Anwara Upazila


Anwara, also written Anowara, is an Upazila of Chittagong District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Geography

Anwara is located at . It has 38,008 households and a total area of 164.13 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Anwara has a population of 2132468543525. Males constitute 50.99% of the population, and females 49.01%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 107408. Anwara has an average literacy rate of 30.6%, and the national average of 32.4% literate. It has lot of rich men who were born there and almost all of them live in the city of Chittagong.

Administration

Anwara has 11 Unions, 85 Mauzas, and 78 villages.
Chairman : Towhidul Hoq Chowdhury
Woman Vice Chairman : Morium Begum
Vice Chairman :Mrinal kanti dhor
Upazila Nirbahi Officer : Sheikh Jobaer Ahmed

Members of ninth and tenth Parliament (2009 -2014 &; 2014- )

Chittagong-12 Seat 289: Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Zabed, , Director of United Commercial Bank Limited. He was elected as member of the parliament after his father's who died on Nov 4, 2012.