# Chakaria

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Chakaria
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| native_name        = চকরিয়া
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| settlement_type    = [Town](/source/Town) and [Municipality](/source/Paurashava)
| image_skyline      = Chakaria Upazila 01.jpg
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| image_caption      = Chakaria Upazila Parishad
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| pushpin_map        = Bangladesh  Chittagong division#Bangladesh
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Chakaria town in Chittagong division##Location of Chakaria town in Bangladesh
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| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{flag| Bangladesh}}
| subdivision_type1  = [Division](/source/Divisions_of_Bangladesh)
| subdivision_name1  = [Chittagong](/source/Chittagong_Division)
| subdivision_type2  = [District](/source/Districts_of_Bangladesh)
| subdivision_name2  = [Cox's Bazar](/source/Cox's_Bazar_District)
| subdivision_type3  = [Upazila](/source/Upazila)
| subdivision_name3  = [Chakaria](/source/Chakaria_Upazila)
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| government_type    = [Municipality](/source/Paurashava)
| governing_body     = Chakaria Municipality
| leader_title       = [Paura Mayor](/source/Mayor)
| leader_name        = Alamgir Chowdhury
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| population_total   = 94397
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| timezone           = [BST](/source/Bangladesh_Standard_Time)
| utc_offset         = +6
| postal_code_type   = [postal code](/source/List_of_postal_codes_in_Bangladesh)
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'''Chakaria''' is a town in southeastern [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh). It is the headquarters of [Chakaria Upazila](/source/Chakaria_Upazila) in [Cox's Bazar District](/source/Cox's_Bazar_District). It is situated on the Matamuhuri River.

==Demographics==

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|title=Religions in Chakaria (2011)<ref name="census2011"/>
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|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
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{{bar percent|[Islam](/source/Islam_in_Bangladesh)|green|90.67}}
{{bar percent|[Hinduism](/source/Hinduism_in_Bangladesh)|darkorange|7.93}}
{{bar percent|[Buddhism](/source/Buddhism_in_Bangladesh)|gold|1.38}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.02}}
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According to the [2022 Bangladesh census](/source/2022_Bangladeshi_census), Chakaria city had a population of 94,397 and a literacy rate of 84.06%.<ref name="2022census">{{Cite book |url=https://bbs.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/bbs.portal.gov.bd/page/b343a8b4_956b_45ca_872f_4cf9b2f1a6e0/2023-11-20-05-20-e6676a7993679bfd72a663e39ef0cca7.pdf |title=Population and Housing Census 2022 National Report |publisher=[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics](/source/Bangladesh_Bureau_of_Statistics) |date=November 2023 |isbn= |volume=1 |pages=}}</ref>{{rp||pages=388–394}}

According to the [2011 Bangladesh census](/source/2011_Bangladeshi_census), Chakaria city had 13,163 households and a population of 72,669. 19,399 (26.70%) were under 10 years of age. Chakaria had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 61.25%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 947 females per 1000 males. Ethnic population was 837 (1.15%).<ref name="census2011">{{cite web |title=Population & Housing Census 2011 (Zila Series & Community Series) |url=https://bbs.gov.bd/site/page/47856ad0-7e1c-4aab-bd78-892733bc06eb/- |website=bbs.gov.bd |publisher=[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics](/source/Bangladesh_Bureau_of_Statistics)}}</ref>

==References ==
{{Reflist}}

Category:Towns in Bangladesh
Category:Chakaria Upazila
Category:Populated places in Cox's Bazar District

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