Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila

Lakshmipur or Laxmipur Sadar (Bengali: লক্ষ্মীপুর সদর) is an upazila of Lakshmipur District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Lakshmipur / Laxmipur

লক্ষ্মীপুর সদর
Upazila
Lakshmipur / Laxmipur
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 22°57′N 90°49.5′E
Country Bangladesh
DivisionChittagong Division
DistrictLakshmipur District
Area
 • Total514.78 km2 (198.76 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total684,425[1]
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Chowpalli
3707
WebsiteOfficial Map of Lakshmipur Sadar

Geography

Lakshmipur Sadar is located at 22.9500°N 90.8250°E / 22.9500; 90.8250. It has 95,664 households and total area 514.78 km2.Most of the land in Lakshmipur district is river bed or isles sedimented from the river or the Bay of Bengal, the names of different areas of the district are named adding suffixes like ‘Chor’, ‘Dee’, ‘Di’, ‘Dia’- meaning river bed.[2]

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Lakshmipur Sadar has a population of 525188. Males constitute 50.27% of the population, and females 49.73%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 244605. Lakshmipur Sadar has an average literacy rate of 37.8% (7+ years). National average of 32.4% literate.[3]

Kazi Nazrul Islam visited Lakshmipur Sadar in 1927.[4]

Administration

Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila is divided into Lakshmipur Municipality and 19 union parishads: Bangakha, Basikpur, Bhabaniganj, Chandraganj, Char Ruhita, Charramani Mohan, Charsai, Dakshin Hamchadi, Dalal Bazar, Datta Para, Dighali দিঘলী, Hajir Para, Kushakhali, Laharkandi, Mandari মান্দারী, Parbati Nagar, Shak Char, Uttar Hamchadi, and Uttar Joypur. The union parishads are subdivided into 226 mauzas and 258 villages.[5]

Lakshmipur Municipality was established in 1976.[4] It is subdivided into 12 wards and 22 mahallas.[5]

Transport
  • Moju Chowdhury Hat, transport hub
  • Z1405 Lakshmipur-Ramgoti Road
  • Z1432 Mandari-Dasher Hat- Maijdee Road
  • N809 Lakshmipur-Bhola-Barisal Road
  • Z1422 Lakshmipur-Ramgonj Road
  • R140 Lakshmipur-Noakhali-Chandpur Road

Education
  • Abirnagar Mahmudia Madrasha
  • Dattapara Ram Raton Bhohumukhi Adorsha High School
  • Palerhat Public High School
  • Bangakhan High School
  • Bhabanigonj College
  • Bhabanigonj M.L. High School
  • Bijoy Nagar High School
  • Dalal Bazar Degree College
  • Dalal Bazar Fatema Girls High School
  • Dalal Bazar N.K High School
  • Dattapara Degree College
  • Dighali High School
  • Hazir Hat Millat Academi
  • Janata Degree college
  • Khaguria High School
  • Lakshmipur Adarsha Samad Government High School
  • Lakshmipur Collegiate High School
  • Lakshmipur Government College
  • Lakshmipur Government Girl's High School
  • Lakshmipur Government Women College
  • Lakshmipur Private Polytechnic Institute(LPPI)
  • Mandari Bohumukhi High School
  • Pal Para D M High School
  • Panpara High School, Ramgonj
  • Principle Kazi Faruki School & College
  • Protap Gonj High School, Chandragonj, Lakshmipur
  • Radhapur High School
  • Rampur High School
  • Rawshan Jahan Eastern Medical College & Hospital, South Maguri, Dattapara
  • Rupa Chara sofi ullah High School
  • Titer kandi Bhuyanerhat Fazil Madrasha
  • Munshirhat S M High School
  • Dattapara Girls' High School
  • Poura Shahid Smrity Academy High School. Shahapur 1 no word, Lakshmipur poura shova.
  • Avinash Adrsha High School,South Tumchor,Ramgoti
  • Gopalpur Dharika High School

Religious institutions

Mosques 731, temples 3, churches 1, dargahs 1, tombs 3. Noted religious institutions:

  • Shahapur Yousuf Munshi Jameh Masjid, 1 No word Lakshmipur poura shova.
  • Majupur Matka Mosque,
  • South Shanki Bhanga Jameh Masjid,
  • Tita Khan Mosque, Syedpur Jami Mosque,
  • Madhu Banu Mosque,
  • Shree Shree Govinda Mahaprovu Jeu Akhra,
  • Joseph Church,
  • Lakshmi Narayan Baishnab Math.
  • Dattapara Kalimata Debottor Mohongonj Asrom
  • Sree Sree Sottonarayon Seba Mondir ,Bottoli Bordhon Bari
  • Sree Sree Sottonarayon Seba Mondir,ChowdhuryBari,Dattapara

NGO
  • BRAC
  • ASA
  • COAST, Lakshmipur
  • VOICE
  • SHDO
  • CWDA
  • SWDA
  • TWSDA
  • SURGE
  • FRIENDSHIP
  • SOPIRET

Newspapers and periodicals

Online newspaper
  • www.raipurnews24.com (2016)
  • www.lakshmipur24.com (2012)

Daily
  • Lakshmipur Kantha (1995)
  • Al-Chist (1995)
  • Malancha,
  • Rob,

Weekly
  • Natun Samaj (Natun Desh, 1973)
  • Elan (1982)
  • Natun Path (1987)
  • Damama (1992)

♦Bortoman Laxmipur (2012)

Monthly
  • Lakshmipur Barta (1989)
  • Bangla Awaj (2000)
  • Unnoyan Barta (2012) NGO Based

Defunct newspapers and periodicals
  • Mukti Bani (1928)
  • weekly Ganamukh (1973)
  • Chetana (1969)
  • weekly Ananda Akash (1995)
  • Prachchhad (1984)
  • Chhayapath
  • Kabita Barta

See also

References
  2. "Beauty of Lakshmipur". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  3. "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
  4. Nazimuddin Mahmud (2012). "Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila". In Sadequr Rahman Jewell (ed.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  5. "District Statistics 2011: Lakshmipur" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
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