Mirpur Model Thana
Mirpur Thana
মিরপুর থানা | |
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UTC+6 (BST) | |
| Area code | 1216[3] |
Mirpur (Bengali: মিরপুর) is a thana of Dhaka city, Bangladesh. It is bounded by Pallabi Thana to the north, Mohammadpur Thana to the south, Kafrul to the east, and Savar Upazila to the west.[4][5] For administrative convenience three new thanas, namely Shah Ali, Pallabi Thana and Kafrul Thana have been carved out of old Mirpur Thana.[6]
History
Mirpur Thana was established in 1962. The thana consists of one union porishod, eight wards, 11 mouzas and 86 and 20 villages. Mirpur Thana (town) area was included in
Geography
The thana, with a total area of 58.66 km2 (22.65 sq mi), is situated in the northeast of
Demographics
According to 2011 census, Mirpur Thana has a population of 500,373 with average household size of 4.3 members, and an average literacy rate of 80.2% vs national average of 51.8% literacy.[2]
Sections
Mirpur is divided into multiple sections.
- Mirpur-1
- Mirpur-2
- Mirpur-6
- Mirpur-7
- Mirpur-9
- Mirpur-10
- Section-11
- Section-11.5
- Section-12
- Section-13
- Section-14
Demographics
According to 2011 census, Mirpur Thana has a population of 500,373 with average household size of 4.3 members, and an average literacy rate of 80.2% vs national average of 51.8% literacy.[2]
Education
Colleges
- BCIC College
- Dhaka Commerce College
- Government Bangla College
- Monipur High School and College (MUBC)
- SOS Hermann Gmeiner College
- Shaheed Police Smrity College
Universities
- Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University (Temporary Campus)
- Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT)
- Bangladesh University of Professionals
- Military Institute of Science and Technology
For the cricket
Incidents
Fire incidents
- November 5, 2018 - Chandrabindu Fashion House [8]
- April 14, 2019 - City Park Building, [9]
- July 3, 2019 - Mirpur 14 Slum
- August 16, 2019 - Mirpur 7, Cholontika Slum [10]
Points of interest
Mirpur Beribadh (
See also
- Upazilas of Bangladesh
- Districts of Bangladesh
- Divisions of Bangladesh
- List of districts and suburbs of Dhaka
References
- ^ "Geographic coordinates of Dhaka, Bangladesh". DATEANDTIME.INFO. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ^ a b c Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (2011). "Population & Housing Census" (PDF). Bangladesh Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ^ "ঢাকা পোস্টকোড". ডাক অধিদপ্তর. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ Farooque, Md. Abu Hasan (2012). "Mirpur Model Thana". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ "Where is Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh on Map Lat Long Coordinates". www.latlong.net. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
- ^ "Table S04: Summary Statistics by Thana and Zila". Population and Housing Census, 1991. Archived from the original on March 27, 2005. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
- ^ "Mirpur Host 6 ODI matches". All Time BD.
- ^ "Fashion house gutted in Mirpur fire". Daily Bangladesh. 5 November 2018.
- ^ "Fire at City Park building in Dhaka's Mirpur-14 under control". bdnews24.com. April 14, 2019.
- ^ "Fire destroys hundreds of shanties in Mirpur slum in Dhaka". bdnews24.com. August 16, 2019.
