Gouripur Upazila
Gouripur is an upazila located in the Mymensingh District of Bangladesh.
Demographics
According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Gouripur Upazila had 85,108 households and a population of 357,353. 10.60% of the population were under 5 years of age. Gouripur had a literacy rate of 68.21%: 70.23% for males and 66.33% for females, and a sex ratio of 94.01 males for 100 females. 40,601 lived in urban areas.Administration
Gouripur Upazila is divided into Gouripur Municipality and ten union parishads: Achintapur, Bhangnamari, Bokainagar, Douhakhola, Gouripur, Mailakanda, Maoha, Ramgopalpur, Sahanati, and Sidhla. The union parishads are subdivided into 245 mauzas and 289 villages.Gouripur Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 34 mahallas.
Notable people
- Abdul Wahed Bokainagari, politician
- AKMA Muqtadir, Independence Day Awardee ophthalmologist
- Askar Ibne Shaikh Bangla Academy Literary Awardee writer
- Mozibur Rahman Fakir, politician
- AFM Nazmul Huda, politician
- Nurul Amin Khan Pathan, politician
- Jyotika Jyoti, Bangladeshi actor