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Kulaura Upazila

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Division
  
Sylhet Division

Time zone
  
BST (UTC+6)

Area
  
545.7 km²

District
  
Moulvibazar District

Postal code
  
3230

Local time
  
Sunday 3:14 AM

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Weather
  
19°C, Wind E at 5 km/h, 89% Humidity

Kulaura (Bengali: কুলাউড়া) is the biggest upazila (subdistrict) of the Moulvibazar District in north-eastern Bangladesh. The total area of this upazila is 545 km2. Hakaluki Haor, the largest marsh wetland in Sylhet and one of the largest in Bangladesh is partially located there.

Contents

Map of Kulaura, Bangladesh

Union Parishads

The upazila has 13 Union Parishads or UPs. They are as follow:

  • Baramchal
  • Bhatera
  • Bakshimail
  • Brahmanbazar
  • Hajipur
  • Joychandi
  • Kadirpur
  • Karmadha
  • Kulaura
  • Prithimpasha
  • Rauthgaon
  • Sharifpur
  • Tilagaon
  • Demographics

    At the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kulaura had a population of 339,673, of whom 171,346 were aged 18 or older. Males constituted 51.09% of the population and females 48.91%. Kulaura had an average literacy rate of 28.8% (7+ years) compared to the national average of 32.4%.

    References

    Kulaura Upazila Wikipedia