Panchhari Upazila

Panchhari (পানছড়ি) is an upazila of Khagrachari District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Geography
Panchhari is located at 23.2903°N, 91.9°W. It has 14,154 households and total area 334.10 km2.

History
Panchhari is the site of a massacre by Shanti Bahini, the armed wing of the separtist Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti party in 1996.

Demographics
As of the 2011 Bangladesh census, Panchhari upazila had 14,154 households and a population of 62,198. 14,095 (22.66%) were under 10 years of age. Panchhari had an average literacy rate of 42.3%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 984 females per 1000 males. 22,706 (36.51%) of the population lived in urban areas. The ethnic population was 41,797 (67.20%), of which Chakma were 28,302, Tripura 11,204 and Marma 1,917.

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Panchhari has a population of 26,319. Males constitute 52.05% of the population, and females 47.95%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 13,727. Panchhari has an average literacy rate of 25.4% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Administration
Panchhari Upazila is divided into five union parishads: Chengi, Latiban, Logang, Panchhari, and Ultachari. The union parishads are subdivided into 7 mauzas and 220 villages.

Chairman: Sarbottom Chakma

Vice Chairman:

Woman Vice Chairman:

Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO):