Panchlaish
পাঁচলাইশ
Thana
Panchlaish is located in Bangladesh
Panchlaish
Panchlaish
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 22°22′N 91°49.5′E / 22.367°N 91.8250°E / 22.367; 91.8250
Country Bangladesh
DivisionChittagong Division
DistrictChittagong District
Area
 • Total27.45 km2 (10.60 sq mi)
Population
 (1991)
 • Total193,357
 • Density7,044/km2 (18,240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Websitebangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/chittagong/PanchlaishT.gif

Panchlaish (Bengali: পাঁচলাইশ) is a thana of Chattogram District[1] in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh.

Geography

Panchlaish is located at 22°22′00″N 91°49′30″E / 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%.[2]

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.[3]

See also

Notable residents

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
  3. ^ Hussain, Anwar (17 September 2019). "Guitar statue in memory of Ayub Bachchu to be inaugurated Wednesday". Dhaka Tribune.


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