Jaintiapur Upazila

Jaintiapur (Bengali: জৈন্তাপুর, Jotyintapur) is an Upazila of Sylhet District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Geography

Jaintiapur is located at . It has 16719 units of house hold and total area 258.69 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Jaintiapur has a population of 98270. Males constitute are 51.02% of the population, and females 48.98%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 45998. Jaintiapur has an average literacy rate of 21.1% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.^[1] Religions: Muslim 81.2%, Hindu 15.9%, Buddhist 0.6%, Christian 0.4% and others 0.9%

According to BANGLAPEDIA:National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh, land value of all Upazillas of Sylhet District. List as follows: (1). Sylhet Sadar: Value of land Market value of the first grade agricultural land is about Tk 49,500 per 0.01 hectare. (2). Balaganj: Value of land Market value of the first grade cultivable land is about Tk 48,000 per 0.01 hectare. (3). Beanibazar: Value of land The market value of the land of the first grade is about Tk 12,500 per 0.01 hectare. (4). Zakiganj: Value of land Market value of the first grade agricultural land is about Tk 10,000 (per 0.01 hectare). (5). Barlekaha: Value of land Market value of first grade arable land is about Tk 7,500 per 0.01 hectare. (6). Biswanath: Value of land Market value of land of first grade is about Tk 5,000 per 0.01 hectare. (7). Fenchuganj: Value of land Market value of the first grade agricultural land is Tk 4500 per 0.01 hectare (8). Golabganj: Value of land Market value of the first grade agricultural land is around Tk 4,000 per 0.01 hectare. (9). Jaintiapur: Value of land Market value of the first grade agricultural land is about Tk 2,500 to 5000 (per 0.01 hectare). and, (10). Kanaighat: Value of land Market value of the first grade agricultural land is about Tk 2,500 to 5000 (per 0.01 hectare).

Aministration

Chairman : Mohammad Joynal Abedin

Women Vice Chairman :

Vice Chairman :

Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO):

Administrative

Jaintiapur has Unions, 1. Nizpat 2. Jaintapur 3. Dorbost 4. Charikata 5. Horipur 6. Fothepur

160 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 173 villages.

See also

• Jaintia Rajbari
• Upazilas of Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh

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.