Lama Upazila


Lama is an upazila of Bandarban District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
WWW lama.bandarban.gov.bd

Geography

Lama is located at. It has a total area of 671.83 km2. Lama upazila is bordered by Bandarban Sadar upazila and Chittagong district to the north, Ruma and Thanchi upazilas to the east, Alikadam upazila to the south and Cox's Bazar district to the west.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Lama Upazila had 30,416 households and a population of 139,689. 12.14% of the population were under 5 years of age. Lama had a literacy rate of 65.73%: 69.71% for males and 61.68% for females, and a sex ratio of 101.98 males for every 100 females. 31,979 lived in urban areas.

Ethnicity and religion

Union/PaurashavaMuslimBuddhistHinduChristianOthers
Lama Paurashava17,7393,0781,61520211
Aziznagar Union11,43866522337112
Faitang Union11,8202,34921533416
Fansiakhali Union30,2182,7468141,750681
Gajalia Union4,3216,155782,720604
Lama Union6,1152,21373599462
Rupasipara Union8,2854,96818439806
Sarai Union10,1481,6993791,905732

? Muslim majority ? Buddhist majority
As of the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Lama upazila had a total population of 139,689. The ethnic population was 33,221, of which Marma were 15,819, Mru 10,781 and Tripura 5,755.
Union/PaurashavaBengaliMarmaMroTripuraOthers
Lama Paurashava19,7172,6381517475
Aziznagar Union11,68349217334516
Faitang Union12,1242,2165632315
Fansiakhali Union31,5122,3951,2011,07922
Gajalia Union4,4974,4532,8851,887156
Lama Union7,0846051,6857396
Rupasipara Union9,1882,5512,49227015
Sarai Union10,6674692,1381,028561

? Bengali majority

Administration

Lama Upazila is divided into Lama Municipality and seven union parishads: Aziznagar, Faitang, Fasyakhali, Gajalia, Lama, Rupshipara, and Sarai. The union parishads are subdivided into 18 mauzas and 343 villages.
Lama Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 34 mahallas.