Burichang Upazila

Burichang, also known as Burichong, (Bengali: বুড়িচং) is an upazila of Comilla District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

[4] Raghunath Tarkavachaspati, a Bramhin scholar in the subject of logic migrated from Dingshai village now in West Bengal in the 17th century to establish the village of Burichang on the land granted to him by Chhatra Manikya the Maharaja of Tripura to start a Tola (an institute for Vedic learning).

It has 58,402 households and a total area of 163.76 km2 (63.23 sq mi).which is located at the extreme near the Upazila by the Dhaka Chittagong Highway.

[citation needed] According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Burichang Upazila had 58,402 households and a population of 301,825.

Burichang had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 57.03%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1067 females per 1000 males.