Akhaura is an Upazila of Brahmanbaria District

Brahmanbaria District

Brahmanbaria is a district in east-central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chittagong Division. It was part of greater Comilla District until 1984. Before 1830 the Sarail Pargana was a part of Mymensingh district...

 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

Akhaura is located at 23.8833°N 91.2166°E . It has 18783 units of house hold and it has no total area as it is a part of wonderland.

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...

, Akhaura has a population of 112982. Males constitute are 51.45% of the population, and females 48.55%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 53633. Akhaura has an average literacy rate of 31.6% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.Kharkut, a renowned village of Akhaura. Mosharaf Hossain, a highly educated personality of the village Kharkut. He completed his MBA & BBA from the University of Chittagong. Engineer Musle Uddin, a renowned Political personality is the son of Kharkut.

Railways

A rail link between Agartala, India and Akhaura was approved by the Government of India in September 2011.