{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Parshuram | native_name = পরশুরাম | settlement_type = [[Upazilas of Bangladesh|Upazila]] | image_skyline = Belonia Land Port 05.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = Bangladesh Police Immigration Office, Parshuram | image_map = Parshuram in Chattogram division (Bangladesh).svg | coordinates = {{coord|23|{{#expr:.2167*60 round 1}}|N|91|{{#expr:.4417*60 round 1}}|E|type:adm3rd|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Bangladesh}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Divisions of Bangladesh|Division]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Bangladesh|District]] | subdivision_type3 = <!-- Capital --> | subdivision_name1 = [[Chittagong Division|Chittagong]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Feni District|Feni]] | subdivision_name3 = | leader_title = Jatiyo Sangsad | leader_name = Shirin Akhter | leader_title1 = Upazila Chairman | leader_name1 = Kamal Uddin Mazumdar | area_total_km2 = 95.76 | area_metro_km2 = | population_total = 113317 | population_as_of = [[2022 Bangladeshi census|2022]] | population_footnotes = <ref name="census2022">{{Cite book |url=https://bbs.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/bbs.portal.gov.bd/page/b343a8b4_956b_45ca_872f_4cf9b2f1a6e0/2024-01-31-15-51-b53c55dd692233ae401ba013060b9cbb.pdf |title=National Report |date=November 2023 |publisher=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]] |isbn=978-9844752016 |series=Population and Housing Census 2022 |volume=1 |location=[[Dhaka]] |pages=397}}</ref> | population_density_km2 = auto | postal_code_type = [[Postal codes in Bangladesh|Postal code]] | postal_code = 3940<ref name="postalcode">{{Cite web |url=https://bdpost.portal.gov.bd/site/page/9dab35ba-dee7-4870-acb4-99a01a6263ad |title=Bangladesh Postal Code |date=20 October 2024 |publisher=Bangladesh Postal Department under the Department of Posts and Telecommunications of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology of the People's Republic of Bangladesh |location=[[Dhaka]]}}</ref> | area_code = 03324<ref name="areacode">{{Cite web |url=https://en.chahaoba.com/Bangladesh |title=Bangladesh Area Code |date=18 October 2024 |publisher=Chahaoba |location=[[China]]}}</ref> | website = [http://www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/feni/Parshuram.gif Official Map of Parshuram] | footnotes = | timezone = [[Bangladesh Standard Time|BST]] | utc_offset = +6 }} [[File:Parshuram Upazila mauza geocode map - Small Area Atlas Feni.svg|thumb|Parshuram Upazila mauza geocode map]]
'''Parshuram''' ({{langx|bn|পরশুরাম}}) is an [[upazila]] of [[Feni District]] in [[Chattogram Division]] in southeast [[Bangladesh]].<ref name=bpedia>{{cite Banglapedia|author=Mohammad Yakub|article=Parshuram Upazila}}</ref>
==Demographics==
{{bar box |title=Religions in Parshuram Upazila (2022)<ref name="2022census"/> |titlebar=#Fcd116 |left1=Religion |right1=Percent |float=left |bars= {{bar percent|[[Islam in Bangladesh|Islam]]|green|96.10}} {{bar percent|[[Hinduism in Bangladesh|Hinduism]]|darkorange|3.87}} {{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.03}} }}
According to the [[2022 Bangladeshi census]], Parashuram Upazila had 25,926 households and a population of 113,317. 10.87% of the population were under 5 years of age. Parashuram had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 79.21%: 80.96% for males and 77.75% for females, and a sex ratio of 85.62 males for every 100 females. 36,112 (31.87%) lived in urban areas.<ref name="2022census">{{Cite book |url=http://203.112.218.101/storage/files/1/Publications/PHC_2021/Chattogram%20Division/District%20Report%20Feni.pdf |title=Population and Housing Census 2022 - District Report: Feni |date=June 2024 |publisher=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]] |isbn=978-984-475-246-7 |series= District Series |location=[[Dhaka]] |pages=}}</ref>
As of the [[2011 Bangladesh census|2011 Census of Bangladesh]], Parshuram upazila had 20,353 households and a population of 101,062. 24,600 (24.34%) were under 10 years of age. Parshuram had an average literacy rate of 58.75%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1107 females per 1000 males. 29,691 (29.37%) of the population lived in urban areas.<ref name="community">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Community Tables: Feni district |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCen2011/Com_Feni.pdf |website= |publisher=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref><ref name="census2011">{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Feni |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Zila_Feni.pdf |website= |publisher=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref>
==Administration== '''UNO''': Afruza Habib Shapla.<ref>{{cite web | script-title=bn:উপজেলা নির্বাহী অফিসার | url = https://www.feni.gov.bd/en/site/view/employee_list/7-উপজেলা%20নির্বাহী%20অফিসার | date = 26 August 2024 | archiveurl = https://archive.today/20240826120706/https://www.feni.gov.bd/en/site/view/employee_list/7-%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%20%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%80%20%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0 | archivedate = 26 August 2024 }}</ref>
Parshuram Upazila is divided into Parshuram Municipality and three [[union parishad]]s: Boxmahmmud, Chitholia, and Mirzanagar. The union parishads are subdivided into 157 mauzas and 71 villages.<ref name="district-stats">{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=District Statistics 2011: Feni |url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Feni.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113184930/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Feni.pdf |archive-date=13 November 2014 |access-date=14 July 2014 |website=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref>
=== Municipality === '''Parshuram Municipality''' (or '''Parshuram Paurashava''' ({{Langx|bn|পরশুরাম পৌরসভা|links=no|label=}}), or just '''Parshuram''') is a town and municipality in Feni District. It is the administrative headquarters and urban centre of Parshuram Upazila. The municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 15 [[mahalla]]s.<ref name="district-stats" /> As of 2021, the municipal mayor is Nizamuddin Chowdhury.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 January 2021 |script-title=bn:বিনা প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতায় নির্বাচিত পরশুরামের মেয়র কাউন্সিলররা |trans-title=Parshuram mayor-councillors elected without opposition |url=https://www.jugantor.com/todays-paper/bangla-face/388446/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE |access-date=30 March 2024 |work=[[Jugantor]] |language=bn}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Feni District}} {{Upazilas of Chittagong Division}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070727233238/http://www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/feni/Parshuram.gif Official Map of Parshuram]
[[Category:Upazilas of Feni District]]