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Sylhet Division
Sylhet Division
সিলেট বিভাগ | |
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| Coordinates: 24°30′N 91°40′E / 24.500°N 91.667°E | |
| Country |  Bangladesh |
| Established | 1995 |
| Capital and largest city | Sylhet |
| Government | |
| • Divisional Commissioner | Khan Md. Reza-Un-Nabi |
| • Parliamentary constituency | Jatiya Sangsad (19 seats) |
| Area | |
| 12,298.4 km2 (4,748.4 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 334.67 m (1,098 ft) |
| Population | |
| 11,034,952 (Enumerated) | |
| • Urban | 2,065,498 |
| • Rural | 8,968,558 |
| • Metro | 532,748 |
| • Adjusted Population[3] | 11,415,113 |
| Demonym | Sylheti |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy rate | 71.92% |
| Languages | |
| • Official language | Bengali[4] |
| • Minority Languages | |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
| ISO 3166 code | BD-G |
| HDI (2019) | 0.631[11] medium |
| Notable sport teams | |
| Website | sylhetdiv |
Sylhet Division (Bengali: সিলেট বিভাগ) is the northeastern division of Bangladesh. It is bordered by the Indian states of Meghalaya, Assam and Tripura to the north, east and south respectively, and by the divisions of Chittagong to the southwest and Dhaka and Mymensingh to the west.
Prior to the Partition in 1947, it included Karimganj subdivision (presently in Barak Valley, Assam, India). However, Karimganj (including the thanas of Badarpur, Patharkandi and Ratabari) was inexplicably severed from Sylhet by the Radcliffe Boundary Commission. According to Niharranjan Ray, it was partly due to a plea from a delegation led by Abdul Matlib Mazumdar.[12]
- ^ "Judiciary Sylhet Metropolitan".. বিচার বিভাগ সিলেট মহানগর. Retrieved 20 December 2024
- ^ "Kala Pahar (The Highest peak of Greater Sylhet and Northern Bangladesh)". Wikiloc | Trails of the World. Archived from the original on 5 June 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ a b c d e National Report (PDF). Population and Housing Census 2022. Vol. 1. Dhaka: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. November 2023. p. 386. ISBN 978-9844752016.
- ^ "The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh". Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ বিলুপ্তির পথে হাজং ভাষাবৈচিত্র্য. Janakantha. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
দেশের উত্তর-পূর্বাঞ্চলের নেত্রকোনা, ময়মনসিংহ, শেরপুর, সুনামগঞ্জ ও সিলেটের আংশিক এলাকার ১০৮টি গ্রামে হাজং সম্প্রদায়ের বসবাস।
- ^ Mintu Deshwara, Pinaki Roy (21 February 2021). "The last of the Kharia speakers". Retrieved 2 January 2024.
After our death, nobody will speak this language [Kharia]. I tried to teach the language to the younger people but they do not show interest and laugh at me when I speak in Kharia.
- ^ নিজস্ব প্রতিবেদক (11 February 2023). খাসি ভাষা ধরে রাখার চেষ্টায় বিদ্যালয় চালু. Prothom Alo. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ নিজস্ব প্রতিবেদক (11 December 2023). "বিপন্ন 'কুরুখ' ভাষা রক্ষায় নতুন উদ্যোগ". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ Jengcham, Subhas (2012). "Bonaz". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
- ^ "Bangladesh". Ethnologue. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ Ray, Niharranjan (1 January 1980). Bangalir itihas (in Bengali). Paschimbanga Samiti. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
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