Laksam (Bengali: লাকসাম) is an upazila of Comilla District in the division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
On 6 April 1971 more than 200 people were killed by Pakistani army at Ajgara Bazar during the Bangladesh Liberation war.
[4] The upazila has experienced a water crisis due to arsenic in the groundwater.
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, the residual Laksam Upazila had 57,119 households and a population of 275,646.
Laksam had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 81.18%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1092 females per 1000 males.
Main crops include paddy, wheat, potato, seasonal vegetables.