Shahrasti is an Upazila of Chandpur District

Chandpur District

Chandpur is a district in east-central Bangladesh. It is located at the mouth of the Meghna River. It is a part of the Chittagong Division. The town of Chandpur is terminus of a metre gauge branch of Bangladesh Railways. It also has a water terminal situated here.-Geography:Chandpur district has a...

 in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

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Geography

Shahrasti is located at 23.2222°N 90.9500°E . It has 31212 units of house hold and total area 154.31 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census

1991 Bangladesh census

In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age distribution, marital status, economically active...

, Shahrasti has a population of 180643. Males constitute are 48.59% of the population, and females 51.41%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 84718. Shahrasti has an average literacy rate of 43% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Administrative

Shahrasti has 9 Unions/Wards, 164 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 176 villages.

Chariara and Waruk are some of the larger villages in Shaharasti.
ULLASHOR , Bijoypur ,NAORA are some famous village

Economy

The main occupation is agriculture.

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