Sylhet Sadar Upazila

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Coordinates: 24°53′30.1″ N 91°52′59.9″ E

Sylhet Sadar Upazila

Sylhet Sadar
Division_name
 - District
Sylhet Division
 - Sylhet District
Coordinates 24°53′30.1″ N 91°52′59.9″ E
Area 517.43 km²
Time zone BST (UTC+6)
Population (1991)
 - Density
554412
 - 1071/km²
Maplink: Official Map of Sylhet Sadar

Sylhet Sadar (Bengali: সিলেট সদর) is an Upazila of Sylhet District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.

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[edit] Geography

Sylhet Sadar is located at 24°53′30.1″ N 91°52′59.9″ E . It has 86074 units of house hold and total area 517.43 km².

[edit] Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGRBangladeh, Sylhet Sadar has a population of 554412. Males constitute are 52.51% of the population, and females 47.49%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 287304. Sylhet Sadar has an average literacy rate of 44.1% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. [1]

[edit] Administrative

Sylhet Sadar has 22 Unions/Wards, 275 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 709 vilages.

[edit] See also


[edit] References

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