Joypurhat is a city in northwestern

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, near the border with

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. It is the headquarters of

Joypurhat District Joypurhat District () is a List of districts of Bangladesh, district in northern Bangladesh, and part of Rajshahi Division. Etymology Prior to the coming of the Chilahati–Parbatipur–Santahar–Darshana line, Calcutta–Jalpaiguri railway line ...

. One of the largest sugermill in Bangladesh, known as Joypurhat Sugarmills Limited and Bangladesh's only mineral and metallurgical research center known as Institute of Mining, Mineralogy and Metallurgy (IMMM), BCSIR. Joypurhat is located in Joypurhat city. The economy of Joypurhat city depends on agriculture, poultry industry, small and medium industries. The famous tourist spot Paharpur Buddha Bihar is only 13.2 km away from Joypurhat city.

Demographics

According to the 2022 Bangladesh census, Joypurhat city had a population of 84,910 and a literacy rate of 86.04%. According to the

2011 Bangladesh census In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh, which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census. Data were reco ...

, Joypurhat city had 16,843 households and a population of 69,033. 11,537 (16.71%) were under 10 years of age. Joypurhat had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 77.92%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 957 females per 1000 males. The ethnic population was 1,204 (1.74%).

References

Cities in Bangladesh {{Rajshahi-geo-stub