Sylhet Sadar Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Sylhet Sadar
locator_position = right
latd = 24.8917
longd = 91.8833
division_name = Sylhet Division
district = Sylhet District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 554412
population_density = 1071
area_total = 517.43
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/sylhet/SylhetSadar.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Sylhet Sadar
footnotes =

Sylhet Sadar ( _bn. সিলেট সদর) is an Upazila of Sylhet District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Geography

Sylhet Sadar is located at coord|24.8917|N|91.8833|E|. It has 86074 units of house hold and total area 517.43 km².

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Sylhet Sadar has a population of 554412. Males constitute are 52.51% of the population, and females 47.49%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 287304. Sylhet Sadar has an average literacy rate of 44.1% (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 91.26%, Hindu 7.43%, Buddhist, Christian and others 0.31%.

Administrative

Sylhet Sadar has 22 Unions/Wards, 275 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 709 villages.

ee also

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

References