Map - Bandarban District (Bandarban)

Bandarban District (Bandarban)
Bandarban (বান্দরবান, Chakma: ??????????) (Marma: ဘန်ဒါဘန်)is a district in South-Eastern Bangladesh, and a part of the Chittagong Division. It is one of the three hill districts of Bangladesh and a part of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, the others being Rangamati District and Khagrachhari District. Bandarban district (4,479 km2) is not only the most remote district of the country, but also the least populous (population 388,000). There is an army contingent at Bandarban Cantonment.

According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Bandarban district had a population was 388,335, of which 203,350 were males and 184,985 females. Rural population was 287,912 (74.14%) while the urban population was 100,423 (25.86%). Bandarban district had a literacy rate of 35.86% for the population 7 years and above: 40.29% for males and 30.93% for females.

As per the 2011 census, there were 215,934 Bengalis and 142,401 (36.67%) indigenous people in the district. There are more than fifteen ethnic minorities living in the district besides the Bengalis, including: Marma, who are Arakanese descendants or Rakhine and are also known as Magh, Mru (also known as Mro or Murong), Bawm, Khyang, Tripura (also known as Tipra or Tipperah), Lushei (also known as Lushei), Khumi, Chak, Kuki, Chakma and Tanchangya (also spelt as Tenchungya).

The Mru, also known as Murong, who are famous for their music and dance. The Mru in major numbers have converted to the youngest religion in Bangladesh – Khrama (or Crama) – a religion that prohibits much of their old ways. They are proposed as the original inhabitants of Bandarban.

 
Map - Bandarban District (Bandarban)
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The official language is Bengali, one of the easternmost branches of the Indo-European language family.
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