Lakshmipur District
District of Bangladesh in Chittagong Division From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lakshmipur (Bengali: লক্ষ্মীপুর, also spelt Laxmipur, pronounced lok-khi-pur) is a district in Bangladesh with an area of 1,440 km2. It is bordered by Chandpur to the north, Bhola and Noakhali districts to the south, Noakhali to the east, and Barisal and Bhola districts to the west. Lakshmipur was part of Noakhali until 15 February 1984, when the western part of Noakhali was reorganised from Lakshmipur subdivision into Lakshmipur district to improve administrative efficiency.[3]
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Lakshmipur
লক্ষ্মীপুর | |
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     Road from Dhaka to Lakshmipur, Tita Khan Jame Masjid, Dam near Moju Chowdhury Hat, Meghna River at Haidergang Ghat, Sunset at Char Alexander | |
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 Expandable map of Lakshmipur District | |
| Coordinates: 22.9500°N 90.8250°E | |
| Country |  Bangladesh |
| Division | Chittagong Division |
| Subdivision | 1979 |
| District | 15 February 1984 (split from Noakhali) |
| Headquarters | Lakshmipur |
| Government | |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Muhammad Anwar Husayn Akand |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,440.39 km2 (556.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2022 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,937,948 |
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,500/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Lakshmipuri, Laxmipuri |
| Time zone | UTC+06:00 (BST) |
| Postal code | 3700 |
| HDI (2018) | 0.596[2] medium · 11th of 21 |
| Website | www |
The district of Lakshmipur consists of four municipalities, 58 union parishads, 514 villages, 3,539 mosques, 45 temples, and one church.[4]
The upazilas or subdivisions under this district are:[5]
Police stations
There are six police stations in Lakshmipur.
- Lakshmipur Model Thana
- Ramganj Thana
- Raipur Thana
- Ramgati Thana
- Kamalnagar Thana
- Chandragonj Thana
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.[1]
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,[6] but increased to 62,000 in 2022.[1]
- 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
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- Mohammad Mohammadullah, 3rd President of Bangladesh[7]
- Nishat Majumdar, first Bangladeshi woman to climb Mount Everest[8]
- Abdul Matin Chowdhury, 14th vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka[9]
- 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
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