Matiranga Upazila


Matiranga is an upazila of Khagrachari District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
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Geography

Matiranga is located at. It has 24,080 households and a total area of 404.75 km2.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Matiranga Upazila had 29,990 households and a population of 126,609. 11.69% of the population were under 5 years of age. Matiranga had a literacy rate of 71.59%: 76.01% for males and 67.35% for females, and a sex ratio of 96.91 males for every 100 females. 32,142 lived in urban areas.

Ethnicity and religion

Union/PaurashavaMuslimHinduBuddhistOthers
Matiranga Paurashava25,3262,3511,509136
Amtali Union6,9572,5591595
Baranal Union8,5911,3021,19715
Belchhari Union11,6702,224494213
Gumti Union10,8942,8097206
Matiranga Union1,16611,5471,020177
Tabalchhari Union17,5181,3111,12014
Taindang Union11,4928751,70589

? Muslim majority ? Hindu majority
As of the 2022 Bangladeshi census, the residual Matiranga upazila had a population of 126,609. The ethnic population was 30,257, of which Tripura were 23,647, Chakma 3,950 and Marma 2,621.
Union/PaurashavaBengaliTripuraChakmaMarmaOthers
Matiranga Paurashava26,8631,2329222978
Amtali Union7,1022,5083121
Baranal Union8,8551,1512688256
Belchhari Union11,8442,32124617119
Gumti Union11,0072,901602
Matiranga Union1,55511,3353736443
Tabalchhari Union17,5971,2567074030
Taindang Union11,5249431,4252690

? Bengali majority
? Tripura majority

Administration

Matiranga Upazila is divided into Matiranga Municipality and eight union parishads: Amtali, Baranala, Belchhari, Guimara, Gumti, Matiranga, Tubalchhari, and Taindang. The union parishads are subdivided into 27 mauzas and 365 villages.
Matiranga Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 53 mahallas.