Laksmipur
Administration
The district of Lakshmipur consists of four municipalities, 58 union parishads, 514 villages, 3,539 mosques, 45 temples, and one church.
The upazilas or subdivisions under this district are:
Police stations
There are six police stations in Lakshmipur.
- Lakshmipur Model Thana
- Ramganj Thana
- Raipur Thana
- Ramgati Thana
- Kamalnagar Thana
- Chandragonj Thana
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1974 | 966,785 | — |
1981 | 1,120,260 | +2.13% |
1991 | 1,312,337 | +1.60% |
2001 | 1,489,901 | +1.28% |
2011 | 1,729,188 | +1.50% |
2022 | 1,937,948 | +1.04% |
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According to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, Lakshmipur District had 459,344 households and a population of 1,937,948. Of these, 431,467 (22.26%) were under 10 years of age. The population density was 1,345 people per km². The literacy rate (age 7 and over) in Lakshmipur was 73.98%, compared to the national average of 74.80%, and the sex ratio was 1,122 females per 1,000 males. Approximately 24.90% of the population lived in urban areas.
As of the 2011 census, 96.55% of the population were Muslims and 3.44% were Hindus. The Hindu population decreased slightly from 63,000 in 1981 to 59,000 in 2011, but increased to 62,000 in 2022.
Education
- Ababil National Ideal School, Haidergonj, Raipur, Lakshmipur
- Ramgonj Government College
- Farid Ahmed Bhuiyan Academy, Ramgonj
- Ziaul Hoque High School and College, Ramgonj
- Ramgonj Model University College
- Panpara High School and College, Ramgonj
- Dalta Model College, Ramgonj
- Ramgonj Pilot's Girls School
- Ramgonj High School
- Ramgonj M.U. Government School
- Ramgonj Residential School and College
- Batra High School, Ramgonj
- Paniwala High School, Ramgonj
- Nagmud Bazar High School, Ramgonj
- Ramgonj Alia Madrasa
- Al-Amin Madrasa, Ramgonj
- Ramgonj Mahammadiya Complex Madrasa
- Lakshmipur Aliya Madrasa
- Abirnogor Mahmudia Dakhil Madrasha
- Raipur Alia Madrasa
- Bhawaniganj Karamatia Senior Madrasa, founded in 1904
- Mandari ML High School
- Protapgonj High School, Chandraganj
- Lakshmipur Government Girls' High School
- Lakshmipur Government College
- Lakshmipur Government Women's College
- Lakshmipur Adarsha Samad Government High School
- Dighali High School
- Rupachara Shafiullah High School
- Charshahi Islamia Alim Madrasa, founded in 1920
- Toomchar Islamia Kamil Madrasah, Sadar
- Dalal Bazar N.K. High School, Dalal Bazar
- Hazir Hat Millat Government School
- Udayan Adarsha High School
- Fatehpur JU Fajil Madrasa
- Raipur LM Pilot High School
- Raipur Government College
- Raipur Merchants Academy
- Raipur Pilot Girls' High School
- Principal Kazi Faruky School & College, West Rakhalia, Raipur
- Raipur Rustam Ali Degree College
- Raipur Mohila College
Notable people
This article's list of residents may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (December 2022) |
- Mohammad Mohammadullah, 3rd President of Bangladesh
- Nishat Majumdar, first Bangladeshi woman to climb Mount Everest
- Abdul Matin Chowdhury, 14th vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka
- A. N. M. Momtaz Uddin Choudhury, first vice-chancellor of Islamic University, Bangladesh
- Abdul Mannan, MP for Lakshmipur-4
- Abul Khair Bhuiyan, former MP for Lakshmipur-2
- A.K.M. Shahjahan Kamal, former Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism
- A. N. M. Shamsul Islam, former MP for Lakshmipur-1
- A. S. M. Abdur Rab, politician and founder of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD
- Chowdhury Khurshid Alam, former MP for Lakshmipur-2
- Gholam Sarwar Husseini, politician and former Pir of Dayra Sharif, Shyampur
- Hafezzi Huzur, founder of the Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan
- Harunur Rashid, former MP for Lakshmipur-2
- Husne Ara Shahed, author and writer
- Khairul Enam, former MP for Lakshmipur-3
- M. A. Awal, former MP for Lakshmipur-1
- Mohammad Noman, Jatiya Party politician
- Mohammad Shahid Islam, MP for Lakshmipur-2
- Mohammad Toaha, activist in the Bengali Language Movement and politician
- M. M. Ruhul Amin, 16th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
- Muhammad Abdullah, academic
- Nazim Uddin Ahmed, former MP for Lakshmipur-1
- Selina Parvin, journalist and poet
- Shahiduddin Chowdhury Annie, former MP for Lakshmipur-3
- S. I. M. Nurunnabi Khan, writer and freedom fighter
- Syed Abul Kalam Azad, former treasurer of the University of Dhaka
- Tofail Ahmed, folk researcher
- Tufail Mohammad, Punjabi military officer and second recipient of the Nishan-e-Haider
- Ziaul Haque Zia, former MP for Lakshmipur-1
References
- ^ Population and Housing Census 2022 National Report (PDF). Vol. 1. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. November 2023. pp. 149–151, 179–181, 191–192, 407.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ "Lakshmipur District". Banglapedia. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
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- ^ Md. Shajahan (2012). "Lakshmipur District". In Islam, Sirajul; 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 12 September 2024.
- ^ "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Lakshmipur" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
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External links
- Media related to Lakshmipur District at Wikimedia Commons
- Lakshmipur District travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Works related to Lakshmipur District at Wikisource
- official website LPDC