- Bishwanath Upazila
Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Bishwanath
locator_position = right
latd = 24.8083
longd = 91.7639
division_name = Sylhet Division
district = Sylhet District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 169730
population_density = 791
area_total = 214.5
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/sylhet/Bishwanath.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Bishwanath
footnotes =Bishwanath ( _bn. বিশ্বনাথ) is an
Upazila ofSylhet District in the Division of Sylhet,Bangladesh .Geography
Bishwanath is located at coord|24.8083|N|91.7639|E| . It has 26346 units of house hold and total area 214.5 km².
Demographics
As of 1991 Bangladeshcensus GR|Bangladeh, Bishwanath has a population of 169730. Males constitute are 50.99% of the population, and females 49.01%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 83794. Bishwanath has an average literacy rate of 33.6% (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
Bishwanath has 8 Unions/Wards, 122 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 432 villages.
The unions are:
# Alankari
# Bishwanath
# Dasghar
# Daulatpur
# Deokalas
# Khazanchigaon
# Lama Kazi
# Rampashaee also
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Upazilas of Bangladesh
*Districts of Bangladesh
*Divisions of Bangladesh References
External References
[http://www.bishwanath.org Bishwanath Photos]
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