Sullah Upazila

Sullah (Bengali: শাল্লা) or Sulla[1] is an Upazila of Sunamganj District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Sullah
শাল্লা
Nickname(s): 
ঘুঙ্গিয়ারগাও
DivisionSylhet Division
DistrictSunamganj District
Government
 • MP (Sunamganj-2)Joya Sengupta (Awami League)
 • Ex-MP (Sunamganj-2)Suranjit Sengupta
Area
 • Total260.74 km2 (100.67 sq mi)
Population
 • Total89,941
 • Density340/km2 (890/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Sullawi, Shallawi
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Postal code
3000

Etymology

Sullah is variant of Shah Ullah, which was named after its founder, Shah Ullah. Locally, it is pronounced and written as Shal'lah.

Geography

Sullah is located at 24.6264°N 91.2500°E / 24.6264; 91.2500. It has 13881 households and total area 260.74 km2.

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Sullah has a population of 89941. Males constitute 51.08% of the population, and females 48.92%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 43247. Sullah has an average literacy rate of 21.8% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[2] It has a large Hindu population with over 50% of the upazila.

Administration

Sullah Upazila is divided into four union parishads: Atgaon, Bahara, Habibpur, and Shalla. The union parishads are subdivided into 65 mauzas and 116 villages.[3]

See also

References
  1. Jiban Kumar Chanda (2012). "Sulla Upazila". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.). 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: Sunamganj" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.


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