothli Taung · 496 m
- Muranja Taung · 473 m
- Kongkoni Taung · 383 m
- Sara Taung · 338 m
- Tailang Taung · 268 m
- Marmiāna Taung · 215 m

### Forests and nature

5 forest reserves; 1 forest.

- Kachhapia Reserved Forest
- Mātāmuhari Reserved Forest
- Mātāmuhari Reserved Forest
- Mātāmuhari Reserved Forest
- Sangu Reserved Forest
- Sangu Reserved Forest

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/).

Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate.

## Weather in Bandarban District and the best time to visit

In Bandarban District, the warmest month is May (average 27 °C) and the coolest is Jan (18 °C). About 2,886 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (776 mm) and the driest Jan (7 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **November to April**.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 18 7 

Feb 21 12 

Mar 25 29 

Apr 27 96 

May 27 283 

Jun 27 559 

Jul 26 776 

Aug 26 503 

Sep 26 356 

Oct 25 211 

Nov 22 45 

Dec 18 8 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Bandarban District

Places mapped inside Bandarban District in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations.

- Hospitals17
- Banks19
- ATMs6
- Hotels58
- Shopping malls4
- Schools41
- Colleges and universities13
- Cinemas1
- Pharmacies17
- Restaurants33
- Police stations11

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown.

## Quick answers

- Where is Bandarban District?In Chattogram Division, Bangladesh
- What is the population of Bandarban District?497,397 (2022 estimate)
- What is the median age in Bandarban District?About 26 years (2022 estimate)
- What is the population density of Bandarban District?About 108 people per km²
- What borders Bandarban District?Chattogram District, Cox's Bazar District and Rangamati District
- How many villages are in Bandarban District?324 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Bandarban District?Settlements lie between 2 m and 584 m
- What is the highest point in Bandarban District?Rāmiu Taung (882 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Bandarban District?November to April
- How many hospitals are in Bandarban District?17 mapped
- How many banks are in Bandarban District?19 mapped
- How many ATMs are in Bandarban District?6 mapped
- What is the P-code of Bandarban District?BD2003 (OCHA common operational dataset)