Hizla Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Hizla
locator_position = right
latd = 22.9000
longd = 90.5083
division_name = Barisal Division
district = Barisal District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 166265
population_density = 323
area_total = 515.36
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/barisal/Hizla.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of the Hizla Upazila
footnotes =

Hizla ( _bn. হিজলা) is an Upazila of Barisal District in the Division of Barisal, Bangladesh.

Geography

Hizla is located at coord|22.9000|N|90.5083|E| . It has 30184 units of house hold and total area 515.36 km².

Demographics

As of|1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Hizla has a population of 166265. Males constitute are 52.76% of the population, and females 47.24%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 75315. Hizla has an average literacy rate of 27.7% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. cite web | accessdate = November 10 | accessyear = 2006 | url = http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archivedate = 2005-03-27 | title = Population Census Wing, BBS.]

Administrative

Hizla has 6 Unions/Wards, 144 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 105 villages.

ee also

*Upazilas of Bangladesh
*Districts of Bangladesh
*Divisions of Bangladesh

References