Panchlaish Thana

Panchlaish পাঁচলাইশ
Thana
Panchlaish Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 22°22′N 91°49.5′E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Chittagong Division
District	Chittagong District
Area
• Total	27.45 km^2 (10.60 sq mi)
Elevation [1]	15 m (49 ft)
Population  (2022)[2]
• Total	219,903
• Density	7,044/km^2 (18,240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)
Postal code	4203
Area code	031[3]
Website	bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/chittagong/PanchlaishT.gif

Panchlaish (Bengali: পাঁচলাইশ) is a thana of Chattogram District^[4] in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh.

Geography

Panchlaish is located at 22.3667°N 91.8250°E / 22.3667; 91.8250 . It has 37105 households and total area 27.45 km².

Demographics

At the 1991 Bangladesh census, Panchlaish had a population of 193,357, of whom 112,099 were aged 18 or older. Males constituted 59.39% of the population, and females 40.61%. Panchlaish had an average literacy rate of 59.3% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%.^[5]

Points of interest

Rupali Guitar, an 18-foot-high (5.5 m) stainless steel sculpture memorializing Ayub Bachchu, was erected in the Prabartak roundabout in 2019.^[6]

See also

• Upazilas of Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh

Notable residents

• Shakil Khan, film actor

References

1. "Geographic coordinates of Chattagram Bangladesh". DATEANDTIME.INFO. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
2. National Report (PDF). Population and Housing Census 2022. Vol. 1. Dhaka: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. November 2023. p. 386. ISBN 978-9844752016.
3. "Bangladesh Area Code". China: Chahaoba.com. 18 October 2024.
4. Golam Kibria Bhuiyan (2012), "Panchlaish Thana", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
5. "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
6. Hussain, Anwar (17 September 2019). "Guitar statue in memory of Ayub Bachchu to be inaugurated Wednesday". Dhaka Tribune.