Mirzapur Upazila

Mirzapur
িমর্জাপুর
—  Upazila  —
Mirzapur
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates:
Country  Bangladesh
Division Dhaka Division
District Tangail District
Area
 • Total 373.89 km2 (144.4 sq mi)
Population (1991)
 • Total 337,496
 • Density 903/km2 (2,338.8/sq mi)
Time zone BST (UTC+6)
Website Official Map of Mirzapur

Mirzapur (Bengali: মির্জাপুর) is an Upazila of Tangail District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Geography

Mirzapur is located at . It has 61479 units of house hold and total area 373.89 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Mirzapur has a population of 337496. Males constitute are 50.31% of the population, and females 49.69%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 178312. Mirzapur has an average literacy rate of 32.9% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[1]

Administration

MP: Md. Akabbar Hossain, from Awami League

'Chairman:Mir Enayet Hossain [monto],From Awami League

Vice Chairman: Shorkar Heetesh Chondro (Poolok), from Awami League

Woman Vice Chairman:Ms.Salma Salam [Urmi] from Awami League

Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO): Md.Mahmudul Hassan.

There are also some political leader such as: Mir Sharif mahmud, Abdur Razzak bsc, Kayem Uddin sharker, Nurul islam, etc.

Bashtail union in the center of "Mirzapur Upozila Awami League"

Administrative

Mirzapur has 13 Unions/Wards, 207 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 219 villages.

Famous organizations

The famous organizations of Mirzapur are "Kumudini Hospital"; "Varateswary Homes"; "Mirzapur Cadet College" etc. Mirzapur is the birthplace of Mr. Ronada Proshad Shaha, the founder of Kumudini Kallayan Trust.There is an ideal union in mirzapur name as "Bashtail".There is a famous school here, name as "Bashtail M M A high school".There are also a collage, a madrasha, a primary school, and many kinder garden school.Actually Bashtail is very developed in sports.The foodball team of Bashtail is the champion among the district.

The businesses of the people

The main business of the peoples is Agriculture. Rice and Jute are the main crops of this area. Other seasonal crops like mustered oil, potatoes are also grown here. The rest of the people of the upazila are related with other occupations like Business, School Teacher, Public Service, Private Service etc. Nowadays, a number of NGOs have been working in this area and many local people are linked with the activities of these NGOs.Besides,people get huge amount remittance of this area.At list one member of a family go abroad.For this reason the economical system is better of this upozila.Now a days people are changing their fortune by doing the works of agricultural.

The communication systems

Mirzapur is directly linked with the highway from Dhaka to Tangail (connected to Bangbandhu Bridge on Jamuna River). Also there is a Dual-Gauge Rail-line from Dhaka to Rajshahi and Khulna.

But the internal communication system is very poor. The roads within the upazila, connected to different unions and villages, are badly less developed. Maximum people are to come to the Upazila Head Quarter on foot or bicycles. There is no scope to run any vehicle. Especially, the road from Mirzapur to Nagarpur via Nagar Bhad Gram is in odd situation.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS.". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm. Retrieved November 10, 2006.