Lakshmipur District

Lakshmipur (Bengali: লক্ষ্মীপুর, romanized: Lokkhipur, also spelt Laxmipur, with an area of 1455.96 km², is a district of Bangladesh. It is bordered by Chandpur District to the north, Bhola and Noakhali districts to the south, Noakhali District to the east, and Barisal and Bhola districts to the west.

Lakshmipur লক্ষ্মীপুর
District
Expandable map of Lakshmipur District
Coordinates: 22.9500°N 90.8250°E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Chittagong Division
Government
• Deputy Commissioner	Muhammad Anwar Husayn Akand
Area
• Total	1,440.39 km^2 (556.14 sq mi)
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	1,729,188
• Density	1,200/km^2 (3,100/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Lakshmipuri, Laxmipuri
Literacy rate
• Total	62.26%[1]
Time zone	UTC+06:00 (BST)
Postal code	3700
HDI (2018)	0.596[2] medium · 11th of 21
Website	www.lakshmipur.gov.bd

Dayra Sharif in Shyampur

Administration

The district of Lakshmipur consists of 4 municipalities, 58 union parishads, 514 villages, 3539 mosques, 45 temples, and 1 church.[1]

The upazilas under this district are:[3]

• Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila
• Ramganj Upazila
• Raipur Upazila
• Ramgati Upazila
• Kamalnagar Upazila

A Road to Dhaka from Lakshmipur at dawn

Education

• Lakshmipur Adarsha Samad Government High School
• Toomchar Islamia Kamil Madrasah,Sadar
• Panpara high School,Ramgonj
• Sreerampur High School,Ramgonj
• Dattapara Ram Ratan Model High School

Notable people

• Abdul Mannan, MP for Lakshmipur-4
• Abdul Matin Chowdhury, 14th Vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka
• Abul Khair Bhuiyan, former MP for Lakshmipur-2
• A.K.M. Shahjahan Kamal, former Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism
• A. N. M Momtaz Uddin Choudhury, first vice-chancellor of Islamic University, Bangladesh
• 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 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 Mohammadullah, 3rd President of Bangladesh
• Mohammad Noman, Jatiya Party politician
• Mohammad Shahid Islam, MP for Lakshmipur-2
• Mohammad Toaha, activist of 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

• Riman Zahir Chowdhury—Pilot
• Dr. A. S. M. Maksud Kamal, Pro-VC(Education), University of Dhaka
• Shafiul Bari Babu, Former President Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal, Former, general secretary of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, A former student of Dhaka University's Marketing Department, ([4] 1969-2020)

References

1. লক্ষ্মীপুর জেলা তথ্য বাতায়নে আপনাকে স্বাগতম (in Bengali). Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Lakshmipur. Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
2. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
3. 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. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
4. https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2020/07/28/swechchhasebak-dal-president-shafiul-bari-babu-dies