Gazipur District (Bengali: গাজীপুর জেলা) is a district of Dhaka Division in Bangladesh. It has an area of 1741.53 km2.Gazipur (Town) has 9 wards and 31 mahallas. The area of the town is 49.32 km2. The town's population is 123,531; male 52.52%, female 47.48%; density is 2,505 per km2. Establishments such as Islamic University of Technology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, and others are located here.
Notable Peoples:
Gazipur District was established in 1984. It has 1 city corporation, 5 upazilas, 40 union Union Parishads, 710 mouzas, 3 municipalities and 1163 villages.
Gazipur District is divided into the following upazilas:
City Corporation:
There are two masters level colleges in the district: Bhawal Badre Alam Government College and Tongi Government College.
There are 19 degree colleges in the district. Honors level colleges include: Kaliakair Degree College, Jatir Pita Bangabandhu Degree College, Kaligonj Sramik College, Kapasia Degree College (founded in 1965), and Kazi Azim Uddin College. According to Banglapedia, Sreepur University College, founded in 1968, is a notable pass level one.
Notable higher secondary schools include: Vasha Shaheed Abdul Jabber Ansar V.D.P. School and college, M. E. H. Arif College, Taraganj H. N. Higher Secondary School (founded in 1919), and Tongi Pilot School & Girls' College.
According to Banglapedia, Rani Bilasmoni Government Boys' High School (1905),Bhringoraj Talebabad High School, founded in 1928, Kaliganj R.R.N. Pilot Government High School (1889), Kaoraid Kali Narayan High School (1929), and Saint Nicholas High School (1920) are notable secondary schools.
The madrasa education system includes 26 fazil and 3 kamil madrasas.
- Tajuddin Ahmad, First Prime Minister of Bangladesh
- Lion Gani Miah Babul, Senior Journalist, Chairman - Jatiya Sangbadik Sangstha, Founding Adviser Gazipur zilla reporters club, Central President Bangabandhu Gabeshona Parishad.
Gazipur District was established in 1984. It has 1 city corporation, 5 upazilas, 40 union Union Parishads, 710 mouzas, 3 municipalities and 1163 villages.
Gazipur District is divided into the following upazilas:
- Gazipurs All Sub-Districts
- Gazipur Sadar Upazila
- Kaliakair Upazila
- Kapasia Upazila
- Sreepur Upazila
- Kaliganj Upazila
City Corporation:
- Gazipur City Corporation
There are two masters level colleges in the district: Bhawal Badre Alam Government College and Tongi Government College.
There are 19 degree colleges in the district. Honors level colleges include: Kaliakair Degree College, Jatir Pita Bangabandhu Degree College, Kaligonj Sramik College, Kapasia Degree College (founded in 1965), and Kazi Azim Uddin College. According to Banglapedia, Sreepur University College, founded in 1968, is a notable pass level one.
Notable higher secondary schools include: Vasha Shaheed Abdul Jabber Ansar V.D.P. School and college, M. E. H. Arif College, Taraganj H. N. Higher Secondary School (founded in 1919), and Tongi Pilot School & Girls' College.
According to Banglapedia, Rani Bilasmoni Government Boys' High School (1905),Bhringoraj Talebabad High School, founded in 1928, Kaliganj R.R.N. Pilot Government High School (1889), Kaoraid Kali Narayan High School (1929), and Saint Nicholas High School (1920) are notable secondary schools.
The madrasa education system includes 26 fazil and 3 kamil madrasas.
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