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Cumilla district

11 parliamentary seats · 17 upazilas. The current member for each seat, according to Parliament's database.

Seats11
Upazilas17
Parties4

About Cumilla district

Comilla District, officially known as Cumilla District, is a district located in southeastern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chittagong Division. It lies about 100 kilometres southeast of Dhaka. Comilla is bordered by Brahmanbaria and Narayanganj districts to the north, Noakhali and Feni districts to the south, Tripura state of India to the east and Munshiganj and Chandpur districts to the west.

History

The name Comilla is derived from the Bengali word Komolangko, the previous ancient name of the region, which means 'lotus pond'. The present Comilla is a district under the Chittagong Division. It was once under the reign of Gangaridai and Samatata in ancient period. As far as is known from the ancient archeology found in the region, Gupta emperors ruled Comilla since the fifth century AD. It was under the control of Gauda Kingdom in 6th century AD after the fall of Gupta rule in Bengal. According to historians, the Buddhist Deva dynasty ruled the region from the seventh to the middle of the eighth century.

Geography

Comilla has a total area of 3146.30.17 square kilometres. It is bounded by Brahmanbaria district and Narayanganj district of Chittagong division to the north, Munshiganj district of Dhaka division and Chandpur district to the west, Noakhali and Feni districts to the south and the Indian state of Tripura to the east.

People

According to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, Comilla District had 1,407,368 households and a population of 6,212,216 with an average 4.33 people per household. Among the population, 1,356,351 inhabitants were under 10 years of age. The population density was 1,974 people per km2.

Economy

Mainly based on agriculture, the economy of Comilla has flourished through trade and cottage industries, especially the 'Khadi' textile. For the economic development of the region the "Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority" has established the "Comilla Export Processing Zone" spread over an area of 104.44 hectares in the Comilla Airport area in 2000. The export zone employs 20 thousand people as of 2013.

Places to see

Landmarks include Kotbari, a cantonment, or military installation and Kandirpar, considered the heart of the Comilla district. Ancient Buddhist monastery ruins are the major attraction of Mainamati, near Kotbari. There is an ancient Hindu Temple named Comilla Jagannath Temple located on East Bibirbazar Road. There is also the recently constructed Allah Chattar, a tower in Muradnagar.

Source: Wikipedia, Comilla District · CC BY-SA 4.0

Notable people of Cumilla

  • Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, 5th President of Bangladesh
  • Ferdous Ahmed, film actor
  • Kazi Zafar Ahmed, politician
  • Buddhadeb Basu, Indian poet, novelist, essayist, translator and editor
  • General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan, former chief of Army Staff
  • Sachin Dev Burman singer, composer and music director
  • Nawab Faizunnesa Choudhurani, poet and philanthropist
  • Asif Akbar, singer
  • Sudhin Das, Swaralipikar of Nazrul Sangeet, awarded by Ekushe Padak
  • Muhammad Hasanuzzaman, politician and educationist
  • Akbar Hossain BP, former minister of Bangladesh government
  • Sagarmoy Ghosh, Indian editor and author

Map of the district

Cumilla district

Boundaries from the Election Commission's description of the seats, drawn on the maps of OpenStreetMap (upazilas), OCHA (city corporations) and geoBoundaries (city wards; BBS, 2015); approximate. Background map from OpenStreetMap. 11 seats; tap an area to open that seat's page.

Seats and their members

Cumilla is a district in Chattogram division with 11 seats in Parliament: Cumilla-1 to Cumilla-11. In the 13th Parliament, of these seats the BNP holds 8, the NCP 1, an independent 1 and Jamaat-e-Islami 1. In the 12th Parliament (2024), of these seats the Awami League held 7 and independents 4.

Source: Parliament of Bangladesh | Updated 24 October 2026

Where the information comes from

Members, seats, committees and sessions come from the Parliament of Bangladesh website; voter numbers from the Election Commission, and the Cabinet from the Cabinet Division. The sources of election results and biographies are given separately on each page.

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