Shibpur () is an

upazila An ''upazila'' ( pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative division in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a borough of Western countries. Rural upazilas ...

Narsingdi District Narsingdi District () is a district in central Bangladesh. It is located 50 km north-east of Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital. It is a part of Dhaka Division. The district is famous for its textile craft industry. Narsingdi is bordered by Kish ...

in the Division of

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Geography

Shibpur is located at . It has 65,094 households and total area 217.71 km².

Demographics

According to the

2011 Census of Bangladesh 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 r ...

, Shibpur Upazila had 65,094 households and a population of 303,813. 71,943 (23.68%) were under 10 years of age. Shibpur had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 55.73%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1047 females per 1000 males. 26,504 (8.72%) lived in urban areas. As of the

1991 Bangladesh census In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and a ...

, Shibpur has a population of 237246. Males constitute 50.77% of the population, and females 49.23%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 117487. Shibpur has an average literacy rate of 32.3% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Economy

Shibpur is a densely industrial area, and is home to many textile mills. Narsingdi gas field is located in the Shibpur upazila under Narsingdi district adjacent to the Dhaka-Sylhet highway about 45 km away of northernmost east direction from capital city of Bangladesh, Dhaka. This field was discovered by Petrobangla in 1990. Total recoverable gas reserves of this field re-estimated by Hydrocarbon Unit is 215 billion cubic feet (6.1×109 m3). Commercial gas production was started in 1996 and till 31 August 2006 total 66.304 billion cubic feet (1.8775×109 m3) or 30.84 percent of gas reserves has been recovered.

Administration

Shibpur Upazila is divided into Shibpur Municipality and nine

union parishad Union council (), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit in Bangladesh, with zila parishads (district councils) being the largest rural authori ...

s: Ayubpur, Baghabo, Chakradha, Dulalpur, Joshar, Joynagar, Masimpur, Putia, and Sadharchar. The union parishads are subdivided into 115 mauzas and 194 villages. Shibpur Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 17

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Education

* Gov. Saheed Asad College *Baghabo Union High School *Brammondi govt Primary school *Kundar para Govt Primary school *Shibpur Pilot Model High School *Shibpur Saheed Asad Collegiate Girl's High School & College *Shibpur Pilot Girls High School *

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College *

Adarsho Biddyapith *Shibpur Model Gov Primary School *Masimpur Gov. Primary School *Datter Gaon Gov. Primary School * Datter Gaon High School * Sabuj Pahar College, Shibpur * Harihardi High School & College, Shibpur * Shibpur Model College * Syed Nagar Govt. Primary School * Syed Nagar Ataur Rahman High School * Dulalpur High School *Telia Jawakandi high School * Moharpara High School *Doripura Model High School *Lakhpur Shimulia High School *Kharia High School & College *chaitainno High school *Majlishpur High School *Gashutia Govt. Primary School

Notable residents

* Rabiul Awal Kiran Khan (1940–1986), politician *

Amanullah Asaduzzaman Amanullah Mohammad Asaduzzaman (known as Asad; 10 June 1942 – 20 January 1969) was an East Pakistani student activist whose death at the hands of police during a protest on 20 January 1969 "changed the nature of the student-mass movement and& ...

(1942–1969), Language martyr, was born in Shibpur. *

References

Upazilas of Narsingdi District {{Dhaka-geo-stub