Burichang Upazila

Burichang, also known as Burichong, () is an upazila of Comilla District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
History.
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 Chatra Manikya [Nakshatra Rai] the Maharaja of Tripura to start a Toll (an institute for Vedic learning).
Geography.
Burichang is located at . It has 37,739 households and a total area of .
Demographics.
According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Burichang had a population of 228,479. Males constituted 51.68% of the population, and females 48.32%. The population aged 18 or over was 106,787. Burichang had an average literacy rate of 34.3% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%.
Administration.
Burichang Upazila is divided into eight union parishads: 4 No Sholanal Union Parishad, Bakshimul, 
Burichang, Moynamoti, Mokam, Pirjatrapur, Rajapur, Sholonal, and Varella. 
The union parishads are subdivided into 149 mauzas and 172 villages.