Anwara Upazila

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

Geography

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Demographics

Religions in Anwara Upazila (2022)[2]
Religion Percent
Islam
86.79%
Hinduism
12.75%
Buddhism
0.44%
Other or not stated
0.02%

As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, 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.[3][4]

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.[5]

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.[6]

Chairman : Vacant

Member : Vacant

Woman Vice Chairman : Vacant

Vice Chairman : Vacant

Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) : Sheikh Jobaer Ahmed[7]

Members of ninth and tenth Parliament (2009 -2014 & 2014-2024 )

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

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