Tahirpur Upazila

Tahirpur তাহিরপুর
Division	Sylhet Division
District	Sunamganj District
Government
• MP (Sunamganj-1)	Moazzem Hossain Ratan (Awami League)
Area
• Total	313.7 km^2 (121.1 sq mi)
Population
• Total	133,569
• Density	426/km^2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	BST (UTC+6)
Postal code	3030

Tahirpur (Bengali: তাহিরপুর) is an Upazila of Sunamganj District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.^[1]

Geography

Tahirpur is located at 25°05′30″N 91°10′30″E / 25.0917°N 91.1750°E . It has 21987 households and total area 313.7 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Tahirpur has a population of 133569. Males constitute 51.67% of the population, and females 48.33%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 64325. Tahirpur has an average literacy rate of 17.2% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.^[2]

Administration

Chairman : Kamruzzaman kamrul

Women Vice Chairman :

Vice Chairman : Akhonji

Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO):

Administrative

Tahirpur has 7 Unions/Wards, 131 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 234 villages.

See also

• Upazilas of Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh

References

1. Jayanta Singh Roy (2012), "Tahirpur 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.