Barkal Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Barkal
locator_position = right
latd = 22.7333
longd = 92.3583
division_name = Chittagong Division
district = Rangamati District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 28839
population_density = 38
area_total = 760.88
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/rangamati/Barkal.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Barkal
footnotes =

Barkal ( _bn. বরকল ) is an Upazila of Rangamati District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Geography

Barkal is located at coord|22.7333|N|92.3583|E| . It has 4782 units of house hold and total area 760.88 km².

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Barkal has a population of 28839. Males constitute are 57.1% of the population, and females 42.9%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 15770. Barkal has an average literacy rate of 30.4% (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

Barkal has 5 Unions/Wards, 29 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 156 villages.

ee also

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

References