Barisal Sadar Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Barisal Sadar
locator_position = right
latd = 22.7000
longd = 90.3667
division_name = Barisal Division
district = Barisal District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 414281
population_density = 1347
area_total = 307.59
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/barisal/BarisalSadar.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of the Barisal Sadar Upazila
footnotes =

Barisal Sadar ( _bn. বরিশাল সদর) is an Upazila of Barisal District in the Division of Barisal, Bangladesh.

Geography

Barisal Sadar is located at coord|22.7000|N|90.3667|E|. It has 75126 households and a total area of 307.59 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladeshi censusGR|Bangladeh, Barisal Sadar had a population of 414281. Males constitute 52.72% of the population, and females 47.28%. This Upazila's eighteen-and-older population is 221979. Barisal Sadar has an average literacy rate of 53.5% (7+ years), compared with 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

Barisal Sadar has 20 Unions/Wards, 189 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 128 villages.

ee also

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

References