Sullah Upazila

Sullah
শাল্লা
Division Sylhet Division
District Sunamganj District
Government
 • MP (Sunamganj-2) Suranjit Sengupta (Awami League)
Area
 • Total 260.74 km2 (100.7 sq mi)
Population
 • Total 89,941
 • Density 345/km2 (893.5/sq mi)
Time zone BST (UTC+6)
Postal code 3000

Sullah (Bengali: শাল্লা) is an Upazila of Sunamganj District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.

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Geography

Sullah is located at . It has 13881 units of house hold and total area 260.74 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Sullah has a population of 89941. Males constitute are 51.08% of the population, and females 48.92%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 43247. Sullah has an average literacy rate of 21.8% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[1] It has a large Hindu population with over 50% of the upazila.

Administrative

Sullah has 4 Unions/Wards, 67 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 113 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
Maulvibazar District
Sunamganj District
Sylhet District