# Cox's Bazar District, Chattogram Division – Upazilas

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District · Chattogram Division 

# Cox's Bazar District

Cox's Bazar District is a district (zila) of Bangladesh in Chattogram Division. It had an estimated **2,890,272 people** in 2022 on 2,327 km² (about 1,242 per km²). It is divided into 9 upazilas. 1,093 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1,107 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 2,890,272people (2022)
- 2,327km²
- 9upazilas
- 1,107mapped services

## How many people live in Cox's Bazar District?

Cox's Bazar District had an estimated **2,890,272 people** in 2022 — 8.9% of Chattogram Division, 18th of 64 districts. There are 982 women for every 1,000 men (below the Chattogram Division figure of 1,084). Spread over 2,327 km², that is about **1,242 people per km²**, 19th of 64 districts.

33.8% of people are children under 15 and 5.1% are 65 or older; the median age is about 23 years (it is 26 across Chattogram Division). For every 100 people of working age (15–64) there are 64 children and older people.

0–4 ****332,901**

5–9 ****327,693**

10–14 ****317,027**

15–19 ****298,625**

20–24 ****273,945**

25–29 ****239,812**

30–34 ****203,098**

35–39 ****177,648**

40–44 ****144,288**

45–49 ****133,497**

50–54 ****119,844**

55–59 ****94,691**

60–64 ****78,449**

65–69 ****56,026**

70–74 ****43,926**

75–79 ****26,062**

80+ ****22,740**

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 Cox's Bazar District?

Cox's Bazar District lies in [Chattogram Division](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/), [Bangladesh](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/). It borders 2 other districts: [Bandarban District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/bandarban/) and [Chattogram District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/chattogram/). By area it is the 29th largest of 64 districts in Bangladesh. It covers 7.1% of [Chattogram Division](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/). The centre of Cox's Bazar District is about 301 km in a straight line from Dhaka, the capital. It is about 99 km from Chattogram, the main town of Chattogram Division. The centre point is at 21.4760° N, 92.0625° 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 Cox's Bazar District

Upazila Area km² Localities Services 

[Chakaria Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/cox-s-bazar/chakaria/) 493 143 171 

[Coxs Bazar Sadar Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/cox-s-bazar/coxs-bazar-sadar/) 121 59 614 

[Eidgaon Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/cox-s-bazar/eidgaon/) 86 33 28 

[Kutubdia Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/cox-s-bazar/kutubdia/) 72 61 17 

[Maheshkhali Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/cox-s-bazar/maheshkhali/) 400 107 15 

[Pekua Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/cox-s-bazar/pekua/) 144 47 11 

[Ramu Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/cox-s-bazar/ramu/) 384 92 38 

[Teknaf Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/cox-s-bazar/teknaf/) 368 306 126 

[Ukhia Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/cox-s-bazar/ukhia/) 259 275 87 

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 Cox's Bazar District

Open gazetteers list **1,093 villages, towns and localities** in Cox's Bazar District. The largest with a recorded population: Cox’s Bāzār (253,788), Teknāf (30,140), Natun Pallānpāra (7,142), Mahishkhālipāra (7,063), Godārbīl (5,819) and Mathapanichara (4,624). Settlements here lie between about 0 m and 42 m above sea level (median 9 m).

- Aamtali
- Abchharbaperpara
- Achar Bonia Para
- Acharbania
- Achhar Bonia
- Achot Ali Para
- Adorshogram
- Adyamulla Pāra
- Aglān Pālpāra
- Ahmaddera
- Ailār Pāra
- Akbar Alipāra
- Ali Akbar Para
- Ali Akbardeil
- Ali Fakirdeil
- Ali Vita
- Aliasghona
- Alikhāli
- Alipāra
- Alir Del
- Amirjan Baperpara
- Amjākhāli
- Amtoli
- Amuddiaghāta
- Anair Para
- Angshik Nalbania
- Anjuman Para
- Anmānighona
- Asharpara
- Ashkarkhil
- Ashroyon
- Asiākāta
- Atikhālipara
- Aungchowaipāra
- Azam Colony
- Azimuddin Sikdarpara
- Baag Ghona
- Badarkhāli
- Badarmokām
- Bagan Pahar
- Bahalali
- Bahaltali
- Bahar Chhora
- Baharchara
- Bahishākhāli
- Baidhar Gona
- Baidyapāra
- Bailla Khali
- Baindojja Ghona
- Bainna Para / Kader Para
- Bajar Para
- Balukhali
- Balukhali Pan Bazar
- Balukhalir Chara
- Balukhāli
- Bamu
- Bandābanikil
- Bangakāta
- Baniakata
- Banjamirāghona
- Banurkhil
- Bara Jānchari
- Bara Maheskhāli
- Baraghariāpāra
- Baraghop
- Baraichari
- Baraitali
- Baraitoli
- Barbil Sofaria
- Bardeil
- Bargonbhunia
- Bariāpāra
- Barlloghona
- Bartali
- Bartha Napāra
- Barthalipāra
- Barābil
- Barābākia
- Barābīl
- Bazar Ghona
- Beinga Para
- Beingapāra
- Bengdeba
- Betar Hat
- Bethur
- Bhadorkāta
- Bharamunari
- Bharuakhali
- Bharāmuhāri
- Bholar Mukh
- Bhomariāghona
- Bhonāighona
- Bhāngapāra
- Bhāruakhāli
- Bhāruākhāli
- Bilchari
- Bindapāra
- Bināmāra
- Bit Office Para
- Bogāchatar
- Boktatoli
- Boro Inani
- Boro Lechowa Prang
- Borohabir Para
- Boroitoli
- Botarkata
- Bottoli
- Boālkhāli
- Budhamājhirghona
- Budharpāra
- Burghona
- Bāghachari
- Bāghechari
- Bāghkhlpāra
- Bāghkhāli
- Bāhārchara
- Bāliāchara
- Bālukhāli
- Bāndu Sikdārpāra
- Bāniāpāra
- Bātākhāli
- Bāzārpāra
- Camp 10
- Camp 11
- Camp 12
- Camp 13
- Camp 14
- Camp 15
- Camp 16
- Camp 17
- Camp 18
- Camp 19
- Camp 1E
- Camp 1W
- Camp 20
- Camp 2E
- Camp 2W
- Camp 3
- Camp 4
- Camp 5
- Camp 6
- Camp 7
- Camp 8E
- Camp 8W
- Camp 9
- Chainda
- Chak Boitāpālong
- Chak Kata
- Chakaria
- Chakboita
- Chakboitha
- Chakma Para
- Chakmarkul
- Chandoli Pari
- Chandrakil
- Chandupara
- Chankhola
- Char Dhurang
- Char Para
- Charpāra
- Chaudhripāra
- Chaufaldandi
- Chaufaldandi Ghār
- Chaufaldandī
- Chayakhola
- Chayera Khali
- Chengchori
- Chengkhola
- Chepotkhali
- Chhagirakata
- Chhankhatapāra
- Chhanuapāra
- Chhiradia
- Chhota Beola
- Chhota Chioni
- Chhota Jānchari
- Chhota Maheshkhāli
- Chhoto Habir Para
- Chhoto Lechowa Prang
- Chhurarpāra
- Chiknipāra
- Chiringa
- Choca Pāra
- Chokidar Para
- Choto Inani
- Chotāpāra
- Chowang Khali
- Chowdhury Para
- Churakhola
- Chābagan
- Chāillātali
- Chāndalipāra
- Chāndarpara
- Class Para
- Court Bazar
- Cox's Bazar
- Cox’s Bāzār
- Dadighona
- Dail Para
- Dailpāra
- Dakhin Khuniāpālong
- Dakhin Mithāchari
- Dakshin Balukhali
- Dakshin Class Para
- Dakshin Lakhyāchar
- Dakshin Mariccha
- Dakshin Nabila
- Dakshin Natmura Para
- Dakshin Nidaniya
- Dakshin Nowapāra
- Dakshin Painyashia
- Dakshin Paschim Sonaichori
- Dakshin Pukuria
- Dakshin Sonaichori
- Dakshin Sonar Para
- Dakshinpāra
- Daksin Mithachari
- Dakua Para
- Dangiākāta
- Darbeshkāta
- Dargāibīl
- Dariārdighi
- Daserghona
- Debaltali
- Degillar Bil
- Degillyarbil
- Deil Para
- Deilpara
- Delachara
- Demusia
- Dengiapāra
- Dhakie
- Dhalghāta
- Dhamankhali
- Dharpāra
- Dhawankhāli
- Dhechuāpālong
- Dhollaghona
- Dhoāpālong
- Dhurung
- Digarpankhāli
- Dikpārā
- Dineshpur
- Dochari
- Dochori
- Doingakata
- Dokkhin
- Dokkhin Alikhali
- Dokkhin Bajar Para
- Dokkhin Boro Del
- Dokkhin Hajom Para
- Dokkhin Kochchhopia
- Dokkhin Leda
- Dokkhin Lengur Bil
- Dokkhin Marishbonia
- Dokkhin Mathabhanga
- Domdomia
- Domkhāli
- Donikhali
- Dopar Dail
- Dorga Para
- Dorgar Chhora
- Duliapāra
- Dulāhazāra
- Dumdumia
- Dunārghona
- Dārgahchara
- Dāserghona
- Eidgaon
- Eskul Para
- Faisākhali
- Fakirakhāta
- Fakīrāghona
- Falia Para
- Faqirpāra
- Farirkut
- Farom Para
- Fasiākhaliapāra
- Fasiākhāli
- Fatebalipāra
- Fatehkharkul
- Fatterpāra
- Foizabaperpara
- Fokira Baper Para
- Fote Ali Para
- Fulchhari
- Fulerdeil
- Fuljankura
- Fākrikāta
- Gajalia
- Gariania
- Garjandia
- Garjania
- Gayalmara
- Gazi Para
- Ghatghor Para
- Ghatir Para
- Ghila Toil
- Ghilatoli
- Ghilātalipāra
- Ghola Para
- Ghona Para
- Ghonar Mor
- Ghonar Para
- Ghonarpara
- Ghonāpāra
- Ghunia
- Ghunjartek
- Ghunāpāra
- Ghuriākhālideil
- Ghāt Kuliāpāra
- Ghātībhanga
- Gilatoli
- Gilāchari
- Giāphrupāra
- Gobindpur
- Godarbil
- Godāipāra
- Godārbīl
- Golarpāra
- Gomāltali
- Gomātali
- Goraiar Dip
- Goraiyadwip
- Gorjonia
- Gorākghāta
- Goujoghona
- Goyalmara
- Goyalmora
- Goyalmura
- Goāliāpālong
- Guccgho Grame
- Guchchho Gram
- Gudam Para
- Guldi
- Gundum
- Gunuākhāli
- Gurunyākāta
- Gurāmiān
- Gāinākāta
- Habir Chhora
- Habirchara
- Hadur Chhora
- Haimmāra
- Haji Para
- Hajir Para
- Hajom Para
- Hajompara
- Hakim Ali Matborpara
- Hakimpara
- Haldia Palong
- Haldiāpālong
- Halukia
- Hamidardia
- Hangor Ghona
- Hannak Para
- Harar Chāra Pāra
- Harashiya
- Harbang
- Haria Khali
- Hariarchhara
- Hariardeil
- Haribania
- Harinākhāli
- Harufakirpara
- Harīakhali
- Hasannharjipāra
- Hasīnāpāra
- Hatir Ghona
- Hatiyar Ghona
- Hatiārghona
- Hatkhula Para
- Hiedapāra
- Hindupara Balukhali
- Hoanak
- Holobonia
- Holudbonia
- Horachi Para
- Horikhola
- Horin Mara
- Hotel Motel Zone
- Huwaikaung
- Hābirpāra
- Hādurchara
- Hāfāliākāta
- Hāitupi
- Hājirpāra
- Hājiān
- Hālkāknara
- Hāmider Bāperpāra
- Hārbāng
- Hārgilachari
- Hāt Khole
- Hāzāmpāra
- Ichākali
- Ichākāli
- Idgar
- Ilishia
- Imamer Dail
- Inachhkhāli

…and 693 more.

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 Cox's Bazar District

Named natural and historic features inside Cox's Bazar District, from the GeoNames gazetteer.

### Water

160 rivers and streams; 1 dam.

- Ali Khiang
- Andār Jhīri
- Angkheon Chāra
- Arkaja
- Badri Chāra
- Bania Chāra
- Bar Chāra
- Bara Farang Chāra
- Bara Ināni Khāl
- Bara Jum Chāri
- Bara Jān Chāri
- Barchioni Khāl
- Battali Khāl
- Bethua Khāl
- Bhamni Chāra
- Bharakh
- Bharat Khāl
- Bhālukhalya Chāra
- Bhāruākhāli Khāl
- Bogā Chāra
- Bura Mātāmuhari Khāl
- Bāliār Chāra
- Bālukhāli Khāl
- Bātākhāli Khāl

…and 137 more.

### Coast and islands

11 islands; 1 headland.

- Barchar
- Elephant Point
- Hamidabdia Island
- Hamjardia Island
- Julia Dip
- Kutubdia Island
- Lattādia Island
- Maheskhali Island
- Matarbāri Island
- Saint Martins Island
- Shāhpuri Island
- Sonadia Island

### Hills and mountains

3 hills; 1 mountain.

- Taungyo Taung · 234 m
- Ghorāmara · 146 m
- Kala Pahār · 112 m
- Barāgī Taung · 98 m

### Forests and nature

29 forest reserves.

- Bamu Reserved Forest
- Baraitali Reserved Forest
- Boālkhāli Reserved Forest
- Chakaria Sundarbans Reserved Forest
- Dakhin Kachhapia Reserved Forest
- Faitang Reserved Forest
- Gariania Khuntakhāli Reserved Forest
- Garjania Khuntakhāli Reserved Forest
- Garjania Khuntākhāli Reserved Forest
- Garjania Reserved Forest
- Hārbang Reserved Forest
- Hārbāng Reserved Forest
- Kachhapia New Extension Reserved Forest
- Kaghhapli New Extension Reserved Forest
- Kākhara Reserved Forest
- Manīrjhīl Reserved Forest
- Mānikpur Reserved Forest
- Naithang Reserved Forest
- Nalbila Reserved Forest
- Puichari Reserved Forest
- Reju Cox’s Bāzār Reserved Forest
- Reju Teknāf Reserved Forest
- Reju Teknāf Reserved Forest
- Ringbhang Reserved Forest

…and 5 more.

### Getting around

1 airport; 1 lighthouse.

- Cox's Bazar Airport
- Kutubdia Lighthouse

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 Cox's Bazar District and the best time to visit

In Cox's Bazar District, the warmest month is May (average 29 °C) and the coolest is Jan (21 °C). About 5,320 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (1346 mm) and the driest Jan (11 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **November to March**.

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

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 21 11 

Feb 23 21 

Mar 26 64 

Apr 28 185 

May 29 571 

Jun 29 981 

Jul 28 1346 

Aug 28 906 

Sep 28 672 

Oct 28 462 

Nov 25 90 

Dec 22 11 

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

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Cox's Bazar District

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

- Hospitals102
- Banks62
- ATMs7
- Petrol pumps18
- Hotels433
- Shopping malls39
- Schools94
- Colleges and universities41
- Cinemas1
- Pharmacies36
- Restaurants242
- Police stations20
- Dental clinics12

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 Cox's Bazar District?In Chattogram Division, Bangladesh
- What is the population of Cox's Bazar District?2,890,272 (2022 estimate)
- What is the median age in Cox's Bazar District?About 23 years (2022 estimate)
- What is the population density of Cox's Bazar District?About 1,242 people per km²
- What borders Cox's Bazar District?Bandarban District and Chattogram District
- How many villages are in Cox's Bazar District?1,093 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Cox's Bazar District?Settlements lie between 0 m and 42 m
- What is the highest point in Cox's Bazar District?Taungyo Taung (234 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Cox's Bazar District?November to March
- How many hospitals are in Cox's Bazar District?102 mapped
- How many banks are in Cox's Bazar District?62 mapped
- How many ATMs are in Cox's Bazar District?7 mapped
- How many petrol pumps are in Cox's Bazar District?18 mapped
- What is the P-code of Cox's Bazar District?BD2022 (OCHA common operational dataset)