Jaipurhat District

Joypurhat জয়পুরহাট
District
Coordinates: 25.10°N 89.10°ECoordinates: 25.10°N 89.10°E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Rajshahi Division
Area
• Total	965.44 km2 (372.76 sq mi)
Population (1991)
• Total	844,818
• Density	880/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Literacy rate
• Total	60.29%
Time zone	BST (UTC+6)
• Summer (DST)	BDST (UTC+7)
Website	Banglapedia Article

Joypurhat (Bengali: জয়পুরহাট জেলা, Joypurhat Jela also Joypurhat Zila) is a district in Northern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Rajshahi Division.

Contents

• 1 Subdivisions
• 2 Administration
• 3 Economy
• 4 Education
• 5 Parliament seats
• 6 Religion
• 7 Places of interest
• 8 See also
• 9 References

Subdivisions

Joypurhat has 5 subdivisions (upazillas):

1. Akkelpur
2. Joypurhat
3. Kalai
4. Khetlal
5. Panchbibi

Administration

Deputy Commissioner (DC): Ashoke Kumar Biswas
Administrator of Zila Porishod: S M Solaiman Ali ^[1]

Economy

Jaipurhat's economy is mainly based on seasonal crops like Potato, Onions etc. It also produces a huge amount of sugarcane and it holds the country's largest sugar-mill.

Education

The Second Girls Cadet College of Bangladesh is situated in Jaipurhat since 2005.
"Bina Pani Sarkar", the pride of Joypurhat giving the educational support for the lowest privileged children by her own interest and she has been selected as "Shada Moner Manush" for this. We are proud of her.
In Joypurhat District: tribal population account for approx. 2.25% of the population. Ethnic nationals: Santal, Orao, Munda, Mahali (Mahle), Koch, Pahan, Buna, Ho, Mahato, Rajbangshi etc. are noted tribes. Total tribal population: 48,000 (2001).com

Parliament seats

Joypurhat has two parliament seats. Joypurhat 1= Joypurhat & Panchbibi. Joypurhat 2= Kalai,Khetlal & Akkelpur. mujahar ali is the parliament member of Joypurhat 1

Religion

Religion in Jaipurhat District
Religion			Percent
Islam			88%
Hinduism			9%
Christianity			2%
Buddhism			0.8%

The district of Jaipurhat consists 2573 mosques, 424 temples, 21 churches and 18 Buddhist temples.

Places of interest

Jamalganj is situated 10 KM(approx)south west of Jaipurhat. And Pahar Pur(Buddhist Bihar), largely known as Somepur Bihar, is situated just 6 KM(approx)north-west of Jamalganj which is symbol of our past legacy of our knowledge on philosophy, architecture, arts and sculptures. Thousands of tourist visit from everywhere in the world. Jamalganj is mainly famous for its long traditional bazaar (in English market) fore surrounded places. It's very famous for agricultural products like banana, paddy, rice, wheat, potato and many more. Also famous for its mine like coal (bituminous) and cement.