Panchlaish Thana


Panchlaish is a thana of Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh.

Geography

Panchlaish is located at . It has 37105 households and total area 27.45 km2.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Panchlaish Thana had 52,444 households and a population of 219,903. 7.06% of the population were under 5 years of age. Panchlaish had a literacy rate of 88.14%: 89.60% for males and 86.48% for females, and a sex ratio of 113.37 males for every 100 females.
At the 1991 Bangladesh census, Panchlaish had a population of 193,357, of whom 112,099 were aged 18 or older. Males constituted 59.39% of the population, and females 40.61%. Panchlaish had an average literacy rate of 59.3%, against the national average of 32.4%.

Points of interest

Rupali Guitar, an stainless steel sculpture memorializing Ayub Bachchu, was erected in the Prabartak roundabout in 2019.

Notable residents