Pekua Upazila

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Pekua
Upazila
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Coordinates: 21°49′36″N91°58′08″E / 21.8266°N 91.9689°E / 21.8266; 91.9689
Country Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Division Chittagong
District Cox's Bazar
Area
 • Total139.61 km2 (53.90 sq mi)
Population
 (2022) [1]
 • Total214,357
 • Density1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+6 (BST)
Postal code
4770 [2]
Website pekua.coxsbazar.gov.bd

Pekua is an upazila, or sub-district, of Cox's Bazar District in Chittagong Division, Bangladesh. [3] [4]

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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. [5]

Demographics

Religions in Pekua Upazila (2022) [6]
ReligionPercent
Islam
 
98.84%
Hinduism
 
0.75%
Other or not stated
 
0.41%

As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Pekua upazila had 31,944 households and a population of 171,538. 53,340 (31.10%) 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 (17.02%) of the population lived in urban areas. [7] [8]

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References

  1. ↑ National Report (PDF). Population and Housing Census 2022. Vol. 1. Dhaka: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. November 2023. p. 397. ISBN   978-9844752016.
  2. ↑ "Bangladesh Postal Code". Dhaka: Bangladesh Postal Department under the Department of Posts and Telecommunications of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. 20 October 2024.
  3. ↑ "upazila List". Bangladesh National Portal.
  4. ↑ "List of Upazila Nirbahi Officers". Ministry of Public Administration. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "District Statistics 2011: Cox's Bazar" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  6. ↑ Population and Housing Census 2022 - District Report: Cox’s Bazar (PDF). District Series. Dhaka: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. June 2024. ISBN   978-984-475-266-5.
  7. ↑ "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Cox's Bazar" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
  8. ↑ "Community Tables: Cox's Bazar district" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2011. p. 103.


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