Pirojpur District

Pirojpur পিরোজপুর
District
Location of Pirojpur in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 22.58°N 89.97°ECoordinates: 22.58°N 89.97°E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Barisal Division
Area
• Total	1,307.61 km2 (504.87 sq mi)
Population (1991)
• Total	1,126,525
• Density	860/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Literacy rate
• Total	55.8%
Time zone	BST (UTC+6)
• Summer (DST)	BDST (UTC+7)
Postal code	8500
Website	Banglapedia Article

Pirojpur (Bengali: পিরোজপুর) is a district (zila) in south-western Bangladesh. It is part of Barisal Division.

Contents

• 1 Name
• 2 Geography
• 3 Administration
  • 3.1 Upazila
• 4 Transportation
• 5 Religion
• 6 Media
• 7 Notable residents
• 8 See also
• 9 References

Name

According to myth, the second son of Shah Shuja, Firoz Shah, died in this area, and the area became known subsequently as 'Firozpur'. In time, the pronunciation 'Firozpur' slowly muted to 'Pirozpur'.^[1]

Geography

Pirojpur is also the name of a city of about 100,000 people. Most of the land is low lying and the soil is fertile. There are small forests.
Nesarabad is known for its business centre and also for the Sundori tree (a kind of mangrove) that grows there.
Launches, steamers and boats are used for travelling on the rivers. The local port is called Hoolarhaat Launch Station (ghaat). Buses, autorickshaws and rickshaws are also used for transport.

Administration

• Administrator of Zila Porishod: Mohammad Akram Hossain ^[2]
• Deputy Commissioner (DC): Onol Chondro Daash ^[3]

Upazila

Pirojpur district is divided into six upazilas :

Upazila	population [4]
Bhandaria	145233
Kaukhali	70364
Mathbaria	253915
Nazirpur	166014
Nesarabad	202520
Pirojpur Sadar	225156

The subdivision (then, a mohokooma, now a zila) of Pirojpur was created in 1866. The Pirojpur municipality was established in 1985.

Transportation

• Roads & Highways:
• Waterways:

Religion

Religion in Pirojpur District
Religion			Percent
Islam			79.01%
Hinduism			20.91%
other religions			0.08%

There are 3934 mosques, 15 temples and two churches in the district of Pirojpur.

Media

Print media:

• Prothom Alo (National)
• Kaler Kantho (National)
• Samakal (National)
• Dainik Janakantha (National)
• Jugantor (National)

Telecommunications:

• Airtel, BTCL, Bangla Link, Teletalk, Grameen Phone etc.

Satellite Television:

• TATA Sky.