Mirzapur is an Upazila of Tangail District

Tangail District

Tangail is a district in central region of Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka division. The population of Tangail zilla is about 3.2 million and its surface area is 3,414.39 km². The main town of Tangail District is the district town Tangail...

 in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

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Geography

Mirzapur is located at 24.1083°N 90.0917°E . It has 61479 units of house hold and total area 373.89 km².

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census

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 age distribution, marital status, economically active...

, Mirzapur has a population of 337496. Males constitute are 50.31% of the population, and females 49.69%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 178312. Mirzapur has an average literacy rate of 32.9% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Administration

MP:Md.Akabbar Hossain, from Awami League

Chairman:Mir Enayet Hossain [monto],From Awami League

Vice Chairman: Shorkar Heetesh Chondro (Poolok), from Awami League

Woman Vice Chairman:Ms.Salma Salam [Urmi] from Awami League

Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO):Md.Mahmudul Hassan.

There are also some political leader such as: Mir Sharif mahmud, Abdur Razzak bsc, Kayem Uddin sharker, Nurul islam, etc.

Bashtail union in the center of "mirzapur upozila Awami League"

Famous organizations

The famous organizations of Mirzapur are "Kumudini Hospital"; "Varateswary Homes"; "Mirzapur Cadet College" etc. Mirzapur is the birthplace of Mr. Ronada Proshad Shaha, the founder of Kumudini Kallayan Trust.There is an ideal union in mirzapur name as "Bashtail".There is a famous school here, name as "Bashtail M M A high school".There are also a collage, a madrasha, a primary school, and many kinder garden school.Actually Bashtail is very developed in sports.The foodball team of Bashtail is the champion among the district.

The businesses of the people

The main business of the peoples is Agriculture. Rice and Jute are the main crops of this area. Other seasonal crops like mustered oil, potatoes are also grown here. The rest of the people of the upazila are related with other occupations like Business, School Teacher, Public Service, Private Service etc. Nowadays, a number of NGOs have been working in this area and many local people are linked with the activities of these NGOs.Besides,people get huge amount remittance of this area.At list one member of a family go abroad.For this reason the economical system is better of this upozila.Now a days people are changing their fortune by doing the works of agricultural.

The communication systems

Mirzapur is directly linked with the highway from Dhaka to Tangail (connected to Bangbandhu Bridge on Jamuna River). Also there is a Dual-Gauge Rail-line from Dhaka to Rajshahi and Khulna.

But the internal communication system is very poor. The roads within the upazila, connected to different unions and villages, are badly less developed. Maximum people are to come to the Upazila Head Quarter on foot or bicycles. There is no scope to run any vehicle. Especially, the road from Mirzapur to Nagarpur via Nagar Bhad Gram is in odd situation.