Bhairab Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Bhairab
locator_position = right
latd = 24.0500
longd = 90.9875
division_name = Dhaka Division
district = Kishoreganj District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 192448
population_density = 1381
area_total = 139.32
area_telephone = +880 9424
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/kishoreganj/Bhairab.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Bhairab
footnotes =

Bhairab ( _bn. ভৈরব) is an Upazila of Kishoreganj District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Geography

Bhairab is located at coord|24.0500|N|90.9875|E| . It has 34419 units of house hold and total area 139.32 km². Bhairab is situated beside the rivers The Meghna and The Brahmaputra. Bhairab Bazar (town) is notable for the Bhairab railway station and the railway bridge that goes over the Meghna River.

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Bhairab has a population of 192448. Males constitute are 51.11% of the population, and females 48.89%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 95910. Bhairab has an average literacy rate of 25.9% (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

Bhairab has 11 Unions/Wards, 50 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 79 villages.

ee also

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

References

External links

Bhairab Photographic Society [http://flickr.com/groups/bhairab]
[http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0:Image047.jpg]