Mirzapur Upazila
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Mirzapur মির্জাপুর |
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| Upazila | |
 Mirzapur
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| Coordinates: 24°6.5′N 90°5.5′E / 24.1083°N 90.0917°ECoordinates: 24°6.5′N 90°5.5′E / 24.1083°N 90.0917°E | |
| Country |
 Bangladesh
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| Division | Dhaka Division |
| District | Tangail District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 373.89 km2 (144.36 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 407,781 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | BST (UTC+6) |
| Website | Official map of Mirzapur |
Mirzapur (Bengali: মির্জাপুর) is an upazila of Tangail District in the division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Mirzapur is located at 24°06′30″N 90°05′30″E / 24.1083°N 90.0917°E. It has 61479 households and a total area of 373.89 km².
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Mirzapur has a population of 337,496. Males constitute 50.31% of the population, and females 49.69%. The number of adults is 178312. Mirzapur has an average literacy rate of 32.9% (7+ years), as compared to the national average of 32.4% literacy.
The main business of the people is agriculture. Rice and jute are the main crops of this area. Other seasonal crops like mustard oil and potatoes are also grown here. The rest of the people of the upazila have other occupations in fields including business, teaching, public service, and private service. Recently, a number of NGOs have been working in this area and many local people are linked with the activities of these NGOs. In addition, people from this area receive a large amount of remittance from abroad. Often, at least one member of each family goes abroad. For this reason the economical system is better in this upazila than in other areas. Nowadays people are changing their fortune by doing the works of agriculture.
Mirzapur Upazila has 1 municipality(Mirzapur), 14 unions, 207 mauzas/mahallas, and 219 villages.
The union parishads are:
There are also some political leaders such as Fazlur Rahman Farukh(Ex MP), Eng. Mridha Nazrul Islam, Sadek Ahmed Khan, Syed Majibar Rahman Peshuary, Mir Sharif mahmud, Abdur Razzak bsc, Kayem Uddin Sharker, Sharful Islam Rasail (Shilpopoty), and Engg. Md. Harun Orrashid.
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