Pekua Upazila


Pekua is an upazila, or sub-district, of Cox's Bazar District in Chittagong Division, Bangladesh.
WWW pekua.coxsbazar.gov.bd

Administration

Pekua Upazila is divided into seven union parishads: Barabakia, Magnama, Pekua, Rajakhali, Shilkhali, Taitong, and Ujantia. The union parishads are subdivided into 12 mauzas and 125 villages.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Pekua Upazila had 45,938 households and a population of 214,357. 12.93% of the population were under 5 years of age. Pekua had a literacy rate of 70.62%: 71.07% for males and 70.19% for females, and a sex ratio of 97.83 males for every 100 females. 93,052 lived in urban areas.
As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Pekua upazila had 31,944 households and a population of 171,538. 53,340 were under 10 years of age. Pekua had an average literacy rate of 35.30%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 987 females per 1000 males. 29,182 of the population lived in urban areas.