Gowainghat Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Gowainghat
locator_position = right
latd = 25.1028
longd = 91.8917
division_name = Sylhet Division
district = Sylhet District
population_as_of = 2001
population_total = 207170
population_density = 426
area_total = 486.1
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/sylhet/Gowainghat.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Gowainghat
footnotes =

Gowainghat ( _bn. গোয়াইনঘাট) is an Upazila of Sylhet District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Geography

Gowainghat is located at coord|25.1028|N|91.8917|E| . It has 34133 units of house hold and total area 486.1 km².

Demographics

As of 2001 Bangladesh census, Gowainghat has a population of 207170. Males constitute are 51.80% of the population, and females 48.20%. Gowainghat has an average literacy rate of 22.8%.cite web | accessdate=2008-08-27 | url = http://www.bbs.gov.bd/dataindex/census/ce_uzila.pdf | title = Census Results by Upazila/Thana |publisher = Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |date=2001 |format=PDF] Religions: Muslim 89.2%, Hindu 8.9%, Buddhist 0.6%, Christian 0.4% and others 0.9%

Administrative

Gowainghat has 8 Unions/Wards, 260 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 267 villages.

The unions are:

# Alirgaon
# Fatehpur
# Lengura
# Nandirgaon
# Paschim Jaflong
# Purba Jaflong
# Rustampur
# Towakul

ee also

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

References