Cox's Bazar Sadar is an Upazila of Cox's Bazar District

Cox's Bazar District

Cox's Bazar District is a district in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh. It is named after Cox's Bazar, which is one of the world's longest natural sea beaches . It is located south of Chittagong. Cox's Bazar is also known by the name Panowa . Another old name was Palongkee...

 in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

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Geography

Cox's Bazar Sadar is located at 21.4500°N 91.9833°E . It has 38688 units of house hold and total area 228.23 km².

Demographics

Bangladesh census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Cox's Bazar Sadar has a population of 253788. Males constitute are 53.94% of the population, and females 46.06%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 117509. Cox's Bazar Sadar has an average literacy rate of 28.3% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.