Chunarughat Upazila

Chunarughat
চুনারুঘাট
—  Upazila  —
Chunarughat
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates:
Country  Bangladesh
Division Sylhet Division
District Habiganj District
Area
 • Total 495.52 km2 (191.3 sq mi)
Population (1991)
 • Total 233,752
 • Density 472/km2 (1,222.5/sq mi)
Time zone BST (UTC+6)
Website Official Map of Chunarughat

Chunarughat (Bengali: চুনারুঘাট) is an Upazila of Habiganj District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.

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Geography

Chunarughat is located at . It has 43660 units of house hold and total area 495.52 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Chunarughat has a population of 233752. Males constitute are 50.2% of the population, and females 49.8%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 119571. Chunarughat has an average literacy rate of 24.2% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[1]

Administrative

Chunarughat has 10 Unions/Wards, 165 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 377 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. 
Upazilas of the Sylhet Division
Capital: Sylhet
Habiganj District
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Maulvibazar District
Sunamganj District
Sylhet District