Kanaighat Upazila

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Coordinates: 25.0166° N 92.2472° E

Kanaighat Upazila
Kanaighat
Division_name  - District	Sylhet Division  - Sylhet District
Coordinates	25.0166° N 92.2472° E
Area	412.25 km²
Time zone	BST (UTC+6)
Population (1991)  - Density	178654  - 433/km²
Maplink: Official Map of Kanaighat

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

Contents 1 Geography 2 Demographics 3 Administrative 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Geography

Kanaighat is located at 25.0166° N 92.2472° E . It has 29568 units of house hold and total area 412.25 km².

[edit] Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh census^GRBangladeh, Kanaighat has a population of 178654. Males constitute are 50.49% of the population, and females 49.51%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 85855. Kanaighat has an average literacy rate of 21.8% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. ^[1]

[edit] Administrative

Kanaighat has 9 Unions/Wards, 252 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 288 vilages.

The unions are:

1. Bara Chatul
2. Dakshin Banigram
3. Jhingrabari
4. Kanaighat
5. Paschim Dighirpar
6. Paschim
7. Purba Dighirpar
8. Purba
9. Rajaganj

[edit] See also

• Upazilas of Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh

[edit] References

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