Gowainghat Upazila

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Coordinates: 25.1028° N 91.8917° E

Gowainghat Upazila

Gowainghat
Division_name
 - District
Sylhet Division
 - Sylhet District
Coordinates 25.1028° N 91.8917° E
Area 486.1 km²
Time zone BST (UTC+6)
Population (1991)
 - Density
169937
 - 350/km²
Maplink: Official Map of Gowainghat

Gowainghat (Bengali: গোয়াইনঘাট) is an Upazila of Sylhet District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.

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[edit] Geography

Gowainghat is located at 25.1028° N 91.8917° E . It has 27295 units of house hold and total area 486.1 km².

[edit] Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGRBangladeh, Gowainghat has a population of 169937. Males constitute are 51.58% of the population, and females 48.42%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 78207. Gowainghat has an average literacy rate of 15.1% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. [1]

[edit] Administrative

Gowainghat has 8 Unions/Wards, 261 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 264 vilages.

The unions are:

  1. Alirgaon
  2. Fatehpur
  3. Lengura
  4. Nandirgaon
  5. Paschim Jaflong
  6. Purba Jaflong
  7. Rustampur
  8. Towakul

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Population Census Wing, BBS.. Retrieved on November 10, 2006.