Barura Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Barura
locator_position = right
latd = 23.3750
longd = 91.0583
division_name = Chittagong Division
district = Comilla District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 310778
population_density = 1286
area_total = 241.65
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/comilla/Barura.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Barura
footnotes =

Barura ( _bn. বরুরা) is an Upazila of Comilla District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Geography

Barura is located at coord|23.3750|N|91.0583|E| . It has 52851 units of house hold and total area 241.65 km².

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Barura has a population of 310778. Males constitute are 50.05% of the population, and females 49.95%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 148203. Barura has an average literacy rate of 31.8% (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

Barura has 15 Unions/Wards, 234 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 332 villages.

ee also

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

References