Dowarabazar Upazila

Dowarabazar দোয়ারাবাজার
Division	Sylhet Division
District	Sunamganj District
Government
– MP (Sunamganj-1)	Moazzem Hossain Ratan (Awami League)
Area
– Total	281.4 km2 (108.6 sq mi)
Population
– Total	157,240
– Density	559/km2 (1,447.8/sq mi)
Time zone	BST (UTC+6)
Postal code	3070

Dowarabazar (Bengali: দোয়ারাবাজার) is an Upazila of Sunamganj District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Geography

Dowarabazar is located at 25°03′00″N 91°34′00″E / 25.0500°N 91.5667°E / 25.0500; 91.5667 . It has 27112 units of house hold and total area 281.4 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Dowarabazar has a population of 157240. Males constitute are 50.74% of the population, and females 49.26%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 76530. Dowarabazar has an average literacy rate of 15.6% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.^[1] Religions: Muslim 83.4%, Hindu 14.2%, Christian 0.5%.

Administrative

Dowarabazar has 7 Unions/Wards, 166 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 294 villages.

See also

• Upazilas of Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh
• Jhigli

References

1. ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS.". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm. Retrieved November 10, 2006.