Anowara
আনোয়ারা
Upazila
Parki Sea Beach
Parki Sea Beach
Location of Anowara
Coordinates: 22°13′N 91°54.7′E / 22.217°N 91.9117°E / 22.217; 91.9117
Country Bangladesh
DivisionChittagong
DistrictChittagong
Area
 • Total164.13 km2 (63.37 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total259,022
 • Density1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
WebsiteOfficial Map of Anowara

Anowara (Bengali: আনোয়ারা), also written Anwara, is an upazila of Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh.

Geography

Anwara is located at 22°13′00″N 91°54′40″E / 22.2167°N 91.9111°E / 22.2167; 91.9111. It has 49,966 households[citation needed] and a total area of 164.13 km2.[1]

Demographics

Religions in Anwara upazila (2011)[2]
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 86.67%
Hinduism
 
 12.82%
Buddhism
 
 0.49%
Other or not stated
 
 0.02%

As of the 2011 Bangladesh census, Anwara upazila had 49,966 households and a population of 259,022. 66,036 (25.49%) were under 10 years of age. Anwara had an average literacy rate of 51.95%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1044 females per 1000 males. 5,466 (2.11%) of the population lived in urban areas.[2][3]

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Anwara has a population of 219,446. Males constitute 50.99% of the population, and females 49.01%. Upazila's population over 18 is 107,408. Anwara 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.[4]

Administration

Anwara Upazila is divided into 11 union parishads: Anowara, Bairag, Barakhain, Barasat, Burumchhara, Battali, Chatari, Haildhar, Juidandi, Paraikora, and Roypur. The union parishads are subdivided into 85 mauzas and 81 villages.[5]

Chairman : Towhidul Hoq Chowdhury (from Awami League)

Member : Abdur Rahaman Khan (from Dudhkumra Awami League)

Woman Vice Chairman : Morium Begum (From Awami League)

Vice Chairman :Mrinal kanti dhor (from Awami League)

Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) : Sheikh Jobaer Ahmed[6]

Members of ninth and tenth Parliament (2009 -2014 & 2014- )

Chittagong-12 (Anwara Upazila) Seat 289: Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Zabed, [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. [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Bhuiyan, Golam Kibria (2012). "Anowara Upazila". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. ^ a b "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Chittagong" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
  3. ^ "Community Tables: Chittagong district" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2011.
  4. ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
  5. ^ "District Statistics 2011: Chittagong" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  6. ^ উপজেলা নির্বাহী অফিসার [Upazila Nirbahi Officer]. Anwara Upazila. 17 August 2016.
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