Guimara Upazila


Guimara Upazila is an upazila of Khagrachhari District, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh.

History

Guimara Upazila was established as an upazila on 30 November 2020. As of 2020, the administrative building has not been built. The upazila is administered from Guimara Union Parishad Complex Bhaban due to the lack of a purpose built administrative building. Brigadier General Mohammad Shahriar Jaman is the commander of the Guimara region.

Administration

UNO: Rajeeb Chowdhury.
It has an area of 243.46 km2.
The upazila has three unions:
  • Guimara Union
  • Halfchari Union
  • Sindukchhari Union

    Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Guimara Upazila had 12,358 households and a population of 53,258. 10.58% of the population were under 5 years of age. Guimara had a literacy rate of 66.41%: 72.09% for males and 60.69% for females, and a sex ratio of 100.95 males for every 100 females. 10,810 lived in urban areas.

Ethnicity and religion

UnionMuslimHinduBuddhistOthers
Guimara Union4,4577,4706,32833
Hafchhari Union10,9521,93313,06434
Sindukchhari Union8862,5875,50111

? Buddhist majority
? Hindu majority
The ethnic population was 34,303, of which Marma were 20,293, Tripura were 10,007, and Chakma 3,927.
UnionBengaliMarmaTripuraChakmaOthers
Guimara Union6,4184,7385,9411,17021
Hafchhari Union11,38411,2941,7061,54752
Sindukchhari Union11514,2612,3601,2103

? Bengali majority
? Marma majority