Sandwip Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Sandwip
locator_position = right
latd = 22.4833
longd = 91.4417
division_name = Chittagong Division
district = Chittagong District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 272,179
population_density = 357
area_total = 762.42
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/chittagong/Sandwip.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Sandwip
footnotes =

Sandwip ( _bn. সন্দ্বীপ) is an Upazila of Chittagong District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Geography

Sandwip is located at coord|22.4833|N|91.4417|E| . It has 45389 units of house hold and total area 762.42 km².

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Sandwip has a population of 272,179. Males constitute are 49.68% of the population, and females 50.32%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 122,499. Sandwip has an average literacy rate of 45% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. cite web | accessdate = November 10 | accessyear = 2006 | url = http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archivedate = 2005-03-27 | title = Population Census Wing, BBS.]

Administrative

Sandwip has 15 Unions/Wards, 62 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 34 villages.

ee also

*Upazilas of Bangladesh
*Districts of Bangladesh
*Divisions of Bangladesh

References