Sylhet District

Sylhet সিলেট
District
Location of Sylhet in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 24°53′N 91°52′ECoordinates: 24°53′N 91°52′E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Sylhet Division
Established	1782
Area[1]
• Total	3,490.40 km2 (1,347.65 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	2,675,346
• Density	770/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Literacy rate
• Total	46%
Time zone	BST (UTC+6)
• Summer (DST)	BDST (UTC+7)
Postal code	3100
Website	http://www.dcsylhet.gov.bd/

Sylhet (Bengali: সিলেট জেলা, Sylhet Jela also Sylhet Zila) is located in north-east Bangladesh, it is one of the four districts in the Sylhet Division.

Contents

• 1 Geography
• 2 Subdivisions
• 3 History
• 4 Religion
• 5 See also
• 6 References

Geography

Sylhet is the chief town of the division where the division headquarters as well as Sylhet district headquarters are located.

Subdivisions

Sylhet District is divided into twelve sub-districts or Upazilas.
They are:

• Sylhet Sadar
• Beanibazar
• Bishwanath
• Dakshin Surma Upazila
• Balaganj
• Companiganj
• Fenchuganj
• Golapganj
• Gowainghat
• Jaintiapur
• Kanaighat
• Zakiganj
• Nobigonj

History

Sylhet district was established on 3 January 1782, and until 1878 it was part of Bengal province. In that year, Sylhet was included in the newly created Assam province, and it remained as part of Assam up to 1947 (except during the brief break-up of Bengal province in 1905–11). In 1947, Sylhet became a part of East Pakistan as a result of a referendum (except the sub-division of Karimganj.) Sylhet subsequently became a sub-division of Sylhet Division and was converted into a district in 1983–84.

Madhobkundo falls in Sylhet district

Rice fields in Balaganj, Sylhet

Religion

Shahi Eidgah in Sylhet is one of the oldest and largest Eidgahs in Bangladesh and a popular tourist spot

The Majority of people follow Islam as a religion. More than 80% of people are Muslim. Hinduism is the second largest religion in this country. A table showing total number of followers:^[1]

Religion	Population	Percentage
Islam	2,365,728	83.57%
Hinduism	486,565	17.30%
Christian	1,831	0.07%
Other	1,090	0.045%

It is the second box of religion:

Religion in Sylhet District
Religion			Percent
Islam			83.57%
Hinduism			17.30%
Christianity			0.07%
others			0.045%

The district of Sylhet consists 6754 mosques, 453 temples, 96 churches and four Buddhist temples.