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Pages in category "Upazilas of Sylhet District" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Sylhet District was created in 1772 after this area was acquired by the British in 1767 and Mr. William Thackeray was appointed as the first collector. Current Sylhet District consists of 12 (Twelve) Upazilas. Sylhet District was established on 3 January 1782, and until 1878 it was part of Bengal Province under Dhaka Division.
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Sylhet Sadar Upazila had 158,233 households and a population of 829,103. 185,388 (22.36%) were under 10 years of age.Sylhet Sadar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 61.29%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 899 females per 1000 males. 526,412 (63.49%) lived in urban areas. [6]
The Sylhet Division is overseen by the Divisional Commissioner, the current Divisional Commissioner is Md. Mashiur Rahman. The Sylhet Division is divided into four districts (Habiganj, Moulvibazar, Sunamganj and Sylhet) and further divided into 35 upazilas (sub-districts). These upazilas are further divided into 323 union parishads. Each union ...
Companiganj Upazila (Sylhet district) area 278.55 square kilometres (107.55 sq mi), located in between 24°58' and 25°11' north latitudes and in between 91°41' and 91°53' east longitudes. It is bounded by Meghalaya (state of India) on the north, Sylhet Sadar , Gowainghat and Chhatak upazilas on the south, Gowainghat upazila on the east and ...
The trend of migrating to Dhaka culminated with the millennium development activities from the eve of 2000 CE. As of 1986, an estimated 95 per cent of the Bangladeshi community in the UK originate from the Sylhet region, [9] and Jagannathpur is one of the upazilas in Sylhet which has the highest number of expatriates in the UK. [10]
Kanaighat (Bengali: কানাইঘাট) is an upazila of Sylhet Division of Bangladesh. It is the second-largest upazila (sub-district) of Sylhet District after Gowainghat Upazila. It is named after the town of Kanaighat, which is also the only municipality in the Upazila. [4]
Jaintiapur is widely recognized as a significant upazila within the Sylhet division of Bangladesh. It aptly earns its reputation as a convergence point for archaeological, ethnographic, and geological interests, steeped in ancient traditions. Jaintiapur is a historic town nestled in the scenic Jaintia hills, around 40 kilometers from Sylhet city.