[4] As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Anwara upazila had 49,966 households and a population of 259,022.

It has lot of rich men who were born there and almost all of them live in the city of Chittagong.

[8] Anwara Upazila is divided into 11 union parishads: Anowara, Bairag, Barakhain, Barasat, Burumchhara, Battali, Chatari, Haildhar, Juidandi, Paraikora, and Roypur.

[9] Chairman : Vacant Member : Vacant Woman Vice Chairman : Vacant Vice Chairman : Vacant Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) : Sheikh Jobaer Ahmed[10] Chittagong-12 (Anwara Upazila) Seat 289: Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Zabed, [from Awami League], Director of United Commercial Bank Limited (UCBL).

He was elected as member of the parliament after his father's (Aktaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu, a Presidium member of Bangladesh Awami League) who died on Nov 4, 2012.