Anwara Upazila

Anwara (Bengali: আনোয়ারা), also written Anowara, is an upazila of Chittagong District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Anwara

আনোয়ারা
Anwara
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 22°13′N 91°54.7′E
CountryBangladesh
DivisionChittagong Division
DistrictChittagong District
Area
  Total164.13 km2 (63.37 sq mi)
Population
 (1991)
  Total219,446
  Density1,300/km2 (3,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
WebsiteOfficial Map of Anwara

Geography

Anwara is located at 22.2167°N 91.9111°E / 22.2167; 91.9111. It has 38,008 households and a total area of 164.13 km2.[1]

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Anwara has a population of 2132468543525. Males constitute 50.99% of the population, and females 49.01%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 107408. Anwara has an average literacy rate of 30.6% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. It has lot of rich men who were born there and almost all of them live in the city of Chittagong .[2]

Administration

Anwara Upazila is divided into 11 union parishads: Anowara, Bairag, Barakhain, Barasat, Burumchhara, Battali, Chatari, Haildhar, Juidandi, Paraikora, and Roypur. The union parishads are subdivided into 85 mauzas and 81 villages.[3]

Chairman : Towhidul Hoq Chowdhury (from Awami League)

Woman Vice Chairman : Morium Begum (From Awami League)

Vice Chairman :Mrinal kanti dhor (from Awami League)

Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) : Sheikh Jobaer Ahmed[4]

Members of ninth and tenth Parliament (2009 -2014 & 2014- )

Chittagong-12 (Anwara Upazila) Seat 289: Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Zabed, [from Awami League], Director of United Commercial Bank Limited (UCBL). He was elected as member of the parliament after his father's (Aktaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu, a Presidium member of Bangladesh Awami League) who died on Nov 4, 2012.

See also

References

  1. Bhuiyan, Golam Kibria (2012). "Anowara Upazila". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
  3. "District Statistics 2011: Chittagong" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  4. উপজেলা নির্বাহী অফিসার [Upazila Nirbahi Officer]. Anwara Upazila. 17 August 2016.


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