Narsingdi District

Narsingdi নরসিংদী
—  District  —
Location of Narsingdi in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 23°55′N 90°44′E / 23.92°N 90.73°E / 23.92; 90.73Coordinates: 23°55′N 90°44′E / 23.92°N 90.73°E / 23.92; 90.73
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Dhaka Division
Area
- Total	1,140.76 km2 (440.4 sq mi)
Population (2011)
- Total	2,202,000
- Density	1,930.3/km2 (4,999.4/sq mi)
Literacy rate
- Total	55.%
Time zone	BST (UTC+6)
- Summer (DST)	BDST (UTC+7)
Postal code	1600
Website	[1]

Narsingdi (Bengali: নরসিংদী Nôrshingdi) is a district in central Bangladesh.It is located 50 km north-east of Dhaka, capital city of Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division, and is the only district in Bangladesh that does not depend solely on agriculture. The district is famous for its textile craft industry. Narsingdi is bordered by Kishoreganj in the north & north-east, by Brahmanbaria in the east & south-east, Narayanganj at south & south-west and by Gazipur in the west.

Subdivisions

There are six upazilas, or subdivisions, in the Narsingdi district.

1. Belabo Upazila
2. Monohardi Upazila
3. Narsingdi Sadar Upazila
4. Palash Upazila
5. Raipura Upazila, Narsingdi
6. Shibpur Upazila

History

Narsingdi, which translates as "lion man", is named after an ancient king who was believed to be "lionlike."

Economy

Narsingdi is a densely industrial area, and is home to many textile mills. Narsingdi gas field is located in the Shibpur upazila under Narsingdi district adjacent to the Dhaka-Sylhet highway about 45 km away of northern most east direction from capital city of Bangladesh, Dhaka. This field was discovered by Petrobangla in 1990. Total recoverable gas reserves of this field re-estimated by Hydrocarbon Unit is 215 billion cubic feet (6.1×10⁹ m³). Commercial gas production was started in 1996 and till 31 August 2006 total 66.304 billion cubic feet (1.8775×10⁹ m³) or 30.84 percent of gas reserves has been recovered. Largest powerplant of Bangladesh,Ghorashal power plant,owned by Bangladesh Power Development Board(PDB)is situated in palash Upazilla. Narsingdi is riched by several number of jute mills,which plays an important rule in economy. Quality banana is also found here. The biggest and renowned HAAT of bangladesh is located here at NARSINGDI which is known as SEKERCHAR BABUR HAAT. Sugarcane also grow well. There is a sugar mill in polash thana named DESHBONDHO sugar mill. There are two UREA fertilizer industry in polash & ghorashal.

Religion

Religion in Narsingdi District
Religion			Percent
Islam			94%
Hinduism			4%
Buddhism			1%
Christianity			0.5%

The district of Narsingdi consists 3923 mosques, 52 temples, nine Buddhist temples and three churches here.

Great People of Narsingdi

Alhaj Moulavi Mohammad Tofazzal Hossain, Mahbubuddin Ahmed, Bhai Girishchandra Sen, Birshreshtha Motiur Rahman, Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, Abdul Kader Mollah, poet Shamsur Rahman, Moin Khan

Places of interest

Arshinagor park situated near the Narsingdi railway station. Archiological important place Wari-Bateshwar ruins which established around 2500 years ago. Famous peoples Santosh Saha, Dulal Chakrobarty, Sankar Saha, Famous Poet Shahid Professor Saroj Kumar Adhikary are believed in Hindus.Sonaimore benodon park is one of the beautiful place of Narshingdi which is full with natural beauty.once narsingdi banana(sagor kola) was nation wide famous.

Rivers

The Meghna, The Shitalakkha, The old Brahmaputra,Haridhoa ,Paharea are some of the main river flows through this district.

Communication

The communication system of this district is very good. The Dhaka-Sylhet highway, one of the important highways of Bangladesh, passes through Narsingdi. It is only one hour distance from Dhaka. Water way communication is also very good as lots of river flows through Narsingdi. Dhaka-Chittagong & Dhaka-Sylhet, two most busiest rail route of the country go through Narsingdi. People can easily go Narshingdi by boarding this buses National Express (AC Bus) Monohordi Paribahan, Anna Super Service, BRTC Bus etc.(from Sydabad bus terminal) PPL, Chalan Bil Transport, Arabian Transport , Badsha Parabahan (from Mohakhali) .

See also

• Districts of Bangladesh
• Dhaka Division