Laksam (Bengali: লাকসাম) is an upazila of Comilla District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.^[1] Laksam is widely known as the birthplace of Nawab Faizunnesa Chowdhurani.^[2]

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Laksam লাকসাম
Upazila
Zamindar Bari of Nawab Faizunnesa in Laksam
Coordinates: 23°14.8′N 91°7.7′E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Chittagong
District	Comilla
Headquarters	Laksam
Area
• Total	141.74 km2 (54.73 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	275,646
• Density	1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)
Website	laksam.comilla.gov.bd

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Laksam was made into an upazila in 1983. On 6 April 1971 more than 200 people were killed by Pakistani army at Ajgara Bazar during the Bangladesh Liberation war. The Pakistan army was defeated on 12 December 1971 in the upazila.^[1] During the course of the war, 17 freedom fighters died along with numerous Pakistani soldiers.^[1] The upazila has experienced a water crisis due to arsenic in the groundwater.^[3]

Laksam Upazila has an area of 141.74 km² (54.73 sq mi).^[1] It is bounded by Comilla Sadar and Barura upazilas on the north, Chatkhil, Begumganj and Senbagh upazilas on the south, Nangalkot and Chauddagram upazilas on the east, Barura and Shahrasti upazilas on the west. The main rivers are Dakatia and Little Feni.

According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, the residual Laksam Upazila had 57,119 households and a population of 275,646. 71,047 (25.77%) were under 10 years of age. Laksam had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 53.18%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1092 females per 1000 males. 70,632 (25.62%) lived in urban areas.^[5]

In the residual Laksam Upazila, Muslims were 260,501, Hindus 13,448 and Buddhists 1,597.

• Kaliapur Durbar Sharif
• 3 domed Kazir Mosque;^[1]
• 10 domed Nawab Bari Mosque;
• Paschimgaon Nawab Bari;
• 3 domed Afrannesa Mosque (1869);
• Atulchandra Zamidar Bari;
• Sree Sree Jagannath Bari Devalaya;
• Jagannath Dighi.
• Laksam Junction Lake

• 1st Division Football League^[6]
• Volleyball League is held every year
• Inter-union football competition and Inter-school various sports competitions

Laksham Upazila is divided into Laksham Municipality and seven union parishads: Azgora, Bakoi, Gobindapur, Laksam Purba, Kandirpar, MudafarGonj, and Uttarda. The union parishads are subdivided into 136 mauzas and 178 villages.^[7]

Laksham Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 31 mahallas.^[7]

Laksam Railway Junction, on the Akhaura-Laksam-Chittagong Line, Laksam-Noakhali Line and Laksam-Chandpur Line is one of the two biggest junctions of Bangladesh. From here people go to Chandpur District, Noakhali District.

• Daulatgong Gazimura Kamil Madrasha
• Al Amin Institute (High school at Dargah Road, Paschimgaon)^[8][9]
• Nawab Faizunnesa and Badrunnesa Joint High School (also known as NFBN^[10] high school, situated at Paschimgaon, Laksam-Pouroshova)^[11]
• Laksam Government Pilot High School (High school at New Road)
• Nawab Fayzunesa Govt. College Laksam (Government college at Paschimgaon)^[12][13]
• Laksam Pilot Girls High School^[14][15]

Weekly Laksam, Weekly Laksam Barta, Weekly Alor Dishari, Weekly Somoyer Dorpon, Weekly Naxi Barta, Weekly Joy Kantha, Daily Torun Kantho.^[16]

• Nawab Faizunnesa Chowdhurani, philanthropist and social worker, was born at Paschimgaon village, Pourva Laksam, in 1834.^[17]
• Muhammad Abdul Malek (born 1969), Islamic scholar, academic and researcher^{[citation needed]}
• Muhammad Shamsul Haque, former Foreign Minister of Bangladesh^{[citation needed]}
• Md. Tajul Islam, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development (2019–present), was elected from Laksham.^[18]
• Biplob Bhattacharjee, former goalkeeper and current goalkeeping coach of Bangladesh National Football Team^[19]