Pekua Upazila
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Pekua
পেকুয়া | |
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 Mognama Jetty on the Kutubdia Channel | |
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| Coordinates: 21°49′36″N 91°58′08″E / 21.8266°N 91.9689°E / 21.8266; 91.9689 | |
| Country |  Bangladesh |
| Division | Chittagong |
| District | Cox's Bazar |
| Area | |
• Total | 139.61 km2 (53.90 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 214,357 |
| • Density | 1,535.4/km2 (3,976.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
| Postal code | 4770[2] |
| Website | pekua |
Pekua (Bengali: পেকুয়া) is an upazila, or sub-district, of Cox's Bazar District in Chittagong Division, Bangladesh.[3][4]
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
| Religion | Percent | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islam | 98.84% | |||
| Hinduism | 0.75% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.41% | |||
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 (age 7 and over) 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 (43.41%) lived in urban areas.[6]
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]
References
- ↑ National Report (PDF). Population and Housing Census 2022. Vol. 1. Dhaka: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. November 2023. p. 397. ISBN 978-9844752016.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "upazila List". Bangladesh National Portal.
- ↑ "List of Upazila Nirbahi Officers". Ministry of Public Administration. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ↑ "District Statistics 2011: Cox's Bazar" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Cox's Bazar" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-09-29. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
- ↑ "Community Tables: Cox's Bazar district" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2011. p. 103. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-01-12. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
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