Bandarban is a small town in

Chittagong Division Chittagong Division (), officially Chattogram Division, is geographically the largest of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It covers the southeasternmost areas of the country, with a total area of and a population according to th ...

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. It is the headquarters of

Bandarban District Bandarban District (), officially Bandarban Hill District, is a district in South-Eastern Bangladesh, and a part of the Chittagong Division. It is one of the three hill districts of Bangladesh and a part of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, the others ...

. It is located on the Sangu River.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladesh census, Bandarban city had a population of 54,450 and a literacy rate of 85.99%. According to the

2011 Bangladesh census In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh, which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census. Data were reco ...

, Bandarban city had 8,699 households and a population of 41,434. 8,561 (20.66%) were under 10 years of age. Bandarban had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 67.11%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 787 females per 1000 males. Ethnic population was 8,610 (20.78%), of which Marma were 5,494 and

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880.

References

{{Reflist Bandarban District Cities in Bangladesh Populated places in Chittagong Division Hill stations in Bangladesh