Kanaighat Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Kanaighat
locator_position = right
latd = 25.0166
longd = 92.2472
division_name = Sylhet Division
district = Sylhet District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 178654
population_density = 433
area_total = 412.25
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/sylhet/Kanaighat.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Kanaighat
footnotes =

Kanaighat ( _bn. কানাইঘাট) is an Upazila of Sylhet District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Geography

Kanaighat is located at coord|25.0166|N|92.2472|E| . It has 29568 units of house hold and total area 412.25 km².

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Kanaighat has a population of 178654. Males constitute are 50.49% of the population, and females 49.51%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 85855. Kanaighat has an average literacy rate of 21.8% (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 95%, Hindu 4.10%, Christian 0.2%, and tribal 0.3%.

Administrative

Kanaighat has 9 Unions/Wards, 252 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 288 villages.

The unions are:

# Bara Chatul
# Dakshin Banigram
# Jhingrabari
# Kanaighat
# Paschim Dighirpar
# Paschim
# Purba Dighirpar
# Purba
# Rajaganj

ee also

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

References