Balaganj Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Balaganj
locator_position = right
latd = 24.6667
longd = 91.8333
division_name = Sylhet Division
district = Sylhet District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 230865
population_density = 593
area_total = 389.51
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/sylhet/Balaganj.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Balaganj
footnotes =

Balaganj ( _bn. বালাগঞ্জ) is an Upazila of Sylhet District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Balaganj, the third largest Upazila of Sylhet zila in respect of population, came into existence on the 10th January, 1922 as thana. It is learnt that in the past the zamindar of Barachar built a temple of God Madan Mahan here. A trading centre means ganj was developed in and around the temple, which specially became popular to Hindu ladies for high quality of Bangles locally known as Bala. The Upazila might have got its name Balaganj from the combination of these two wards Bala and ganj.

Geography

Balaganj is located at coord|24.6667|N|91.8333|E| . It has 36919 units of house hold and total The Upazila occupies an area of 389.51 sq. km. The Upazila is bounded on the north by Sylhet Sadar and Bishwanath Upazilas, on the east by Fenchuganj Upazila, on the South by Maulvibazar Sadar Upazila and Rajnagar Upazila of Maulvibazar zila and on the west by Jagannathpur Upazila of Sunamganj zila and Nabiganj Upazila of Habiganj zila.

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Balaganj has a population of 230,865. Males constitute 50.67% of the population, and females 49.33%. This Upazila's eighteen and over population is 115,624. Balaganj has an average literacy rate of 31.4% (7+ years), with the national average being 32.4%. 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

Balaganj has 14 Unions/Wards, 240 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 467 villages.

The unions are:

# Balaganj
# Boaljur Bazar
# Burunga
# Dayamir
# Dewan Bazar
# Goula Bazar
# Omarpur
# Osmanpur
# Paschim Gauripur
# Paschim Pailanpur
# Purba Gauripur
# Purba Pailanpur
# Sadipur
# Tajpur

ee also

*Upazilas of Bangladesh
*Districts of Bangladesh
*Divisions of Bangladesh
* [http://www.bwspp.org/BAMWSPContents/Survey%20Result/Sylhet%20Division/Sylhet.pdf Sylhet District Unions (PDF)]

References