Anwara Upazila
Anwara (Bengali: আনোয়ারা), also written Anowara, is an upazila of Chittagong District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Anwara
আনোয়ারা | |
|---|---|
  Anwara Location in Bangladesh | |
| Coordinates: 22°13′N 91°54.7′E | |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Division | Chittagong Division |
| District | Chittagong District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 164.13 km2 (63.37 sq mi) |
| Population (1991) | |
| • Total | 219,446 |
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
| Website | Official Map of Anwara |
Geography
Anwara is located at 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, Anwara has a population of 2132468543525. Males constitute 50.99% of the population, and females 49.01%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 107408. 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 .[2]
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.[3]
Chairman : Towhidul Hoq Chowdhury (from 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[4]
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.
References
- Bhuiyan, Golam Kibria (2012). "Anowara Upazila". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
- "District Statistics 2011: Chittagong" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- উপজেলা নির্বাহী অফিসার [Upazila Nirbahi Officer]. Anwara Upazila. 17 August 2016.
