Thanchi Upazila

Thanchi

থানচি
Thanchi থানচি
Upazila
	Amiakhum Falls
	Coordinates: 21°47.2′N 92°25.7′E / 21.7867°N 92.4283°E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Chittagong
District	Bandarban
Area
• Total	1,020.82 km2 (394.14 sq mi)
Population (2022)
• Total	29,790
• Density	29/km2 (76/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)
Postal code	4630
Website	Official Map of Thanchi

Thanchi (Bengali: থানচি) is an upazila of Bandarban District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.^[3]

Geography

Thanchi is located at 21°47′10″N 92°25′40″E / 21.7861°N 92.4278°E / 21.7861; 92.4278. It has 4,872 households and a total area of 1020.82 km². Thanchi upazila is bordered by Ruma upazila and Rangamati district to the north, Lama and Alikadam upazilas to the west, Rakhine State of Myanmar to the south and Chin State of Myanmar to the east.

At the boundary with Ali Kadam Upazila, the 35-kilometre-long (22 mi) Alikadam-Thanchi Road ascends hill Dim Pahar, making it one of the highest motorable roads in Bangladesh.^[4]

Demographics

Religions in Thanchi Upazila (2022)^[5]
Religion			Percent
Buddhism			42.34%
Christianity			34.43%
Islam			8.80%
Hinduism			1.55%
Other or not stated			12.87%

As of the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Thanchi upazila had a population of 29,790. The ethnic population was 26,103 (87.62%), of which Marma were 9,345, Mru 7,021,Tripura 6,336, Khumi 1,829, Bom 685, Chakma 488 and Khyang 359.^[5]

Ethnicity in Thanchi Upazila (2022)^[5]^[6]

Marma (31.37%)

Mro (23.57%)

Tripura (21.27%)

Bengali (12.38%)

Khumi (6.14%)

Bom (2.30%)

Chakma (1.64%)

Khyang (1.21%)

Others (0.12%)

Administration

Thanchi Upazila is divided into four union parishads: Balipara, Remakry, Thanchi, and Tindu. The union parishads are subdivided into 12 mauzas and 178 villages.^[7]