Jaintiapur Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Jaintiapur
locator_position = right
latd = 25.1250
longd = 92.1167
division_name = Sylhet Division
district = Sylhet District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 98270
population_density = 380
area_total = 258.69
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/sylhet/Jaintiapur.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Jaintiapur
footnotes =

Jaintiapur ( _bn. জৈন্তাপুর) is an Upazila of Sylhet District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Geography

Jaintiapur is located at coord|25.1250|N|92.1167|E| . It has 16719 units of house hold and total area 258.69 km².

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Jaintiapur has a population of 98270. Males constitute are 51.02% of the population, and females 48.98%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 45998. Jaintiapur has an average literacy rate of 21.1% (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.] Religions: Muslim 89.2%, Hindu 8.9%, Buddhist 0.6%, Christian 0.4% and others 0.9%

Administrative

Jaintiapur has 3 Unions/Wards, 160 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 173 villages.

ee also

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

References