Bhairab Upazila

Bhairab
ভৈরব
—  Upazila  —
Bhairab
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates:
Country  Bangladesh
Division Dhaka Division
District Kishoreganj District
Area
 • Total 139.32 km2 (53.8 sq mi)
Population (1991)
 • Total 192,448
 • Density 1,381/km2 (3,576.8/sq mi)
Time zone BST (UTC+6)
Website Official Map of Bhairab

Bhairab (Bengali: ভৈরব) is an Upazila of Kishoreganj District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Geography

Bhairab is located at . It has 34419 units of house hold and total area is 139.32 km². Bhairab is situated beside the rivers of Meghna and Brahmaputra. Bhairab Bazar (town) is notable for the Bhairab railway station and the railway bridge, bhairab sheto that goes over the river of Meghna.

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Bhairab has a population of 192448. Males constitute are 51.11% of the population, and females 48.89%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 95910. Bhairab has an average literacy rate of 25.9% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[1]

Administrative

Bhairab has 11 Unions/Wards, 50 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 79 villages.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS.". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm. Retrieved November 10, 2006. 

External links

Bhairab Photographic Society [1]