Khagrachari District
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Bangladesh
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. It is a part of the Chittagong Division and the Chittagong Hill Tracts
Chittagong Hill Tracts
The Chittagong Hill Tracts comprise an area of 13,295 km2 in south-eastern Bangladesh, and borders India and Myanmar . It was a single district of Bangladesh until 1984. In that year it was divided into three separate districts: Khagrachari, Rangamati and Bandarban. Topographically, this is the...
. Its local name is "Chengmi". Khagrachari is also known as Phalang Htaung (ဖလံေထာင္) or the Mong Circle (of the rest of the three hill districts Rangamati
Rangamati
Rangamati is the Administrative Headquarter of Rangamati Hill District in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. The town is located at 22°37'60N 92°12'0E and has an altitude of 14 metres ....
is the Chakma
Chakma
Chakma may refer to:*Chakma people, a Tibeto-Burman people of Bangladesh and Northeast India*Chakma language, the Indo-European language spoken by them*Chakma script...
Circle (သက္ေထာင္) and Bandarban (ဗိုလ္မင္းေထာင္) is the Bohmong Circle).
Khagrachari town is the home town of the Mong Chief (currently King, or Raja, Saching Prue Chowdhury ဗိုလ္မင္း သာစိန္ျဖဴ) who is the head of the Arakanese descendants living in the circle. It also is the administrative headquarter of Khagrachari district.
Geography
Khagrachari is a valley. It has three river namely Chengi, Kasalong and Maini. Chengi is the longest river in Khagrachari. Most of the land of Khagrachari are hilly areas.Subdivisions
Upazilas under this district are:- Dighinala UpazilaDighinala UpazilaDighinala is an Upazila of Khagrachari District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.-Geography:Dighinala is located at . It has 11227 units of house hold and total area 694.12 km².-Demographics:...
- Khagrachhari UpazilaKhagrachhari UpazilaKhagrachari or Khagrachhari is an Upazila of Khagrachari District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.-Geography:Khagrachari is located at . It has 11989 units of house hold and total area 297.92 km².-Demographics:...
- Lakshmichhari UpazilaLakshmichhari UpazilaLakshmichari is an Upazila of Khagrachari District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.-Geography:Lakshmichari is located at . It has 3245 units of house hold and total area 220.15 km².-Demographics:...
- Mahalchhari UpazilaMahalchhari UpazilaMahalchari is an Upazila of Khagrachari District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.-Geography:Mahalchari is located at . It has 6343 units of house hold and total area 248.64 km².-Demographics:...
- Manikchhari UpazilaManikchhari UpazilaManikchari is an Upazila of Khagrachari District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.-Geography:Manikchari is located at . It has 8218 units of house hold and total area 168.35 km².-Demographics:...
- Matiranga UpazilaMatiranga UpazilaMatiranga is an Upazila of Khagrachari District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.-Geography:Matiranga is located at . It has 14948 units of house hold and total area 495.39 km².-Demographics:...
- Panchhari UpazilaPanchhari UpazilaPanchhari is an Upazila of Khagrachari District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.-Geography:Panchhari is located at . It has 5617 units of house hold and total area 334.11 km².-Demographics:...
- Ramgarh UpazilaRamgarh UpazilaRamgarh is an Upazila of Khagrachari District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.-Geography:Ramgarh is located at . It has 9304 units of house hold and total area 240.87 km².-Demographics:...
Khagrachari’s attractive tourists’ spots
1. Alutila Tourists spot: Khagrachari – Chittagong Road, 5 Km away from the Parjatan motel. Local Buses or Chader gari, fare- 8/10 tk. Microbus can be rented as well.2. Alutila Mysterious Cave: East of the Alutila Tourists’ spot under the mountain 150 meter long flowing natural waterfall. Chittagong Road, 5 Km shout from the motel. Local Buses or Chader gari, fare- 8/10 tk. Microbus can be rented as well.
3. Richhang waterfall: Khagrachari – Chittagong road the area of Hridoy member. 7 km shout from the Porjoton motel. 2 km shout from Alutila, 1.50 km from east from the main road. Local bus or Chader gari till Hridoy Member area. Rest 1.50 km by foot.
4. Hundred or more years old banyan tree: Hundred or more years old banyan tree which is spreading almost 2 acres. Till Matiranga 10 number region of Khagrachari- Chittagong Road Buses / chader gari. Fare 10/15 tk, and rest 1.5 km by foot or own vehicles.
5. Nunchhori Debota Pond: The Nunchhori Tripura Village is 13 km south from Porjoton motel, 4 km west from Maishkhali Army camp of Khagrachari – Rangamati road. From there almost 1500 feet above, at the peak of the Mountain is the Debota lake. Local bus or chader gari of Khagrachari – Rangamati Route till Maishchori Army camp. Rest of the 4-5 km by foot. If there is private car then it can go till the Tripura Village.
6. Yonged Buddha Bihar: At Khagrachari town, 2 km far from Motel. Accessible by rickshaw.
7. Panichari Brihot Buddha sculpture: Shantipur Arannya Kuthir - 25 km south from Khagrachari is peripheral region. The largest Buddha sculpture of Bangladesh is situated here. Khagrachari – Panichari Local bus fare- 35 tk. The road is flat.
8. Dighinala Manikker Dighi: One regional town situated 21 km south from Khagrachari. The Jhulonto Bridge, Buddha Bihar, Raja Manikker Dighi, Tribal culture, tradition and ancient standard of living. Khagrachari – Dighinala Bus/ 4 Wheel drive gyp.
9. Dighinala Touduchhori Waterfall: It contains wild Elephants roaming around in groups; the place is cluttered with enormous stones and waterfalls. From Khagrachari – Dighinala road Bus/ Chader gari (gyp), fares 25/40 tk. Rest of the road by foot. The communication here is not urbanized yet.
10. Shajek and Marissa Vally: Endless natural beauty of green Mound. It’s hard to describe in words. It’s better if a private or rented car is available.