Anwara Upazila

Anowara
আনোয়ারা
Upazila
Anowara

Location in Bangladesh

Coordinates: 22°13′N 91°54.7′E / 22.217°N 91.9117°ECoordinates: 22°13′N 91°54.7′E / 22.217°N 91.9117°E
Country Bangladesh
Division Chittagong Division
District Chittagong District
Area
 • Total 164.13 km2 (63.37 sq mi)
Population (1991)
 • Total 219,446
 • Density 1,265/km2 (3,280/sq mi)
Time zone BST (UTC+6)
Website Official Map of Anwara

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

Geography

Anwara is located at 22°13′00″N 91°54′40″E / 22.2167°N 91.9111°E . It has 38,008 households and a total area of 164.13 km².[1]

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Anowara has a population of 219446. Males constitute 50.99% of the population, and females 49.01%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 107408. Anowara has an average literacy rate of 30.6% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. It has lot of rich men who were born there and almost all of them live in the city of Chittagong .[2]

Administration

Anowara has 11 Unions, 85 Mauzas, and 78 villages.

Chairman : Towhidul Hug Chowdhury (from Awami League)

Woman Vice Chairman :

Vice Chairman :M. A Hannan Chowdhury (Monju) (from Awami League)

Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) : Mohammad Faruque Hossen

Members of ninth and tenth Jatiyo Sangsad (2009 -2014 & 2014- )

Chittagong-13 (Anwara Upazila) Seat 289: Shifuzzaman Chowdhury (Jabed), [from Awami League], Director of United Commercial Bank Limited (UCBL). He was elected as member of the parliament after his father's (Aktaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu, a Presidium member of Bangladesh Awami League) who died on Nov 4, 2012.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Golam Kibria Bhuiyan (2012). "Anowara Upazila". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. ↑ "Population Census Wing, BBS.". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.