Joara Union

Joara Union
জোয়ারা ইউনিয়ন
Joara Union
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 22°13.5′N 92°0.5′E / 22.2250°N 92.0083°E / 22.2250; 92.0083
Country Bangladesh
DivisionChittagong Division
DistrictChittagong District
UpazilasChandanaish Upazila
Government
 • ChairmanVacant
Area
 • Total
6.68 km2 (2.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
10,381
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Postal code
4380[1]
Websitejoaraup.chittagong.gov.bd

Joara Union (Bengali: জোয়ারা ইউনিয়ন) is a union, the smallest administrative body of Bangladesh, located in Chandanaish Upazila, Chittagong District, Bangladesh.[2] The total population is 10,381.[3]

Area

The area of Joara Union is 1,653 acres (6.68 square kilometers).[4][3]

Demographics

According to the 2011 Bangladeshi census, Joara Union had a population of 10,381, of which 5,366 were males and 5,015 were females. The total number of households was 2,013.[4][3]

Geography

Joara Union is located in the northwestern part of Chandanaish Upazila, approximately 1.5 kilometres from the upazila headquarters. It is bordered on the east by Kanchanabad Union, on the south by Chandanaish Municipality, on the west by Barkal Union and Sobhandandi Union of Patiya Upazila, and on the north by Kanchanabad Union and Sobhandandi Union of Patiya Upazila.

Administration

Joara Union is the 2nd Union Parishad under Chandanaish Upazila. The administrative activities of this union fall under the jurisdiction of Chandanaiish Thana. It is part of Chittagong-14 (Constituency 291) of the National Parliament of Bangladesh.

Education

According to the 2011 Bangladeshi census, Joara Union had a literacy rate of 63.8%.[4][3]

References

  1. ^ "Bangladesh Postal Code". Dhaka: Bangladesh Postal Department under the Department of Posts and Telecommunications of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. 20 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Union Parishad List". Local Government Engineering Department. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d Momtaz, Ahmed. "Chandanaish Upazila". Banglapedia. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  4. ^ a b c "National data on union statistics" (PDF). web.archive.org. Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)