Munshiganj District

Munshiganj District () is a district of Dhaka Division. It is located in central Bangladesh. This region is also historically known as Bikrampur.

Geography

It is a part of Dhaka Division and borders Dhaka District and Narayanganj District in the north, Madaripur District and Shariatpur District in the south, Chandpur District and Comilla District in the east and Dhaka District and Faridpur District in the west.

Total land area is 235,974 acres (954 km2), out of which 138472 acres (560 km2) are cultivable and 5609 acres (23 km2) are fallow land. It has no forest area. 40,277 acres (163 km2) of land is irrigated while 26,242 acres (106 km2) of land is under river. It has 14 rivers of 155 km passing through.

Water bodies

Main rivers include the Padma River, Meghna River, Dhaleswari River and the Ichamati River.

Administration

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It consists of 6 upazilas, 67 union parishads, 603 wards, 662 mouzas, 906 villages, 73 mahallas and 2 municipalities.

The district consists of 6 upazilas:

According to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, Munshiganj District had 399,631 households and a population of 1,625,416 with an average 3.98 people per household. Among the population, 303,978 (18.70%) inhabitants were under 10 years of age. The population density was 1,702 people per km2. Munshiganj District had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 77.90%, compared to the national average of 74.80%, and a sex ratio of 1,061 females per 1,000 males. Approximately, 18.09% of the population lived in urban areas. The ethnic population was 4,808.

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Academics and scientists

Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, Bengali biologist, physicist and botanist

Sports

AKM Nowsheruzzaman, national football player
Brojen Das, the first Asian to swim across the English Channel, and the first person to cross it four times
Pratap Shankar Hazra, national football and hockey player
Sharifuzzaman, national football player
Rokonuzzaman Kanchan, SAFF winning national football player
Moniruzzaman Khan Jhangir, karate black belt, 5Th den open champion 1985

Writer, actors, filmmaker and musicians

Humayun Azad, linguist, poet and novelist
Alauddin Ali, music composer and director
Chashi Nazrul Islam, filmmaker
Nurul Kabir, journalist, writer and editor of New Age
Imdadul Haq Milan, writer
Buddhadeb Bosu, writer, poet, playwright, essayist
Ananta Jalil, actor, director, producer, businessman, and philanthropist
Tahsan Rahman Khan, singer-songwriter, composer, actor and model.
Tele Samad, actor
Azmeri Haque Badhon, actress, dentist
Shimul Yousuf, actress, singer
Nazma Anwar, actor

Public affairs

A. N. M. Hamidullah, first governor of Bangladesh Bank
Fakhruddin Ahmed, chief adviser of the non-political 2007-2008 caretaker government of Bangladesh.
Iajuddin Ahmed, former president of Bangladesh
A.Q.M. Badruddoza Chowdhury, former president of Bangladesh
M. A. Naser, engineering educator, vice chancellor of BUET, Ekushey Padak recipient

Religious leaders

Ishaq Faridi, Islamic scholar
Atiśa, Buddhist religious leader and master