Lalmai Upazila | |
Settlement Type: | Upazila |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bangladesh |
Subdivision Type1: | Division |
Subdivision Type2: | Chittagong |
Subdivision Name1: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Comilla |
Coor Pinpoint: | Lalmai |
Coordinates: | 23.359°N 91.139°W |
Area Total Km2: | 97.00 |
Population Total: | 188186 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Lalmai Upazila (Bengali: লালমাই উপজেলা) is an upazila of Comilla District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Lalmai is the 17th upazila of Comilla District and 491st upazila of the country. It was formed on 9 January 2017 from eight union parishads of Comilla Sadar Dakshin Upazila and one of Laksam Upazila. It has a total area of, and has Joynagar as its headquarters.[1]
According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, what is now Lalmai Upazila had 38,315 households and a population of 188,186. 46,849 (24.90%) were under 10 years of age. Lalmai had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 48.66%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1135 females per 1000 males. 8,181 (4.35%) lived in urban areas.[2]
Muslims made up 180,885, Hindus 5,423 and Buddhists 1,863.
It includes the 9 union parishads:[3]