Gouripur (; as also spelled as Gowripur) 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 (age 7 and over) 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 (11.36%) 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
Brajendra Kishore Roy Chowdhury, Last acting zaminder of Gouripur Birendra Kishore Roy Chowdhury, Pandit music composer, Son of Brajendra Kishore Roy Chowdhury. Vilayat Khan, classical sitar player 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 actress
See also
Upazilas of Bangladesh Districts of Bangladesh Divisions of Bangladesh
References