2270
Gouripur
Postal code 2270 covers Gouripur, Gouripur, Mymensingh District, Dhaka Division.
- Division
- Dhaka Division
- District
- Mymensingh
- Upazila / Area
- Gouripur
- Coordinates
- 24.7597, 90.5684
About Gouripur
Gouripur (Bengali: গৌরীপুর) is an upazila located in the Mymensingh District of Bangladesh.
Demographics
According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Gouripur Upazila had 85,108 households and a population of 357,353. 10.60% of the population were under 5 years of age. Gouripur had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 68.21%: 70.23% for males and 66.33% for females, and a sex ratio of 94.01 males for 100 females. 40,601 (11.36%) lived in urban areas.
Administration
Gouripur Upazila is divided into Gouripur Municipality and ten union parishads: Achintapur, Bhangnamari, Bokainagar, Douhakhola, Gouripur, Mailakanda, Maoha, Ramgopalpur, Sahanati, and Sidhla. The union parishads are subdivided into 245 mauzas and 289 villages.
Gouripur Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 34 mahallas.
Notable people
Abdul Wahed Bokainagari, politician
AKMA Muqtadir, Independence Day Awardee ophthalmologist
Askar Ibne Shaikh Bangla Academy Literary Awardee writer
Mozibur Rahman Fakir, politician
AFM Nazmul Huda, politician
Nurul Amin Khan Pathan, politician
Jyotika Jyoti, Bangladeshi actor