Gopalganj, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Gopalganj Area:   Gopalganj is a district in the Dhaka division of Bangladesh. The district has about 1.1 million inhabitants and its surface area is 1,490 km². The main city of the district is also called Gopalganj.

Gopalganj is subdivided into five sub districts (upazila/thana).

The district is the political bastion of the Awami League. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first President of Bangladesh, hailed from the village of Tungipara in the district.

Sheikh Mujib's nephew Sheikh Fazlul Haq Mani had also been elected to parliament from Gopalgonj-2 constituency. Both were assassinated on August 15, 1975.

Sheikh Mujib's daughter Sheikh Hasina Wajed, has been elected four times from Gopalgonj-3 constituency and twice Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Her cousin and Sheikh Mani's brother, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim has been elected four times from Gopalgonj-2 constituency.

Recently Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Gopalganj has constructed a web portal of the district as   under Access to Information program of the Prime Minister's Office. This has been done under the Digital Bangladesh implementation concept of the incumbent government

Religion:  Religion in Gopalganj District
Religion            Percent   
Islam                   50.4%
Hinduism             45%
Buddhism            2.5%
Christianity          2%
others                1.5%

The district of Gopalganj Gopalganj is composed 356 mosques, 359 wats or temples, 6-8 places of worship along with four tombs

Places Of interest:  Ulpur includes a past Zamindar building which is presently applied some sort of Tafsil Workplace. This may also be has all kinds of other Zamindar mansions via Mughal and also United kingdom period. Arpara includes a zamindar building of past zaminder Late Munshi Abdur Razzak Chowdhury. Country's creator Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman seemed to be set for you to sleep in his hometown Tungipara, which is a well-known vacationer attraction. Other places of Gopalganj incorporate Courtroom Mosque, Gaohor Danga Madrasa, Madhumati river, Bornir Baor and also Tangrakhola bazar.


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