Official Name: | Panchlaish |
Native Name: | পাঁচলাইশ |
Settlement Type: | Thana |
Pushpin Map: | Bangladesh |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Bangladesh |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | Division |
Subdivision Name1: | Chittagong Division |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Chittagong District |
Population Total: | 219903 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Density Km2: | 7044 |
Area Total Km2: | 27.45 |
Elevation M: | 15 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Timezone: | BST |
Utc Offset: | +6 |
Coordinates: | 22°N 91°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 4203 |
Area Code: | 031[3] |
Panchlaish (bn|পাঁচলাইশ) is a thana of Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh.
Panchlaish is located at 22.3667°N 91.825°W . It has 37105 households and total area 27.45 km2.
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%.[4]
Rupali Guitar, an 18adj=midNaNadj=mid stainless steel sculpture memorializing Ayub Bachchu, was erected in the Prabartak roundabout in 2019.[5]