Thanchi is an Upazila of Bandarban District

Bandarban District

Bandarban is a district in South-Eastern Bangladesh, and a part of the Chittagong Division and Chittagong Hill Tracts. Bandarban , or in Marma or Arakanese language as "Rwa-daw Mro" is also known as Arvumi or the Bohmong Circle Bandarban is a district in South-Eastern Bangladesh, and a part of...

 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

Thanchi is located at 21.7861°N 92.4278°E . It has 2885 units of house hold and total area 1020.82 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census

1991 Bangladesh census

In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age distribution, marital status, economically active...

, Thanchi has a population of 16104. Males constitute are 55.61% of the population, and females 44.39%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 8639. Thanchi has an average literacy rate of 17.4% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.