Sunamganj Sadar Upazila

Sunamganj Sadar is an Upazila of Sunamganj District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.GeographySunamganj Sadar is located at. Geographically, it is situated on the northeastern part of Bangladesh. It has 50664 households and total area 268.61 km². It is the meeting place of three different upazilas. people are comaratively rich here and love fashion. Also It is placed near the bank of surma which is the longest river of Bangladesh. River with green fields make it as a spectacular view of picture from the born of it. In a word, the nature gives her full of beauty. This area is naturally full of mineral resources like natural gas, mineral oil, raw material for industries, crops, fish and so on. "Tanguar haowr" has been included the world heritage site which has thousand species of bird, fish, reptiles and so on are living together. Every year lots of tourist, researcher, nature lover etc. come to see this place from all area in Bangladesh as well as foreigner.DemographicsBangladesh census, Sunamganj Sadar has a population of 303,153. Males constitute 51.27% of the population, and females 48.73%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 153046. Sunamganj Sadar has an average literacy rate of 23.9% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. Religions: Muslim 65%, Hindu 35%, Christian 2%, Buddhist 0.72%, and others 0.28%Based on 2001 census, the population of the upazila is approximately 367,230, with males constituting 51.32% of the population and, females 48.68% of the population (a drop of 0.5% since 1991). There are 401 villages present, with total households of 8,341, there are 236 mauzas, 14 unions, 44 mahallahs, and 9 wards. The total literacy rate for both females and males is 35.3%, an increase of 2.9% since 2001.