Bangladesh: Chittagong

Contents: City Districts and Subdistricts

The population of the city districts (thanas) and subdistricts (upazilas) in the Metropolitan Area of Chittagong by census years.

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Name	Status	Transcription	Native	Population Census 1991-03-13	Population Census 2001-01-22	Population Census 2011-03-15
Bairag	Union	Bairāga	বৈরাগ ইউনিয়ন	21,176	11,066	30,545	→
Bakalia	City District	Bākaliẏā	বাকলিয়া থানা	113,446	196,877	262,703	→
Bandar	City District	Bandara	বন্দর থানা	108,816	213,598	208,260	→
Bayejid	City District	Bāẏējīda	বায়েজীদ থানা	121,827	168,051	211,355	→
Chandgaon	City District	Cā̃ndagāō	চাঁন্দগাও থানা	111,210	178,390	256,411	→
Double Mooring	City District	Ḍābalamuriṁ	ডাবলমুরিং থানা	222,165	259,181	361,154	→
Halishahar	City District	Hāliśahara	হালিশহর থানা	73,993	125,255	151,515	→
Hathazari	Subdistrict	Hāṭahājārī	হাটহাজারী উপজেলা	294,515	403,788	431,748	→
Khulshi	City District	Khulaśī	খুলশী থানা	152,657	243,351	278,623	→
Kotwali	City District	Kōtōẏālī	কোতোয়ালী থানা	201,175	282,975	319,972	→
Pahartali	City District	Pāhāṛatalī	পাহাড়তলী থানা	95,618	127,243	190,637	→
Panchlaish	City District	Pā̃calāiśa	পাঁচলাইশ থানা	113,127	148,120	219,132	→
Paschim Gomdandi	Union	Paścima Gōmadaṇḍī	পশ্চিম গোমদণ্ডী ইউনিয়ন	28,249	33,893	38,739	→
Patenga	City District	Patēṅgā	পতেঙ্গা থানা	78,924	80,448	132,677	→
Patiya [incl. 6 Unions in Karnafuli]	Subdistrict	Paṭiẏā	পটিয়া উপজেলা	398,836	458,037	528,120	→
Sitakunda	Subdistrict	Sītākuṇḍa	সীতাকুণ্ড উপজেলা	274,903	335,178	387,832	→
Chittagong	Statistical Metropolitan Area	Caṭṭagrāma	চট্টগ্রাম	2,410,637	3,265,451	4,009,423

Source: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (web).

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2011)
males	2,051,343
females	1,888,796

Age Distribution (C 2011)
0-9 years	761,374
10-19 years	879,584
20-29 years	924,949
30-39 years	583,568
40-49 years	378,435
50-59 years	213,382
60-69 years	120,436
70-79 years	53,267
80+ years	25,144

Marital Status (C 2011)
unmarried	2,044,060
married	1,783,182
widowed	104,029
divorced/separated	8,868

Religion (C 2011)
Muslim	4,519,877
Hindu	495,167
Christian	3,994
Buddhist	54,889
other	1,261

Literacy (A7+) (C 2011)
yes	2,242,320
no	1,183,875

Activity Status (A7+) (C 2011)
employed	1,422,787
seeking work	31,153
household work	804,795
not working	1,167,460

Employment Field (C 2011)
agriculture	76,049
industry	440,768
service	905,970