Anwara Upazila

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Coordinates: 22.2167° N 91.9111° E

Anwara Upazila

Anwara
Division_name
 - District
Chittagong Division
 - Chittagong District
Coordinates 22.2167° N 91.9111° E
Area 173.53 km²
Time zone BST (UTC+6)
Population (1991)
 - Density
219446
 - 1265/km²
Maplink: Official Map of Anwara

Anwara (Bengali: আনোয়ারা) is an Upazila of Chittagong District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

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[edit] Geography

Anwara is located at 22.2167° N 91.9111° E . It has 38008 units of house hold and total area 173.53 km².

[edit] Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh census[1], Anwara has a population of 219446. Males constitute are 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 richman and all of they live intown . [2]

Many people from the United Kingdom and America live there. the population is mostly muslim but there are a tiny minority of hindus in that region. Bodal Chat Chowdury (a village where I live) has 10 houses and approximately 53 permanent resident and around 9 foreign residents.

[edit] Administrative

Anwara has 10 Unions/Wards, 85 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 78 villages.

[edit] See also


[edit] References

  1. ^ GR Error
  2. ^ Population Census Wing, BBS.. Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved on November 10, 2006.