# Cumilla District, Chattogram Division – Upazilas & Population

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

District · Chattogram Division 

# Cumilla District

Cumilla District is a district (zila) of Bangladesh in Chattogram Division. It had an estimated **6,262,743 people** in 2022 on 3,097 km² (about 2,022 per km²). It is divided into 18 upazilas. 1,645 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1,409 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 6,262,743people (2022)
- 3,097km²
- 18upazilas
- 1,409mapped services

## How many people live in Cumilla District?

Cumilla District had an estimated **6,262,743 people** in 2022 — 19.2% of Chattogram Division, 3rd of 64 districts. There are 1,147 women for every 1,000 men (above the Chattogram Division figure of 1,084). Spread over 3,097 km², that is about **2,022 people per km²**, 5th of 64 districts.

29.0% of people are children under 15 and 8.3% are 65 or older; the median age is about 27 years (it is 26 across Chattogram Division). For every 100 people of working age (15–64) there are 59 children and older people.

0–4 ****593,597**

5–9 ****604,815**

10–14 ****615,554**

15–19 ****601,176**

20–24 ****534,227**

25–29 ****473,859**

30–34 ****416,061**

35–39 ****392,248**

40–44 ****363,418**

45–49 ****347,606**

50–54 ****311,886**

55–59 ****259,746**

60–64 ****230,709**

65–69 ****183,270**

70–74 ****143,937**

75–79 ****97,474**

80+ ****93,160**

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 Cumilla District?

Cumilla District lies in [Chattogram Division](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/), [Bangladesh](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/). It borders 6 other districts: [Brahmanbaria District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/brahmanbaria/), [Chandpur District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/chandpur/), [Feni District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/feni/), [Munshiganj District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/dhaka/munshiganj/), [Narayanganj District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/dhaka/narayanganj/) and [Noakhali District](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/noakhali/). By area it is the 16th largest of 64 districts in Bangladesh. It covers 9.4% of [Chattogram Division](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/). The centre of Cumilla District is about 71 km in a straight line from Dhaka, the capital. It is about 147 km from Chattogram, the main town of Chattogram Division. The centre point is at 23.4370° N, 91.0330° 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 Cumilla District

Upazila Area km² Localities Services 

[Adarsha Sadar Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/cumilla/adarsha-sadar/) 112 110 158 

[Barura Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/cumilla/barura/) 247 228 62 

[Brahmanpara Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/cumilla/brahmanpara/) 128 57 23 

[Burichang Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/cumilla/burichang/) 168 109 63 

[Chandina Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/cumilla/chandina/) 200 121 50 

[Chauddagram Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/cumilla/chauddagram/) 274 60 159 

[Cumilla City Corporation Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/cumilla/cumilla-city-corporation/) 52 102 471 

[Daudkandi Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/cumilla/daudkandi/) 219 180 64 

[Debidwar Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/cumilla/debidwar/) 239 124 48 

[Homna Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/cumilla/homna/) 124 76 26 

[Laksam Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/cumilla/laksam/) 141 66 50 

[Lalmai Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/cumilla/lalmai/) 120 129 17 

[Manoharganj Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/cumilla/manoharganj/) 163 104 42 

[Meghna Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/cumilla/meghna/) 110 36 5 

[Muradnagar Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/cumilla/muradnagar/) 342 159 70 

[Nangalkot Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/cumilla/nangalkot/) 235 38 37 

[Sadar Dakkhin Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/cumilla/sadar-dakkhin/) 113 41 51 

[Titas Upazila](https://wherepedia.org/bangladesh/chattogram/cumilla/titas/) 111 58 13 

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 Cumilla District

Open gazetteers list **1,645 villages, towns and localities** in Cumilla District. The largest with a recorded population: Comilla (634,654), Lākshām (82,290) and Narayanpur (1,086). Settlements here lie between about 0 m and 40 m above sea level (median 11 m).

- Abdullāpur
- Abidpur
- Achhadnagar
- Adda
- Adra
- Aganogor
- Agānagar
- Akubpur
- Akusar
- Alekharchar
- Alekharchar Bishwa Road
- Alekhār Char
- Alinokipur
- Aliswar
- Alkara
- Allababad
- Alokedia
- Alīpur
- Amangansa
- Amratali
- Amrātali
- Amtali
- Amtoli
- Anailkota
- Anandāpur
- Anantapur
- Anantāpur
- Angaria
- Aorail
- Araiora
- Aranyapur
- Arifpur
- Arjuntala
- Arāi
- Arāiura
- Asadnagar
- Asara
- Ashara
- Ashirpar
- Ashtodona
- Ashādpur
- Askāmta
- Asrafpur
- Aswatthatala
- Aswādia
- Atakora
- Ator Ali Market
- Bachair
- Badalkot
- Badarpur
- Baduara
- Badurtola
- Bagair
- Baghchatal
- Bagichagoun
- Bagmara
- Baidyer Bāzār
- Bailghar
- Bainchatia
- Baishgaon
- Baiāra
- Bajrapur
- Bakhrabad
- Bakrikāndi
- Bakshaganj
- Bakshganj
- Baksimail
- Baladkuria
- Balarampur
- Balarāmpur
- Ballabhpur
- Ballarchar
- Ballār Char
- Balutupa
- Banamāli
- Banamāli Char
- Banda Dulāli
- Banda Rāpur
- Banghor
- Bangiaish
- Banglaish
- Bangodda
- Bangora
- Bankara
- Bankot
- Bara Alampur
- Bara Bāurtala
- Bara Daulatpur
- Bara Dharmāpur
- Bara Dhusia
- Bara Ghāgutia
- Bara Gāzipur
- Bara Harina
- Bara Harīpur
- Bara Hāngina
- Bara Hārgila
- Bara Jadabpur
- Bara Jādabpur
- Bara Kachlai
- Bara Karai
- Bara Keshtala
- Bara Lakshmīpur
- Bara Muhammadpur
- Bara Putia
- Bara Solanda
- Bara Sālghar
- Bara Ālampur
- Bara Ālipur
- Bara Ālir Char
- Barabārera
- Baradail
- Baraia
- Baraiakur
- Baraiākuri
- Baral
- Baratala
- Baratula
- Baratupa
- Bardam
- Baresware
- Bariaya
- Barimura
- Barkāmta
- Baropara
- Barpāra
- Barura
- Barāhātua
- Barār Char
- Barāt
- Basantapur
- Basantāpur
- Batabaria
- Baura
- Behānhātta
- Bejimāra
- Bejora
- Beki
- Bekisātpāra
- Belbhoj
- Belghar
- Beltoli
- Beolāin
- Berākhola
- Besuara
- Betua
- Betāgaon
- Bhaberkhola
- Bhagurāpāra
- Bhaiser Kot
- Bhaiskhola
- Bhanti
- Bharani Khanda
- Bharanpāra
- Bhatgaon
- Bhatiatata
- Bhatua
- Bhawānipur
- Bhawānīpur
- Bhelānagar
- Bherunia
- Bhinglābāri
- Bhiti Pānch Pukharia
- Bhitikālmina
- Bhogai
- Bhoiskhola
- Bhomarkāndi
- Bhora
- Bhorāsar
- Bhoshna
- Bhubanghar
- Bhulain
- Bhurbhurta
- Bhuschi
- Bhutua
- Bhutāil
- Bhuāri
- Bhābakpāra
- Bhābāgrām
- Bhāgalpur
- Bhājra
- Bhākarda
- Bhānga Pushkarini
- Bhāngānagar
- Bhāngār Char
- Bhāni
- Bhārella
- Bhārul
- Bhārārua
- Bhārīkota
- Bhāskhola
- Bhāsānia
- Bhāsānia Dari Char
- Bhāteswar
- Bhātibanda
- Bhātkeshar
- Bhātora
- Bhātpāra
- Bhātra
- Bichaindār
- Bichhankhola
- Bihārmandal
- Bijaipur
- Bijalipānjar
- Bijoynagar
- Bijoypur
- Bijra
- Binandiār Char
- Binaypur
- Bipulashar
- Birāhīmpur
- Birāmkāndi
- Bishnapur
- Bishnupur
- Biteswar
- Bitmān
- Bobonpur
- Boilāldi
- Bokhāi
- Borkali
- Borār Char
- Boālia
- Brahmanpara
- Brāhman Char
- Brāhman Chāpitala
- Budhair
- Burichang
- Burprishta
- Byāserpāra
- Bābtiāra
- Bāduāra
- Bāgaigrām
- Bāghmāra
- Bāghāia Rāmpur
- Bāgra
- Bāgur
- Bāgīlāra
- Bāher Char
- Bāhir Kālmina
- Bāhirkhola
- Bāhādurkhola
- Bāhādurpur
- Bāira Ālinagar
- Bāje Bākhar
- Bājehora
- Bākai
- Bākharnagar
- Bākhrābād
- Bākāsār
- Bālipadua
- Bāliārdron
- Bālua
- Bālukāndi
- Bālumāri
- Bālāsar
- Bālībāri
- Bāmanda
- Bāmatia
- Bāmnikhola
- Bāmnīsar
- Bāngodda
- Bāngori
- Bāniāpāra
- Bānshkāit
- Bānsmangal
- Bānspur
- Bānāsua
- Bānīpur
- Bāraia
- Bāraikāndi
- Bāraipur
- Bārapāra
- Bārera
- Bārur
- Bārāgaon
- Bārāhīpur
- Bārāir
- Bārāpāra
- Bārāsar
- Bātisa
- Bātābāria
- Bātāghāshi
- Bātākāndi
- Bāuchāil
- Bāynagar
- Bāzārkhola
- Bīrkhāl
- Bīrtala
- Chadda
- Chainpur
- Chak Rāypur
- Chaknandi
- Chakratala
- Chaliatoli
- Champaknagar
- Champānager
- Chandanāil
- Chandi Char
- Chandina
- Chandipāsa
- Chandpur
- Chandranagar
- Chandrasekhardi
- Chandrāpur
- Chandīpur
- Changini
- Chanpur
- Chanua
- Chapaitala
- Chapapur
- Char Bāzārkhola
- Char Chāirpāra
- Char Goāl
- Char Kumāri
- Char Kumāria
- Char Mithāibhānga
- Char Pāthālia
- Char Sāhāpur
- Charakkhola
- Charbāria
- Chartha
- Chasai
- Chatitala
- Chauddadona
- Chauddagram
- Chaugura
- Chaura
- Chauraish
- Chawkbazar
- Chengehata
- Chengāhāta
- Chengākāndi
- Chhabullākāndi
- Chhalibhānga Char
- Chhangaon
- Chhayagharia
- Chhaydona
- Chhepāra
- Chhikatia
- Chhiktipāra
- Chhilania
- Chhoblākāndi Māthābhānga
- Chhota Bhawānīpur
- Chhota Bhātua
- Chhota Bārera
- Chhota Chāndpur
- Chhota Ghāgutia
- Chhota Harina
- Chhota Harīpur
- Chhota Hārgila
- Chhota Ichhāpur
- Chhota Kālmina
- Chhota Lakshmipur
- Chhota Maheshpur
- Chhota Muhammadpur
- Chhota Nischintāpur
- Chhota Putia
- Chhota Solanda
- Chhota Sālghar
- Chhota Sāorātali
- Chhota Tula
- Chhota Ālampur
- Chhota Ālir Char
- Chhotna
- Chhuri Cho
- Chhāliākāndi
- Chhātiāni
- Chhātādda
- Chhāykat
- Chikutia
- Chināmura
- Chirādda
- Chitadda
- Chitosi
- Chori
- Choto Alampur
- Chotora
- Chotta Kaijuri
- Chulāria
- Chulāsh
- Chunāti
- Chāirpāra
- Chālia
- Chānd Nāger Char
- Chāndgaon
- Chāndkalmia
- Chāndpur
- Chāndpāra
- Chāndra
- Chāndsar
- Chāndsār
- Chāpair
- Chāpitala
- Chāpāpur
- Chār Kānthālia
- Chārbākhar
- Chāribāria
- Chāsāpāra
- Comilla
- Comilla Cantonment
- Companiganj

…and 1,245 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 Cumilla District

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

### Water

11 rivers and streams.

- Bara Khāl
- Chundhār Khāl
- Ghungui
- Gumti River
- Kakri
- Kanail N
- Khneru N
- Kālātia Nadi
- Marjora
- Nalia
- Sadar Khāl

### Getting around

5 railway stations; 1 airport; 1 bridge.

- Comilla Airport
- Daulatganj
- Laksham Railway Junction Station
- Lalmai
- Meghna-Gumti Bridge
- Shashidal
- Thanda Kalibari

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 Cumilla District and the best time to visit

In Cumilla District, the warmest month is May (average 29 °C) and the coolest is Jan (17 °C). About 2,395 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jul (468 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 17 11 

Feb 21 20 

Mar 26 56 

Apr 29 166 

May 29 330 

Jun 28 439 

Jul 28 468 

Aug 28 366 

Sep 27 292 

Oct 26 187 

Nov 22 40 

Dec 18 20 

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

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Cumilla District

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

- Hospitals229
- Banks93
- ATMs12
- Petrol pumps84
- Hotels63
- Shopping malls27
- Schools322
- Colleges and universities189
- Cinemas6
- Pharmacies43
- Restaurants284
- Police stations24
- Dental clinics33

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.

## Comilla (Cumilla) in history

The 11th edition of the *Encyclopaedia Britannica* (1911) described Comilla (Cumilla) as follows. Its wording reflects its time; spellings are as printed.

> COMILLA, or , a town of British India, headquarters of Tippera district in Eastern Bengal and Assam, situated on the river Gumti, with a station on the Assam-Bengal railway, 96 m.from the coast terminus at Chittagong. The town has many large tanks and an English church, built in 1875.

Source: [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th edition (1911) — public domain; transcription via Wikisource](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica).

Boundaries in 1901 may differ from today's; sentences describing castes or communities are omitted.

## Quick answers

- Where is Cumilla District?In Chattogram Division, Bangladesh
- What is the population of Cumilla District?6,262,743 (2022 estimate)
- What is the median age in Cumilla District?About 27 years (2022 estimate)
- What is the population density of Cumilla District?About 2,022 people per km²
- What borders Cumilla District?Brahmanbaria District, Chandpur District, Feni District, Munshiganj District, Narayanganj District and Noakhali District
- How many villages are in Cumilla District?1,645 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Cumilla District?Settlements lie between 0 m and 40 m
- What is the best time to visit Cumilla District?November to March
- How many hospitals are in Cumilla District?229 mapped
- How many banks are in Cumilla District?93 mapped
- How many ATMs are in Cumilla District?12 mapped
- How many petrol pumps are in Cumilla District?84 mapped
- What is the P-code of Cumilla District?BD2019 (OCHA common operational dataset)