Fenchuganj Upazila

Fenchuganj
ফেঞ্চুগঞ্জ
Division Sylhet Division
District Sylhet District
Police Station 1922
Upazila 1981
Government
 • MP (Sylhet-3) Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury (Awami League)
Area
 • City 114.48 km2 (43.95 sq mi)
Population
 • City 1,38,881
 • Density 713/km2 (1,850/sq mi)
 • Urban 25,000
 • Urban density 815/km2 (2,110/sq mi)
Time zone BST (UTC+6)
Postal code 3116, 3117
Website Fenchuganj Web Site

Fenchuganj (Bengali: ফেঞ্চুগঞ্জ) is an Upazila of Sylhet District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.[1]

Geography

Fenchuganj is located at 24°42′30″N 91°56′25″E / 24.7083°N 91.9403°E . It has 13368 units of house hold and total area 114.48 km².

Economy

Fenchuganj Upazila has Power Plant, Urea Fertilizer factory (first fertilizer factory planted in Asia), tea gardens, rubber gardens, gas field, Hakaluki haor (Largest Haour in South Asia) and many more. This Upazila contributes a lot in the National economy of Bangladesh

@Fertiliser Factories are;

(First fertilizer factory planted in Asia) (Producer : Ammonia, Ammonium sulphate, Urea.)

(The Biggest fertilizer factory planted in Bangladesh)


@Power Plants are;

@Tea gardens are;

@Gas Plant;

Education

Fenchugonj Upazila is performing 5.6% above the Bangladesh national average in education. The average rate of education is 68% in Fenchuganj. There are many educational institutions some of these are,

Communication

Fenchuganj has good communication with the rest of the country because it has river, road and rail links. During British rule river and rail was popular, then comes road, now there is an A2( Asian Highway) road built through fenchuganj, connecting Sylhet- Dhaka and other parts of the country. Established here is a market place on the bank of river kushiara with tuesday and saturday being the main trading days, people from surrounding 10/15 miles comes to the market to trade and shop. Now there is many local market which sits everyday. Among scenes of fenchuganj, both bridges over kushiara. hills around degree college, lake near degree college, fertilizer factory from nearby hill (jola tilla), tea estates, delwar hussain mosque, sunset from ilashpur (dhala) bridge and boat trip down the river are very enjoyable.

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Fenchuganj has a population of 81605. Males constitute 51.07% of the population, and females 48.93%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 40383. Fenchuganj has an average literacy rate of 33.5% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. Now 91,400 Male are 45,040, and Females are 46,369.[2] Religions: Muslim 88.72%, Hindu 11.25%, Buddhist and Christian 0.03%.

Administrative

Fenchuganj has 5 Unions called 1-Fenchugonj Union Parishad 2-Maijgaon Union Parishad 3-Ghilachora Union Parishad 4-Uttar kushiara Union Parishad 5-Uttar fenchugonj Union Parishad /Wards, 30 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 88 villages.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jayanta Singh Roy (2012), "Fenchuganj 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.