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Chunarughat Upazila

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Country
  
Bangladesh

District
  
Habiganj District

Area
  
495.5 km²

Division
  
Sylhet Division

Time zone
  
BST (UTC+6)


Website
  
Official Map of Chunarughat

Chunarughat upazila digital fair internet week 2015


Chunarughat (Bengali: চুনারুঘাট) is an Upazila of Habiganj District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.

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Geography

Chunarughat is located at 24.2083°N 91.5222°E / 24.2083; 91.5222 . It has 43660 households and total area 495.52 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Chunarughat has a population of 233752. Males constitute 50.2% of the population, and females 49.8%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 119571. Chunarughat has an average literacy rate of 49.2% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Administration

Chunarughat has one Pourosova & 10 Unions/Wards, 165 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 377 villages.

Notable people

  • Sipahsalar Syed Nasiruddin, a dervish and Islamic preacher
  • Syed Shāh Said Ahammad Chiśtī (Murarband Darbar Sharif), Pir Shaheb and spiritual poet.
  • Rizwana Hasan, attorney and environmentalist
  • Mr. Shafiqual Haque Choudhury, Founder and President of ASA Bangladesh and a former adviser to the care taker government of Bangladesh in the year 2006.

    • Archaeological heritage

  • Murarbandar Dargah Sharif, Chunarughat.
  • Hoojra Khana of Syed Nasir Uddin, Murarbandar Dargah Sharif, Chunarughat.

    • References

    Chunarughat Upazila Wikipedia
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